Holidays...

Hi,

I am going on holiday for the next 2 weeks. So expect no posts until end of July... Mick is trying to convince me to try the Jungfrau... I will think about it ;)

See you soon!

Umberto

P.S. Thanks Mick!

Change of plans...

Ok,

I must abandon the idea of running in the Jungfrau Marathon. Don't have enough time to train properly... I will be away the next two weeks for holiday (Sardegna :) ), and then just one month is simply not enough, at least for me. My longest run to date was 21.1 Km :)

So next year. For now other goals. A half-marathon in ca. 1:45 and one marathon in November in Florence (where I come from)...

Photos...

Here I am... Running at the end of a _very_ steep piece of trail, and yes, I _am_ tired :-)

Here is Francesca running! As usual she is very fresh and not at all tired! She is really in another league.....

The view from our hotel in Bettmeralp, at the start of the Aletsch Halfmaraton...





Me in front of the hotel the day before the race...

3:09

Success! 3:09 for the Aletsch Halfmarathon. 21.1 Km with 1050 m of height difference. But I made some mistakes... First of all I didn't put any time in my online registration and therefore I started in the last block with the slowest, and being the race almost 80% on trails so narrow that you cannot overcome anyone, well.... I had to run at the speed of the group, and it was not that fast! At a certain point we stopped for more than 6 minutes for some reasons! No movements at all!!

But the race was wonderful, maybe too hot. Many people felt ill at the end. I saw people vomiting at the arrival... maybe because we were high in the sky. The race starts at 2000 m and finishes at 2700m!

Well now I have to consider the Jungfrau Marathon. For several reasons I may not have the time to train properly. I have to decide what to do. I will have to be away for some weeks in which it will be very difficult to train...

For now I am very satisfied. I will post some photos soon...

Umberto