The Pill Outdoor Journal 53 Trail Running Special EN

Henri Aymonod

Trento Running Club

Dylan Bowman

He approaches the mountains with curiosity and spirit of exploration, putting himself to the test even where he is most in difficulty.

Simple, genuine, punk. A "non-club club", where only the desire to be together to share beers and kilometers counts.

Host of the podcast Freetrail, he’s the prototype of the cosmopolitan ultrarunner with a unique and vital perspective on the ultrarunning world.

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Cro-Magnon, in 2003 UTMB, in 2007 LUT. Blogs, self-managed trails, and magazines, such as Spirito Trail, were also born. The ones who wrote are bloggers, enthusiasts, nerds. Some of them would become race organizers, athletes, coaches, but at that moment they were still unknown. On forums, users discussed, exchanged views on material and nutrition. Then all this started to disappear, blogs disappeared too while social networks grew.

From there on we know the story.

Almost all mountaineering history books begin on April 24th, 1336, the day of Francesco Petrarca's ascent to Mont Ventoux. A few days later Petrarca wrote to Dionigi da San Sepolcro telling him about the climb: it is the first excerpt of mountaineering writing, and it is not very different from the ones of romantic pioneers five centuries later. From that moment the story of the climb becomes as important as the climb itself, its pass for history.

Mountain writing became a literary genre in all respects, but alongside the pages of Whymper, Comici and Bonatti, alpinism also began to collect a whole minor literature made up of short reports on summit books, personal notebooks or mountaineering magazines. This poor and frank writing was fully inherited from the mountaineering of the seventies and from the new sports that were born in that period of time, and the reports of these new patrons of the highlands swept away in a few years all the stale rhetoric and moldy expressiveness that that literature carried with it.

In the same years, ultrarunning was born, which at that time very much resembled the world of sport climbing. In the eighties the sport grew, and ultramarathon runners began to scatter the reports of their races where they can. Then came magazines that collect reports and race results, such as UltraRunning magazine: numbers surpassed big words, accompanied from time to time by a caption or a microscopic image. These accounts took on even more importance with the birth of the FKT, similar to mountaineering undertakings. But if climbers write to prove their feats, runners write to help others repeat theirs.

Pioneers of ultrarunning are not young Englishmen of good family who recite Shakespeare, but physicists and computer scientists from Stanford. So, as soon as the internet arrived, those stories first poured into blogs and then into forums and newsletters. In the 2000s something began to spread also in Italy. Mountain running has existed here for decades, but only back then it really started to spread: in 2002 came Grand Raid du

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Realizing a special issue about trail running means putting your foot in this process. We thought of this number as a sedimentation of those experiences. Davide Fioraso talked about how the way of telling the scene has changed with the founders of the English magazine “Like The Wind”. We instead discussed how the international scene is changing with Dylan Bowman, in a long interview lasting more than an hour that we report in a more or less complete version. We also talked about closer things, in particular about a bubble that has taken hold in Italy in recent years, thanks to three or four people to whom we will always owe a lot, we did it with Alessandro Locatelli and Marcello Marcadella. We then talked about athletes through the voice of an athlete: Francesco Puppi, who has recently been working hard to create positive content in Italy. We gave the photographers who collaborated with us carte blanche, looking for a different language, with the photos of Matteo Pavana, Andrea Torresan and Elisa Bessega (who then spoke about the issue with Larry Gassan, legend of running photography in the US). We also discussed about big or small brands, films and independent projects. And then we talked about the people who carry on this great scene, who read our magazine, and who every day put on a pair of shoes and go out for a run.

Have a nice read.

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THE DAILY PILL

BY LUDOVICA SACCO

BROOKS MORE AND MORE P R O TA G O N I S T O F T R A I L R U N N I N G Brooks’s commitment and goals in the trail running sector are growing, where a three-year strategy entirely dedicated to the scene has been implemented. The planning, divided into progressive steps, started with the official presentation of the new Brooks Trail Running Team during Transgrancanaria. The team, made up of 42 athletes from Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, will participate in the most important competitions throughout the season.

D Y N A F I T L AY S T H E F I R S T S T O N E OF THE NEW HEADQUARTER "Every brand needs a home", it is with this in mind that Oberalp founder Heiner Oberrauch decided to move the Dynafit headquarters to Kiefersfelden, Germany. Designed by Barcelona’s Barozzi-Veiga architecture studio, the construction site was officially kicked off with the laying of the first stone on February 17th. The building, aesthetically in line with the Inn Valley landscape, will be visible from the highway that connects Austria and Germany in early 2023.

NNORMAL IS BORN FROM THE UNION BET WEEN KILIAN JORNET AND CAMPER Kilian Jornet, a world-renowned mountaineer and trail runner, collaborated with Camper to create NNormal, a new outdoor sportswear brand, designed and tested between the coasts of Mallorca and the Norwegian fjords. The brand's first products will be launched this fall and will reflect the shared philosophy of the partnership: authenticity and usefulness that inspire people to enjoy nature and respect it. A mission that is expressed through timeless, functional, performance-oriented and built to last garments.

S C A R PA : A N N A C O M E T PA S C U A C O N Q U E R S H E R F I R S T M A R AT H O N D E S S A B L E S Anna Comet Pascua enters history by winning the 36th edition of Marathon des Sables, the legendary distance challenge that takes place in the Moroccan Sahara. The Spanish athlete, who joined the SCARPA team a few months ago, triumphed in the women's ranking after winning every single stage of the competition and finishing the 250km with a total time of 24 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds. “Sometimes dreams do come true” commented Anna after the award ceremony.

L A S P O R T I VA O P E N S ITS FIRST SINGLE- BRAND STORE IN GERMANY La Sportiva carries on its international growth by opening a store in Frankenjura. Hannes Oelher, Germany Area Manager said: “Our main goal is to ensure an optimal service. But there’s much more: brand stores are a place to communicate in an impactful way, as well as an opportunity to get in touch with the communities of climbers, runners and mountaineers.” In the store you will find numerous clothes and footwear for climbing, mountain running, mountaineering and trekking.

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THE DAILY PILL

BY LUDOVICA SACCO

S C O T T S P O R T S A L O N G S I D E B R AV E H E A R T R U N N E R S Scott Sports announced a partnership with Braveheart Runners Foundation, in Kenya, which is responsible for supporting the growth of local athletes to accompany them on a path that will lead them to compete internationally. Scott, as a partner, will provide high performance products and financial support. The 2022 scholarship, aimed at 4 men and 5 women who actively pursue a career as a runner, will include living expenses, physiotherapy, coaching and support in European competitions.

TR A I L R U N N I N G FO R E V E RYO N E W I T H O N ' S C L O U D V I S TA With the new Cloudvista model, On Running makes off-road running available to everyone. Versatile and comfortable, Cloudvista combines the CloudTec midsole with the Helion superfoam to create a good level of cushioning and a smooth ride on moderate terrain. The lightweight upper and minimalist sole offer extra mobility without additional weight. It stands out from the typical running shoes giving the possibility, to those who want to start, to try trail running on city routes.

R U N N I N G U P FO R A I R B AC K I N E U R O P E O N J U N E 2 5 T H The endurance race hosted by Patagonia returns on June 25th with the aim of raising awareness of air pollution and raising funds for environmental groups fighting for clean Air. Running Up For Air consists in letting runners run for 3, 6, 12, or 24 hours, free to participate anywhere, on the mountains, on the hills or on the stairs of the own home. Subscribers will be able to participate alone or in teams, connecting with other runners from all over Europe through a virtual hub.

TRE CIME EXPERIENCE OPENS R E G I S T R AT I O N F O R I T S S E P T E M B E R 1 0 - 11 R A C E S Registrations for the Tre Cime Experience by SCARPA opened on March 19th, the two-day event dedicated to mountain running enthusiasts proposed by Cadini Promotion. Three events that will take place on the routes of Misurina, in the presence of Tre Cime di Lavaredo, in one of the most evocative scenarios of the Dolomites. The appointment is for next 10 and 11 September with Diavolo Vertical Sprint, Misurina Sky Marathon (42km and 3000m D+) and Cadini Sky Race (20km and 1600m D+).

SAUCONY 'S “CALL US RUNNERS” C A M PA I G N D E B U T S Saucony kicks off the SS2022 season with a series entitled "Call Us Runners".

Starring rap artist Trinidad James, Olympian Jared Ward, founder of Black Girls RUN! Jay Ell Alexander and mountain runner Grayson Murphy. An introspective look at the life of the four people that highlights what it means to be a runner through different backgrounds and experiences. A series that celebrates this sport by emphasizing how running is energy and feeling, not an identity or a label.

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Ultralight, breathable, water and wind resistant. External fabric in Pertex Diamond Fuse 100%, mesh side panels, anti-smelling band in Activeice and elastane recycled polyester, reflective logo and adjustment cord. It has a weight of just 36G and a compressible design that adapts to small pockets.

Technical jacket with hood for an extra protection from wind and rain. External nylon fabric recycled with DWR finish, reflective elements and panels mapped on the body in Merino Sport 120 fabric to provide breathability and temperature control. It can be fold in its right pocket.

The most iconic smartwatch in the Garmin collection is renewed on a aesthetic and functional level, starting from the convenient touchscreen interface and the introduction of the exclusive Flashlight torch. Great news is the introduction of Sapphire Solar models: extreme duration guaranteed by solar top-up and ultra resistance offered by sapphire crystal.

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Absolute news in the Dynafit range.

Semi-rimeless sunglasses with photochromic Divel Optics lenses automatically adapted to brightness conditions, guaranteeing clear vision and reliable protection from UV-A, UV-B and UV-C rays. With a weight of just 31 grams, they are perfect for speed-style runs.

Race Vest is one of the four news of the Signature Series designed by Scott Jurek, Anton Krupicka and Peter Bakwin for UD. With a weight of just 204 grams, it is made of nylon micro-ripstop mesh fabric. The Comfort Cinch3.0 system offers comfortable and effective adjustment. Total volume of 6,3 liters.

The first seamless trail running shoe made with Bio-Dyneema, organic-based Dyneema and recycled nylon Cordura. A shoe that does not set limits at speed, distance or destination, designed to demonstrate that performance and sustainability must always run together. Exclusive high-performance Vibram sole.

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For spring runs where no backpack is needed, Camelbak reinterprets the classic hand bottle: Quick Grip Chill combines a traditional 500ml insulated bottle that keeps water cool even after a few hours with an adjustable elastic strap and front gel compartment and key clip.

A roomy elastic waistband for medium distance trails. With a breathable micro mesh construction, Ultra Belt features four pockets with an overall capacity of 2l for water, food and the mandatory items of shorter races. Two elastic bands on the back allow you to store the poles.

A classic with attention to small details: shoulder straps with an essential design, water-repellent ripstop fabric without PFC, pole compartment. With a simple and clean design, Flight Training is one of the most compact 12-liter vest on the market, increasing capacity without losing lightweight and comfort.

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A glove designed specifically for running in cold and humid environments, now required by the regulations of many races. Designed with a simple five-finger insulating polyester, with a waterproof mitt that can be removed from a pocket placed above the wrist.

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It became the trendiest accessory in the trail world in summer 2021 thanks to Jim Walmsley, Jared Hazen and Max King. Here we are proposing the booney produced by Buff in collaboration with National Geographic. Water repellent and resealable for hot summer runs.

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A shorts with a light and essential design, built with a stretch and perforated fabric that increases breathability and ventilation, coupled with a second internal layer that increases grip and decreases chafing. The belt is designed as a large pocket for gel, keys and cellphone.

A lightweight, water-repellent windbreaker with a modern, loose fit. The Active Jacket by On is a reinterpreted anorak and available in the two evergreen navy blue and olive designs: a large pocket on the belly and a half zip on the shoulder, no hood and elastic cuffs. Beautiful and essential.

Super light carbon fiber pole with Z structure and telescopic top section.

The ergonomic handle and the simple wrist strap make it an essential pole even for the most technical trail running. It is sold in one size adjustable between 115 and 135 centimeters.

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With a ripstop upper, a precise and enveloping fit, an integrated tongue and a Sock-Fit LW construction, a TRN-02 grip sole developed directly by the company, Golden Gate ATR is the most versatile and transversal model of SCARPA, dedicated to the mixed and runable routes of every day.

In 2022, the Japanese brand launches the seventh version of a well-established model. The construction of the Michelin compound sole and the EVA midsole remain unchanged, but it is proposed an upper that reduces the weight of the previous model and increases its durability, remaining a versatile shoe suitable for different runners and terrains.

The new Endorphin Pro 2 competition shoes in the premium ViziPro version. Developed with PWRRUN PB compound coupled to a carbon plate, the new Endorphin Pro become the fastest model in the brand's catalog from Waltham, Massachusetts.

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BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O

VEJA X SEA SHEPHERD: A TRIBUTE TO T H E D E F E N D E R S O F T H E S E A Veja was born in 2004 with the aim of creating sneakers in a different way, mixing social projects, economic justice and ecological materials. From the partnership with Sea Shepherd, an organization for the conservation of the oceans known for its controversial tactics of approach against illegal fishing, comes a total black version of the Dekkan model in Alveomesh, a technical fabric in 100% recycled polyester. Midsole composed of 70% sugar cane, Vibram sole in Amazonian rubber and rice waste.

FERRINO ALONGSIDE THOSE WHO L I V E A N D T R A V E L R E S P O N S I B LY Ferrino's commitment to sustainability projects continues with an expansion of the range of products made from recycled fabric. After supporting several projects along Sentiero Italia and traveling together with Woodvisors, the company is committed to supporting the Associazione delle Vie Francigene e del Cammino Materano, a slow mobility route in the heart of Southern Italy. Precisely to better face these experiences, Ferrino proposes an SS22 collection made with 100% recycled fabric products and GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certified.

DY N A F I T: R E C O R D O F D O N AT I O N S D U R I N G T H E S N O W L E O PA R D D AY 2 0 2 2 The balance of the International Snow Leopard Day 2022 closes with 2,031,686 meters of positive altitude difference.

Combined with the proceeds from the sales of the exclusive collection, 32.000 euros were raised which Dynafit will donate to the non-profit organization Snow Leopard Trust and the WWF. A new record in the history of this event. 1160 participants who responded to the brand's appeal to support the protection of the feline that stands out on its logo. To these were added the 487 ski mountaineers who took advantage of the opportunity to participate by sending their GPS data.

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S A L E WA : L I V I N G T H E M O U N TA I N S I N A S U STA I N A B L E , C A R E F R E E A N D S A F E WAY The combined use of high quality, lightweight and resistant materials is decisive for both equipment and trekking clothing. But this may not be enough for conscious consumers, who require equipment that not only meets current market standards and environmental regulations, but even exceeds them. This is why the South Tyrolean brand recently introduced the Salewa Committed label, which identifies products that have a reduced ecological footprint, subjected to external controls that certify compliance with social standards and guarantee fair working conditions.

R A B & LO W E A L P I N E T O G E T H E R F O R T H E F I R S T E Q U I P S U STA I N A B I L I T Y S U M M I T Rab and Lowe Alpine hosted the first edition of the Equip Sustainability Summit in the new European Rab service center. The event brought together more than 70 industry professionals to discuss how to reconfigure the industry in a more sustainable way. On this occasion, Equip also presented the next step of its sustainability strategy, the Mountain Manifesto, a program that aims to accelerate change in companies towards less impact on the planet.

The event focused on the four pillars of Equip's CSR: People, Product, Planet and Partner.

SIX NEW PROJECTS FOR 2022 BY IT'S G R E AT O U T T H E R E C OA L I T I O N It’s Great Out There Coalition announced the details of 6 new projects that have been awarded the 2022 funding.

Launched in 2017, the #itsgreatoutthere grant program helps support outdoor initiatives with a focus on a young and diverse audience. So far IGOT has already supported 36 projects in 8 countries, introducing nearly 7000 people to experience the outdoors. Since 2021, grants have been used to incentivize targeted interventions of activities in kind, designed to make citizens dynamic, sustainable, inclusive and responsible.

ADIDAS UNVEILS ITS FIRST P R O D U C T W I T H S P I N N OVA F I B E R Eight months after announcing the partnership with Spinnova, Adidas presents Terrex HS1, the first product made with the Finnish company's innovative technology. This mid-layer, made up of 25% wood-based fibers and 75% organic cotton, sees Adidas explore one of the most advanced textile solutions on the market today. By 2025, 9 out of 10 articles will bring a more sustainable technology, material, design or production method and the partnership with Spinnova is an important part of this journey.

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THE PILL PRODUCTS

BY LUDOVICA SACCO

Crazy JKT Shark Man, the king of waterproof Fast&Light Crazy created a jacket for trail runners, designed to withstand sudden downpours in the mountains.

Not only waterproof: the Shark JKT does not produce any condensation thanks to the exclusive Shark Vent system.

The philosophy and consequent type of design of Crazy, the brand by Valeria Colturi, is now well known: the focus on Fast&Light. The importance of continuous weather changes in the mountains should not be overlooked and the possibility of being able to anticipate them without speed limits is a very valuable aid on many occasions.

But the new running jacket by Crazy is not only very lightweight, a feature now established in every product of the company. As the name suggests, JKT Shark Man feels very comfortable under the rain, in fact it is incredibly waterproof.

Ideal for sudden weather changes and sudden downpours, it is made of lightweight 2.75-volume waterproof Dermizax nylon with 20,000mm water columns. The fabric used also makes the jacket highly breathable and easily compressible, comfortable to put in the backpack as soon as the clouds clear and the sun begins to shine again.

Additional protection from rain, wind and cold is provided by the integrated hood with a microfiber sweatband and rigid flap. In addition, the hood is designed to be worn comfortably under

the helmet thanks to its easy adjustment through the elasticated hem.

The jacket features a front zip with internal flap and zip garage under the chin, ideal for protecting the neck as well. The seams are fully heat-taped and stretch, so as not to create irritation on the skin and further protect from cold and humidity. In addition, the design of the jacket allows the use of two back pockets designed with safety flaps and fast lock closure, ideal for storing caps, gloves, bars and gels to use while running.

The garment uses the Shark technology designed by Crazy which consists in the use of ventilation openings under the armpit that prevent moisture from being retained by creating condensation. In this way, the jacket helps perspiration by quickly regulating the internal temperature, always keeping

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you cool and dry. The bottom of the sleeves and of the jacket itself have an elastic band useful to make the fit comfortable and to further protect from wind and humidity. Finally, JKT Shark Man integrates reflective inserts to ensure visibility even at night. The news of Crazy boasts four different colorways, giving the possibility to choose the combination that best suits your style. In addition, this jacket is also available in women's version: redesigned in terms of fit to adapt to the female body, it still maintains the technical features.

With JKT Shark Man, Crazy wanted to take a step forward compared to its Fast&Light approach, allowing runners not to have to worry about rain or slowdowns due to uncomfortable and heavy clothes, but only about the path in order to enjoy the experience to the fullest.

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Dynafit Ultra System Sibylle Egle has been working in Dynafit for ten years and has seen the brand's summer collection grow since its first launch in 2012.

She is currently in charge of the “softgoods” line, such as clothing, shoes and backpacks, which in the Trail Running sector are almost 100% of the products.

In the world of trail running, numbers show that there is a clear trend towards long distances. Would you confirm this trend? Yes, I can confirm that, both in terms of number of events and participants, as well as in terms of turnover. It is remarkable how many people test themselves over ultra distances. Our impression is that it has somewhat become the goal corresponding to a marathon in the road running scene. To meet these needs, the Ultra collection is the main focus of both the SS22 and SS23 collections, which will be revealed to the public during the Oberalp Virtual Convention on May 12th. (At 5.00pm on convention.oberalp.com, e.d.)

First of all functionality. But trail running clothing, especially the one ideal for endurance, must also be able to offer high performances.

What are the unmissable features?Dynafit is a brand that develop products made by athletes for athletes.

As athletes, we know how important lightness is and how much every useless gram can take you away from your goal, whether it's winning a race or cover hundred kilometers of an ultra. But in the world of long distances, where you run for hours and hours, we are obsessed with lightness as

much as with comfort because every single point of friction or discomfort can increase to the point of making you stop. For example, in our Ultra set we have included a seamless construction t-shirt precisely to avoid abrasion points, so that even after 10-15 hours of running you still don't notice you are wearing it.

Dynafit has gone from being a product supplier to becoming a system provider capable of providing complete sets focused on specific categories. A phase already seen in ski mountaineering and that in trail running finds its expression in the lines of the 22/23 collection. Where does this choice come from? I think what makes us different from other trail running brands is that we are a mountain brand and we come from

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The offer of a complete set comes from the idea that the performance of the whole is greater than the sum of the performance of the individual parts. For our designers, testers and athletes it has always been obvious to use a set consisting entirely of Dynafit clothing, shoes and equipment.

We are convinced that we need an integrated system of products, lightweight and comfortable, because that’s what we use during trainings and competitions. The set also has the great advantage of helping the consumer by simplifying the choice, offering what for us and for our athletes is the perfect combination of products, but also it helps us in product development to maintain a holistic approach focused on the specific use of a product.

THE PILL PRODUCTS

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Specifically, what are the features and prerogatives of the Ultra collection? Having to summarize, I would say footwear with great cushioning, effective rolling and obviously a fit tuned to ensure comfort even after many hours of use. With clothing and backpacks, the concept of the system is best expressed: the positioning of the pockets and the design of each individual functional feature is designed to ensure extremely easy use even while running and in all weather conditions. The best example is the Zip Over System present on all our running jackets: the long zipper on the back allows you to increase the volume of the waterproof shell so that it can be worn over the backpack in order to protect what’s inside from the rain.

Does integrating individual products (shoes, clothing and accessories) into a perfectly functioning system require very careful development and planning? In reality, what we do is not to integrate the individual products into a system, but vice versa: we start from the concept of a system, and then followed individual products. Obviously, having to deal with different development times between the various product groups requires more time and alignment between the different development teams. That’s why we plan the development five years in advance.

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our projects, our stories and the different systems are for 2026.

Maximum performance and comfort, with bare essentials. How do you manage to combine the two aspects? In fact, it’s not a question of minimizing, but of ensuring the essential. This is what we call "minimal maximum". Not only do we remove everything that is not needed, but, while reducing every design element to the bare minimum, we do not accept concessions to performance, because we are athletes and performance is our obsession. For example, in the Ultra collection we have not removed anything that could limit comfort, because comfort is essential for performance. I think it's our interpretation of the “less is more” concept for trail running.

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SCARPA A decade of trail running from Spin to Golden Gate Kima

For a number of reasons (including because I simply wanted to) in 2021 I ran a part of the season wearing a pair of SCARPA Spin Infinity and I consumed a couple of Spin 2.0. So I decided to look for an old pair of (the first version of) Spin, test them, make a comparison and write something about them. I reached out to Marco De Gasperi to have some more info about the line and to learn more about the various changes made between the models. It took me some time of in-depth research, but it was worth it.

At the time, the Spin model sanctioned the entry of SCARPA into the running world, and also today, several years

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later, its remains the series on which the Asolo shoe factory is identified.

The first Spin model had all the features of the minimalist models that were famous during those years: it gave you little help, it didn’t absorb impacts that much, but it was very reactive, lightweight and, thanks to the lugs in Vibram Megagrip, it worked well on technical terrains. It is the shoe that Ueli Steck used to train, and the company decided to enlarge the market band by developing a similar but slightly more structured model, and with a more comfortable fit: in a few years came Spin RS and then Spin Ultra, which would become the

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best-selling model of the company in the trail category. Thanks to Spin RS, SCARPA also introduced a new type of compound, Vibram Litebase, which decreased the volume of the sole thanks to an internal reticular structure. With these three models, with the addition of Neutron and Proton, the company arrived in 2019, when Marco De Gasperi joined SCARPA. During the first few months of pandemic, while the streets were empty and the air quality in the Po Valley returned to pre-industrial levels, the shoe team developed two new models: Spin 2.0 and Spin Infinity. The first one is the upgrade of the first Spin model,

while the second is completely new and thought for long distances, an addition to the Spin Ultra model. Marco De Gasperi explained the choice of the company to keep both models in the catalog: "It was decided to keep Spin Ultra and to develop a new model that was requested by the market. Spin Ultra worked well for a more evolved athlete, able to push hard, but for an amateur, who needs to wear the shoe for many hours, it was a too demanding model. Spin Infinity is also dedicated to long distances, but it is more breathable, more comfortable on the forefoot, and has a less demanding roll. In addition, we looked for a compromise

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on the midsole using a double density compound: it has a side support area, keeping a medium density cushoning inside, on heel and forefoot.”

However, it is not a rigid and inert shoe.

It is the model with which in 2021 Aurelien Dunand-Pallaz got on the podium of UTMB and with which Daniel Jung won Diagonale des Fous. It is a technical, mountain-oriented, protective and structured shoe, but still lightweight.

Spin 2.0, instead, at first glance seems to be identical to the first version: the volumes are slightly increased, it has a more modern look, but it’s still the same shoe. Touching it and rubbing

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it, however, we realize that the materials respond differently: it is more protective, the heel has more structure, the midsole is softer but flexed less, especially in the torsion phase. Putting it one also the feeling completely changes: Marco De Gasperi explained that the old model used a compound in EVA, while the new one uses an EVA and Pebax blend that combines the typical cushoning properties of the EVA in the rebound phase (the response of Pebax energy). If you don’t know many of these names, you just need to know that, with due respect to the previous model, they are definitely more comfortable, but they do

not sacrifice responsiveness. Compared to the old Spin model, the shape of the 2.0 is slightly more comfortable and the width of the sole on the midfoot is wider, giving you more stability. Finally, the plate on the old model has been removed and some details have been updated, including the tongue. It is not just a restyling job, they have been completely rethought.

In 2022 SCARPA collected all the experiences of those ten years of experiments and launched a new model: Golden Gate Kima RT. As stated by the name, with this new model the company takes the street of skyrunning and mountain running even

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more convinced, but with completely new tools. It changed materials and the general structure of the shoe, abandoning Megagrip and focusing on the new Presa TRN-03 sole (completely developed by SCARPA), on the new Active Foam midsole, and above all on a carbon foil that has been inserted between the two foams of midsole. It is a shoe that has to be taken to its limits, ideal for fast riders, and which completes the now extensive shoe range of SCARPA, suitable for different markets and needs, encouraging and confirming the interest of the Asolo company for a growing discipline like trail running.

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Let My People Run

BY FILIPPO CAON P H OTO S D E N I S P I C C O LO & PAO LO SA R TO R I

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Then there are all those people who practice this sport, who don’t speak that much and run a lot, who put their shoes on and go out to grind kilometers, people that sometimes are forgotten by media and companies.

Without them, there would be very few podcasts, magazines, competitions, events and equipment brands. We have decided to tell you about four communities, very different from each other, and that with different attitudes make this sport grow every day.

Ciuk Running Team “Whenever you hear talking about Varese, you have the impression that it is becoming one of the hottest Italian areas for running… There’s excitement, there are the right people and there are routes.” In this way started an article on The Pill 45. It was a nice interview made by Paco to Manuel Crapelli from Ciuk Running Team.

The team was born in 2017 from the idea of Manuel and Lorenzo to bring together a group of friends with a sense of belonging and a desire to share emotions and kilometers on the routes of Casale Litta. From there they started printing some tank tops and organizing runs. Nothing serious, running is a game they say, but it is also a need to create an unconventional group of people who run: “a group of people that talks more about emotions and less about performance. People who, during a race, tell you about a memorable party and not about how a race went” wrote Lorenzo in an e-mail. Meanwhile, the team grew up and started organizing races in order to share even more the values, culture and poetry of this sport.

In 2021 they organized the zero edition of All In Trail Run, a two-distance race of 25 and 13 kilometers, without race packs and sideshow. When you ask them what their attitude is, Manuel answers: ALL IN (strictly in capital letters), a cult for the essential and for the sport of running, in short: absolute dedication. “We like to run, we like to party, thoughts like 'I run for scoring the third time, beers, polenta etc.’ do not reflect us, so we wan-

ted to propose something different.

Even just as a mentality in facing the races, with the desire to aim for the things that really matter: have fun, run fast, try to do your best, or go ALL IN." Lorenzo continues, “personally the word ‘scene’ always makes me turn up my nose, as it makes me think of something constructed and performed, while a spontaneous movement is what for me is important to carry on. Involving and inspiring people to try new things, to experiment, to share their experiences, but without ever taking ourselves too seriously.”

Among the projects they carry out, in addition to their races, there are also charitable initiatives. They support the small Trentino non-profit organization Campo Base, to which they try to give some help with small fundraisers during their events. The last time we met at the start line of SciaccheTrail, under an incessant rain, as we started to run I shouted to Manuel: “Oh Manu, full gas!”, he answered: “Let’s go Filo!”, he left and I didn’t seen him again in the race. In the afternoon, after the race was canceled due to a snow storm, we found ourselves drinking wine in Monterosso together with other guys from Varese, we talked about running, cycling, friends and other things: being together because of running, but not for running.

Gente Fuori Strada I’ve met Alessandro Libardi in Cortina, in the Palaghiaccio parking lot, after the collection of bibs. If something happens in the running

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world in Trentino, you can be sure that he and the Rovereto crew are present. In 2014 they founded a group called Gente Fuori Strada, which over the years has grown from a handful of people to more than one hundred and seventy members. In the meantime they have organized or supported races such as Re del Bosco, Night Trail Rovereto and Stivo On The Rock (“organized and conceived by our Christian Modena and by a staff of tireless dreamers” he says) and which each time involves hundreds of starters, but they are interested above all in the events and in the contribution and sense of belonging that these can generate. So in recent years they have focused on meetings with trainers, camps, collective races (their “Thursdays” are now a local institution), cycles of meetings linked to the culture of sport and ecological themes, such as Storie del Bosco, organized together with the cycling group Pepe Cooter. Thanks to their dimension they have become a catalyst for projects and “currents” so large that they have no equal in Trentino (and perhaps in Italy). They bring together “projects that do not yet move a large audience, and that’s normal: it is not an awareness that arises in a few moments, but it needs time to mature and personal elaboration. We are able to wait the time necessary to increase and perhaps move the public from using the territory only to do an activity to an activity done in a sustainable way." When I ask Alessandro (aka "Liba") how he thinks GFS contributes to the scene and ro

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the trail movement, he replies: “We are already thinking of contributing simply without standing still and disunited. The movement changes a lot according to people's interests and is full of ramifications. We like to think we are a tree and would like to show the members the various branches in which they can climb, then they will choose. It is a choice based on awareness and experience accumulated and developed over time, and which therefore provides a path. A path that we are trying to trace without forcing anyone." Gente Fuori Strada is proof that this sport can grow and become institutionalized (but not too much) by remaining grassroots and committed, and without becoming commercial and banal, a good track for the future of our sport: "what we now have in mind is to untie from an exclusively competitive movement, trying to return to the natural drive that is and should be the basis of trail running. A more exploratory and aware vision. It does not mean be against competitions, on the contrary, we are always available to support initiatives promoted by other companies also through volunteering, but we would like our members to be able to see and perceive that behind everything there is a simple gesture, go out and run and do it in nature and this simple gesture is already a goal in itself."

Destination Unknown There is a community that was not born as a community, but which has become the largest and most influential bubble in Italian ultrarunning: it all started in 2017, when Davide Grazielli quit his job to become a full-time coach, pushed by Maria Carla, his wife, and Paco Gentilucci, one of his athlete and future collaborator. The project was created to offer coaching support to athletes of any level with personalized programs, but it became much more: a whole series of people began to gravitate around DU, not necessarily trained by Davide, then came events, self-organized compe-

titions, clubs, podcasts and various initiatives. Everyone began to realize that, around the simple coach-athlete relationship, it was born a community made up of runners with completely different ages and lives, and who live hundreds of kilometers away from each others: it became a group without a homeland, united only by the passion for this sport (and from the fascination for far away places). While the athletes of the "Tempio delle Miglia" (Pieve Ligure) increased, the core identity of the company remained the same: “Going on following our own path, not the one of others. Stay professional. And try to work on key points such as inclusiveness, culture, fighting doping, sustainability and the impact we have on the environment, things that we believe are fundamental for the survival of our sport” wrote Davide, “in addition to the staff, there are some professionals who help us where we know we cannot go. Giovanni Gerbino as a physiotherapist, Gaetano Buson as a psychologist, Andrea De Munari in nutrition or Marco Altini from HRV4training, together with other coaches such as Alessandro Vigo, there are many people with whom we regularly interact. The site's blog (ducoaching.com) or the True Commitment newsletter (you can subscribe from the website) are the "places" where we like to put the results of all these discussions.” But for some reason all of this is important but almost secondary: DU is the demonstration that something solid can also be created behind a business, even before than a “coaching system” it is in fact an indefinite group of close-knit and deeply united people, although many of these have probably never met in person. In its small way (but not very small) DU has changed the priorities of several people, reshaping their attitudes and approaches to this sport.

Trail Running Torino We don’t know the real reason why, but there are realities more lively than others regarding mountain run-

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ning and ultrarunning. Realities that for some reason have very different horizons of interest but equally clear, at least in general. Some of them have been known for some time, such as the ones in the Vicentino and Valtellina areas, two spots with a lot of trail running tradition, others have started to grow in recent years and have brought new and equally varied perspectives: Varese, Trento, Rovereto, Treviso. All these realities began to tell us that something is changing in Italy, we are moving from a very individualized approach to aggregation movements, as in some respects it was ten or fifteen years ago (we talked about that in the editorial).

Something is also moving in Turin, thanks to the push of Angelo, Marcello and Andrea, who in 2018, during a dinner, decided to start a project that they had been thinking about for some time. In three years TRT has grown to have more than sixty members, it has involved sponsors and brands and has begun to make sports culture in one of the largest Italian cities: “The idea has always been to create a community in Turin that talks about and lives of trail running, and that does that as we like it, in a clean and passionate way. The goal was to involve as many people as possible, taking them on the routes by taking them off the road. Making the trail voice heard and making sure that people could recognize themselves in what is a niche sport for many aspects, little considered by the majority of people.” When I ask them about their goal for the future, they answer: get bigger, grow and be able to involve more women and girls, "trying to make this sport known to as many people as possible, spread the spirit with which we live this passion and bring them to join us. Create an increasingly large community by bringing more and more people closer, without selection at the entrance."

If you are from Turin and are looking for someone to run with, write them an email, it will be worth it.

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Isabella Labonia I T W & P H O T O S S I LV I A G A L L I A N I

A degree in foreign languages, a job in the municipality of her city, but a passion that pushes her towards the mountains. Isabella Labonia cannot go without running. For 12 years at her side, and on her feet, there has been Saucony. Today Isabella is part of the Saucony Shadow Rep team, an all-Italian project, unique in its kind, created to be able to offer a punctual service of monitoring of the territory thanks to passionate runners ready to intervene and respond to the needs of the market.

Hi Isabella! Tell us something about you!

How did you become passionate about running? I’ve started running from an early age because my dad used to run and always took me to train both on the hills and on the track. He was a professor so he organized competitions for the middle schools in which I took part. But even as a child I liked running more outdoors than on road, however during university I was so absorbed in my studies that apart from a little jogging I did nothing else.

Once I graduated I started running again to let off steam after the long hours of work spent sitting. I alternated these runs with swimming and cycling and for five years I also practiced kickboxing. After some physical problems with my sciatica due to the kicks given to the bag, I started running full time and from there the real passion broke out. I couldn't go without running every day. In 2009 I signed up for a club and started running half marathons.

I was a little scared to do short and explosive races, I preferred longer routes where I could also enjoy the landscape a little while trying to improve my times more and more.

From road to mountain running. How did you approach the world of trail running?

Some friends of mine pushed me towards mountain running. I started from the Stralivigno which has a small part on the trails but being at high altitude it made me suffer a lot! To improve myself, I first started doing cross-country races and then training more and more in the woods and from there I never came back. In 2015 I won the Italian mountain running title for the master 35 category.

My real golden years were between 2013 and 2015, I was in a great shape. The mountain races seemed like a real adventure to me. It was no longer the chronometric performance that interested me, but seeing new places, being in the middle of nature, it was a whole different dimension compared to the road which is instead a very competitive environment, where times count a lot, while in the mountains at the end of the race we used to celebrate all together. From there I tried to extend the distances more and more until I arrived at the Lavaredo Ultra Trail, a 123km race with 4800m of height difference, which was a very difficult

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The race most important to me, I would say is GTO, aka Grand Trail Orobie, a 75km race with 3500m of height difference, because is my home race, so in every part of the route, from Carona to Bergamo, there was always someone I knew cheering for me. In the end, I was so pushed to give my best that I arrived second.

Do you practice other sports to train? Do you also follow a specific diet? I am followed by a nutritionist because I had problems over long distances: I could no longer eat and digest well. As for other sports, before the pandemic I used to go swimming during my lunch break while I cycled to add a few kilometers on my legs before a race.

race for me but that I will never forget (and maybe I'll do it again).

What is the race that you’ll always carry in your heart? I would say GTO, aka Grand Trail Orobie, a 75km race with 3500m of height difference, because is my home race, so in every part of the route, from Carona to Bergamo, there was always someone I knew cheering for me. In the end, I was so pushed to give my best that I arrived second. I didn't even feel tired.

Another race that I will always remember, also because it was the last road marathon I did, was the one in Honolulu, Hawaii. We started at 5am to avoid the heat but it was still super hot, despite the extreme weather on the last climb I finished tenth overall and first among Italians.

A truly unexpected result given the weather conditions and the jet lag that I was still suffering. And then, despite being a marathon, we ran through truly uncontaminated and not very urbanized places, it was beautiful.

You have been a Saucony athlete for many years, how did your relationship with the brand start? It all started a bit by chance in the first year I started competing again. I started trying on various shoes but I could never find the perfect model for me until I came across a pair of Saucony Cohesion, a now discontinued but super versatile, war shoe that could be used both on road and off-road. It was 2010 and from that moment on I felt great, with my foot perfectly enveloped and without having the problem of blisters anymore. It was the perfect model for me in terms of both cushioning and race speed. After getting along so well with my first pair of Saucony's I first became a store ambassador and later joined the Shadow Rep program, a real crew made up of runners offering technical support nationwide and collecting consumer feedback for the company.

I am the technical manager of Lombardy so I help Thomas Lorenzi, the national technical manager, to give technical support to customers and shopkeepers, explaining the various models that come out each season.

For me it has been a real honor because I have been using Saucony for 12 years and the brand trusted me so much that I have become their image in the area, this has been a dream coming true.

What is your typical week like? I try to go running every day, even twice a day. Obviously, one of the two runs is a decompression training to get my legs spinning after the heavier session. I usually go out early in the morning and then in the evening after work, at least when the days are longer. In winter, on the other hand, I prefer to go out only once during my lunch break to enjoy some light and fresh air. At the weekend I spend all day in the mountains: from dawn to dusk! For long distances it is useful to train the hold on the legs so even a ten-hour walk at a steady pace in the mountains is functional. A few days after a race my routine changes a little, I always like to arrive at a competition with my legs active, so if I take a rest day it is never the day before the race.

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Surely there is always a male majority in the trail running world, however there have been many women in recent years who have brought home some truly remarkable performances, sometimes even arriving absolute firsts, beating all men.

What shoe model are you currently running with? I use Peregrine and Exodus Trail on the trails, Ride on road and Triumph for long distances that combine both road and off-road. I’ve recently tested the new Peregrine model indicated for sessions along the most demanding trails. It features a durable and lightweight ripstop upper that protects and wraps the foot and a trail-specific PWRRUN midsole. The sole, with its 5mm lugs and redesigned and deep grooves, returns an excellent grip on all surfaces.

munity." Creating a true trail running community is a fundamental aspect: before, those who ventured into the world of trail running were only a few daredevils, perhaps because there was less offer, less information, it was a more niche sport however seeing it today so expanded and attended is certainly nice. You can compare yourself with many more athletes and this represents an enrichment. Even only from a female point of view, before it happened that there were no more than 10 women on the start line.

In terms of race planning, do you decide in which competitions you will take part together with Saucony or do you manage your calendar independently? We are very free as athletes, Saucony may have some races where is technical sponsor or in any case a partner and therefore has some free bibs that can offer us. Then there are some competitions where our stands are so we go there both for work and to compete. Unfortunately in the last two years everything has changed and I have not competed anymore.

There were very few races and the few that remained undermined the community spirit typical of trail running. I preferred to go for a run in the mountains alone.

In fact, I wanted to ask you on a female level how the trail running world has changed. Is it still a very male environment or do you see more and more girls becoming passionate about the discipline?

Surely there is always a male majority in the trail running world, however there have been many women in recent years who have brought home some truly remarkable performances, sometimes even arriving absolute firsts, beating all men. There is more variety in the results and certainly the level has risen a lot also thanks to the continuous confrontation with different people.

What is the race you've never run but that you’ve been dreaming of for a long time?

Definitely Menorca's Camí de Cavalls, a 180km tour of the island along its beaches, cliffs and trails. I have already done an inspection and I would have already taken part in it but the pandemic messed up my plans.

Talking about the last two years we have lived, it seems to me that the pandemic has also brought with it a greater interest for mountains and outdoor disciplines.

Do you think that all the people who have suddenly discovered trail running are an added value or have in some way contributed to lose the sense of community that trail running originally had? There are now a lot of people on the trails that could not be found before the pandemic. However, the three pillars of Saucony have always been "good performance, good health, good com-

Next race or goal? To break the ice I could start again with a Monza-Montevecchia, a race that is run half on road and half on trails and in which I have already participated several times. It's a tough but perfect race to prepare for future appointments. It could be the right starting point!

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Antoine Charvolin I T W & P H O T O S S I LV I A G A L L I A N I

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Antoine Charvolin is a young French trail athlete who embodies a young generation of runners: people that enjoy trail running as a passion, while working in a busy city. Antoine has been running for On as an athlete since almost 2 years.

At the same time, he has been working closely with the brand’s Innovation team to try and test prototypes, giving important feedback to the company also thanks to his studies in engineering. In fact, Antoine is now working at On’s as a Testing Coordinator in Zürich, combining both worlds: passion and work.

Who is Antoine Charvolin? Tell us something about you. I’m a young trail runner and I’ve just finished my engineering studies last September.

Then I moved to Zürich and began working with On as a Testing Coordinator, however I’ve been collaborating with the brand since almost two years. I’m an On ambassador and part of the On trail running team. Being a Testing Coordinator is the perfect way to match my passion, my sport activity and my engineering studies. My dream is to keep performing in various competitions and races while working full time and providing great equipment to consumers.

Also engineering studies are quite demanding so I had to developed good organization skills since I don’t have a lot of free time: every lunch time I go out running, while on the weekends I go in the mountains in order to train for longer hours.

What’s your typical day like? I wake up before 7am and I do a little core training. At lunch I go out for an easy jog with some colleagues and on the evening I do speed walking at the track.

This usually happens during the week while on the weekends I go in the mountains. In winter I practice ski mountaineering and cross-country skiing while in summer I do a lot of cycling and trail running.

How did you become passionate about trail running and outdoor sports in general? I’ve always been passionate about the mountains.

When I was very young, I often went walking, climbing and bivouacking. However, I didn’t start competing until later. I first started practicing cross-country skiing when I was in high school. I really liked the rigorous training and enjoyed seeing how my body adjusted and progressed over the years, months and weeks. For cross-country skiing we did a lot of mountain running, but it wasn’t until last year that I decided to devote myself exclusively to trail running which is the sport I can express myself to the fullest.

So you practice other sports to train, apart from trail running. Yes, I came from cross-country skiing and I used to go trail running in summer to train for that. At the beginning I took part in some short trail running races, around 50km, but I began to win more and more so I switched to trail running since in cross-country I wasn’t doing quite that good. Now I’m just focused on trail, but I still practice cross-country skiing just for training or for fun.

What’s the best place you’ve run or raced so far? I’m in love with Chamonix, for training it’s an amazing place because of its high mountains and amazing surrounding landscapes but also because it hosts some amazing races like Marathon du Mont-Blanc and UTMB. It’s the place where I began racing, precisely in the short race of Marathon du Mont-Blanc.

You mentioned your engineering studies.

How did you combined working with training and racing? It’s all about organization. During a week I usually train for 12-13 hours, and I’ve been doing that since 10 years while studying.

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Is there a race you’ve never attended to but that you would like to run someday? Yes, I would like to face the long UTMB because at the moment I’m running races not longer than 60km, but in 1-2 years I would like to do longer races.

Does your studies in engineering help you working in close collaboration with the brand? My studies are really helping me because I studied material engineering and that knowledge helps me to better translate the feedback I collect during tests to the shoe developers. The studies I did help me to provide good feedback and suggestions on how improve or better a shoe.

I’m able to traslate the feelings of runners in technical issues and advices both on materials and fabrication process and that help me to suggest possible solutions to engineers.

Do you have any pre-race ritual? I mostly have my habits throughout the week leading up to the race. The day before, I think the job is done and try to focus on the present moment without projecting too much. I just go running with friends and try to have a good time in order to not put too much pressure on myself. If I am still tense despite my best efforts, I like to rest for 30 minutes and do a little meditation to help relieve any stress.

Among the different prototypes you tested, there’s the new Cloudvista. What are your feedback? It’s a super polyvalent shoe, you can use it both for training and in races. It’s lightweight and very versatile and it’s able to run on road, gravel, technical trails: from the city to the mountains. It features an Helion superfoam with CloudTec for unbeatable comfort and the always reliable Missiongrip. In addition it is made with more than 70% recycled polyester, a perforated tongue and a TPU mudguard. It's all about enjoying the experience and the thrill of being in nature.

How long does it take for you to prepare for a specific race? One year. Of course I do not train for just one race in a year but the preparation is seasonal, I run in summer to prepare for the winter season, I also do long hours skiing and speed walking, in summer I do shorter training to be in shape.

You’re an On athlete, how did you start collaborating with the brand? I really like the spirit of the brand. Two years ago, after a race, I met the marketing manager of On who then called me to propose me to join the team. I first joined the French team and one year later I joined the international team, that was also the moment I give up cross-country skiing in order to focus on trail running.

Future plans both on a professional and running point of view? I really want to continue this project as long as I can and enjoy ultra races, so on an athlete point of view I would like to progressively increase distances. As for working experience I would like to go on with my work of communication between consumers and developers. I would like to provide consumers a shoe they want, listening to them and providing feedback to the brand. That makes me feel involved in the whole process of development.

You’re not just a On athlete, you work closely with On’s Innovation team. As an athlete you are asked by the Innovation team to give some feedback on prototypes and since 4 months now I’m also working with the Development team as Testing Coordinator. My role is to collect feedback from athletes and consumers about the durability and performance of the shoe and then report them to the developers, working closely with them to solve the various issues and realize new samples that we have to test again until there is no more issues and the shoe is working perfectly. The whole process takes almost two years until mass production and I test prototypes during races too.

Next race or important goal? An important goal will be the Marathon du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix, UTMB and some more races in august.

For cross-country skiing, I will take part in the Engadin Skimarathon but just for fun and in April I will run a half marathon on road to enjoy the work I did with my speed walking training. It will be my first road race so fingers crossed.

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Roberto Mastrotto

BY FRANCESCO PUPPI

Roberto Mastrotto's name was not unknown to me, but I admit that before sitting down for an hour with him for this interview, I couldn't say that I really knew him. It happens as for those cyclists like Matej Mohoric, who this year won Milano-Sanremo: you have them on the radar because you have read about them somewhere or have heard them mentioned on TV, but deep down you know absolutely nothing about them.

For me it was the same with Roberto. I discovered a really solid, stubborn athlete, like me inspired by the trail environment of the States and by the American 100-mile races. A guy capable of planning and reasoning in a tactical way. A guy that had a bad start with cycling but then made peace, despite the fact that he much prefers to run.

Until about halfway through the race I ran at a normal speed, then I forced the pace slightly to take a bit of advantage over my rivals and kept the gap until the finish line. Istria 100 is a very runable race, especially in the second part, so it has some similarities with Ultrabericus. This is also why I have chosen to participate. I partly know the route as I had already took part in the 110km event which partly follows the 100 miles.

I would like to try to close it cleanly, it is an event that I care about and that I now know very well.

Hi Roberto, let's start from the end. You have just added Ultrabericus 100 to your palmares, a 100km race on the Berici Hills which is one of the events that have made the history of trail running in Italy. Can you tell us how it went and how this stage fits into the preparation for your first big goal of the season, Istria 100 miles? I’ve been undecided until the end whether or not to throw myself on the 100km, a distance that the organization wanted to offer in a special edition, an almost unique opportunity that gave me the chance to explore the Berici Hills on three loops that were unknown to me. I started quite cautious: Berici Hills are in fact known for not forgiving off-speed starts.

How will your season continue after Istria 100? I have two main goals for this summer. The first is Lavaredo Ultra Trail, at the end of June, a race that has already given me great satisfaction but which I would like to be able to face as best I can after suffering some gastrointestinal problems last year. Then I will be at UTMB, in August: I would really like to try to dare something more than usual and prepare well, even though I am aware that the result in the standings will depend a lot on the level of the opponents. I already have a precise chronometric goal in mind!

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Now let's go back to the beginning. We tend to consider trail running as a single discipline, but when you think about it, there are many specialties enclosed in a single definition. The incredible variety of routes, distances, gradients and terrains that trail offers is probably one of the features that makes it more interesting. Can you tell us your idea of trail running? I think the concept of trail running is quite broad, which is also why it is difficult to compare performance over different distances and terrains. Personally, I find myself more at ease on long races, where not only physical features but above all mental ones, strategy and effort management count. I also like to get involved in specialties that stimulate me to get out of my comfort zone, but I think it is especially in the ultra world that I find space to express my mental qualities: I’m really stubborn!

of bad postures problems born in the post-injury period.

I’ve listened with interest to your latest interview for Buckled Podcast, with Alessandro Locatelli and Marcello Marcadella. Do you want to tell your baptism with cycling here too? In 2019 I arrived at the Italian trail championship in anything but perfect conditions.

Despite this, I was very keen to participate also because it was the home race. It ended up that I retired due to the injury a few months earlier. I came out of the experience very sad and disappointed, so much so that I didn't want to know anything more about races. Then two trail runner friends, Francesco Rigodanza and Alessio Zambon, convinced me to get a bike with the excuse that "we will take you to do beautiful things". I found an old model in my dad’s garage, I had never ridden a racing bike in my life, I didn't even know how to brake. Rigo and Davide took me to climb Gavia and Mortirolo, two names that, at the time, meant absolutely nothing to me. The experience was unique, between the oversized bike, very steep descents, impossible climbs and back pain. Only later did I discover that with a more suitable bike everything could have been much simpler!

What does it mean to you to run fast? Good question! For me it means reaching the finish line knowing that I have given everything, without saving, finishing a race feeling really satisfied and drained of energy. The result that you get depends on many factors and is relative to the individual level.

In 2019 you faced a long period of stop following a bacterial infection that forced you on a hospital bed for almost two months.

How has your running approach and preparation changed since then? Up until that time, I considered any form of recovery or alternative activities to be a waste of time. Even simple decompression trainings with the bike made me dissatisfied, I saw them as an opportunity thrown away to run more kilometers and increase the weekly volume. It was a bit of an obsession, I didn't want to waste too much time.

I did very little self-maintenance, while now stretching, postures and cross training are part of my weekly routine: I need them to dissolve tensions and small problems before they become serious injuries. After the injury I realized that I could not continue to have the same approach to preparation. I initially tried to grit my teeth and move on, but I ran into other physical problems. I found a great help in my current physiotherapist, with whom we have solved a series

If I say Leadville 100, what do you answer? It's one of my dreams, the one that I have kept postponing over the years due to a series of setbacks and problems, including the pandemic. I would like to finish UTMB in the best possible way and then dedicate myself to preparing for a 100 mile race in the States: I have Leadville in my head. It will be difficult to manage the altitude factor because I don’t know where to go train here in the Alps. (the race takes place above 3000m high, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, ed.)

How are the new La Sportiva’s Akasha 2? For what distances and terrain will you use them and who would you recommend them to? I’ve pushed La Sportiva’s Akasha 2 to their limits throughout the summer of last year, exchanging feedback with Jonathan Wyatt to understand possible points of failure and strengths. I found an Akasha model not distorted in its essence, but improved in those 3-4 features that I think can

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ographical area, the one of the Vicenza area (in addition to Trentino-Alto Adige where La Sportiva is based), which is why it has invested a lot in that environment. From your point of view, is there a community linked to trail running that is particularly developed and in which you recognize yourself? Indeed, in the Vicenza and Verona areas there is a wide participation and a deep-rooted passion for trail running. Here, the traditional mountain running, typical of Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta and Lombardy, is almost non-existent, but there are many medium and long distance trail events, with a nice community and a lot of participation. Alongside experienced and established athletes such as Francesco Rigodanza, Federica Zuccollo and Francesca Pretto, I see many young people grow.

In the valley where I live and train, close to the Little Dolomites, a good team has formed around the group of organizers of Durona Trail. Over the years it has grown a lot, as I never would have thought, with so many athletes who have really made the movement explode in the valley.

be perfected compared to the first version. What I appreciated most was the stability of the heel in the rear part, a feature that made it unstable especially on technical terrain. We had already carried out a small experiment on Akasha 1 during UTMB 2018: the research and development sector of La Sportiva had done a super job to modify the rear part by inserting a new support material. I like to think that this work has also led to an improvement on the Akasha 2, which I would recommend for all terrains and in particular for long distances: it is a comfortable and protective shoe.

How did you become part of the La Sportiva team? What is your relationship with the other team members? My first contacts with La Sportiva took place in 2018: I was contacted by Matteo De Micheli, at that time team manager of La Sportiva, and his sponsorship proposal really surprised me. Until that moment I had never considered joining a team supported by such an important brand. It was something that immediately gave me a lot of energy to train and dream big. There is a good relationship with the team.

Before the pandemic we used to organize an annual team meeting but right now opportunities to meet are more rare. We met in Lavaredo last year: it was a great opportunity to run and exchange opinions with different athletes, even from abroad.

You’re part of the organization of Durona Trail, in Valle del Chiampo. Can you tell us something about the race, your involvement and what it's like to run on those trails? Durona Trail was the event that triggered my passion for trail running, it is an event to which I feel very attached to. It was also my first victory in this discipline, the year after my debut, when I was really in trouble at the start line. At Durona Trail I met many people who are now dear friends. I am involved in the organization of the race at a promotional level, plus I deal with some technical aspects such as route planning and the management of GPS tracks. Every year I participate in the Durona Trail or I am on the route to take videos, photos and encourage participants. It is a day of celebration that I cannot miss! The race takes place in the Vicentine Prealps, what we call the Little Dolomites, the closest mountain playground to home. There are a lot of choices, with easier and more cycle paths in the valley floor, and technical terrain at higher altitudes. There are so many opportunities, especially if you want to stay out for hours even on rather uneven grounds.

What are the requests of your technical sponsor regarding race planning, your image as an athlete and the brand you promote? I have a lot of freedom of choice regarding my calendar.

At the beginning of the season I propose a series of races according to my technical schedule. Clearly I try to make them coincide with the events that La Sportiva particularly cares about, such as Lavaredo Ultra Trail, of which La Sportiva is the title sponsor. During the last team meeting we also talked about communication and personal branding, but in general I feel free to be spontaneous and share my life in an authentic and natural way also on social networks, and for me this is important.

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ASICS Training Camp in Tenerife

Martina Falchetti & Mathieu Clement

BY DENIS PICCOLO

Last February, Tenerife welcomed 19 athletes from the ASICS European Trail Team to a training camp that proved to be very stimulating, both for athletes but above all for us media. The team, born in 2018, already counts 30 members from all over Europe, including 11 new entries in the first months of 2022 alone.

During their stay on the Canary Island, the athletes were able to get to know each others and prepare together for the next racing season, while testing ASICS’s new trail products and share tips from their latest experiences. During my stay we got to know the team of runners, discovering their history, their way of training, their favorite products and their experience as FrontRunners. In particular, we had a chat with two team athletes: Martina Falchetti and Mathieu Clement, who have been with the team for a couple of years.

my favorite island, its territory has a unique conformation. In particular, the northern area has simply fantastic vegetation and landscapes.

A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to run in a part of the island where the vegetation and the view were incredible, something never seen before. It is a unique island, you can find all seasons of the year and this gives me the opportunity to be able to test myself in many ways.

For example, I ran in a spot where there is both off-road and a terrain made of stones, which allowed me to experience different types of terrain in a very short distance.

At the foot of the Teide volcano (of which if you search online there is a website telling about a great skiing environment: a sensational as well as interesting fake information) I exchange a few words with Mathieu Clement, a 26-year-old runner who lives and trains on the Swiss mountains. His desire to run exploded several years ago, when he was still very young, thanks to the passion transmitted to him by his parents.

How long have you been in ASICS? It is now two years since I joined the ASICS team and since I have been part of the team my life has been truly revolutionized in many ways, especially in the first period. I changed my diet, the type of training, up to the use of technical clothing to be able to perform at my best. For me ASICS is a great opportunity in general, not only for the type of footwear that for me in terms of performance is the best, but also for what it makes me feel to be part of this team, it is really like a fa-

Is it the first time you visit Tenerife? I have already been to the Canary Islands many times, but it is my first time in Tenerife. It is probably

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mily. Then we have the chance to get to know each others and train together in beautiful places like Tenerife or Las Palmas, where we went last year. For running I chose the ASICS FujiTrabuco Lyte model, it is very comfortable and perfect for long distances.

ar view of the goal: the summit! And when you finally get there, you feel like a phenomenon, you are satisfied with yourself, you concretely perceive what you have managed to do. As for the other girls, I've always been on a female team, so it's not that strange for me. Just like men, I would say women like to struggle too, sweating to achieve their goals. There is not much difference.

What are your plans for this year? Among various things, I will have a race in Madeira and then UTMB in Austria with its 500km of running. But my dream is to finish in the top three of the UTMB but I know well that it is a goal that I cannot reach at the moment, I still have to work on it. I am already very happy to participate.

What would you say to those who think that the outdoors and running are only for men?

That's not true at all, come and run with me to figure it out! There are no male and female sports, if you like it there is nothing wrong with doing it. Obviously men are anatomically different, this does not mean that they are better.

Mathieu has to start his running session, but in the meantime Martina Falchetti got free. She was born in Trentino Alto Adige 19 years ago, she is currently attending the first year of medicine school in Innsbruck. For six years she has been running in the mountains in search of growth, personal satisfaction, challenges, landscapes and routes that are always different. She also runs with the Sportclub Merano association.

Is there an athlete that inspire you? Grayson Murphy, an American runner, I am inspired by her lifestyle, the content she posts, her happiness every time she trains: I like the feeling she conveys! Then in the races she is a phenomenon. As for men, I really like Francesco Puppi, I share his philosophy of approaching difficulties and training. I like that despite the various injuries he never gives up, he is always stronger and if he doesn't win he congratulates the winners, aiming to reach them as the next goal.

Did you start running on road or directly in the mountains? At first I mainly ran on track, then I met my coach Hans, who is known for having brought many athletes to the top of mountain running. You can see that he willingly trains in this direction and with his passion he managed to involve me too. Then, after all, people always like what they’re best at and I am more inclined to mountain running than to track running. I am small, to run on flat I would need a longer stride and a faster pace, while uphill it is more about resistance and muscle strength.

How long have you been running with ASICS? Just a few months. I approached them in August 2021 through a competition where ASICS was a sponsor and I casually went to see the shoes they were presenting. The salesman recognized me because I’ve just won the race and, looking at my shoes, told me they were not at all suitable for running in the mountains. A month later, I was contacted to join the ASICS FrontRunner team and I couldn't believe it. I felt very happy, I accepted and crowned a little dream. I love these shoes, my favorites are the ASICS Gel-Cumulus and the ASICS Gel-FujiTrabuco which I find very light and very suitable for racing.

How long have you been running in the mountains? I have been running in the mountains for six years and in the last two I have seen great improvements. At the beginning I was running just to participate, while in the last period I felt the need to compete more.

What are your plans for this year? I would like to run the Italian mountain running championships but I would also like to try the U23 race. But at the moment my main focus is to see how I can perform in the championship within a year.

There is often a gender-related vision of this sport and it happens that trail running is associated only with male figures, despite the strong presence of women. Why do you think so many girls are approaching this sport? For me it is a satisfying experience, because it takes you to the limit in a different way from the track, where you face monotonous training and the most ambitious goal is to do many laps in the shortest possible time. A mountain race begins with a cle-

What is your dream race? I've always said I would like to run a marathon, maybe in the mountains, but it's a long-term desire. I definitely want to do a vertical race, no matter where.

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Henri Aymonod ITW FRANCESCO PUPPI P H OTO S M AT H I S D U M AS

Hi Henri, tell me something about you.

Who are you, and what do you do apart from running? I was born in the Aosta Valley. The alpine context in which I live has shaped who I am, my choices and my passion for nature, for the outdoors and above all for mountains. I have two twin brothers: from an early age they were fundamental for my growth, even in sports. They are the ones who sparked my desire for challenge and competition. The games we played as kids led us to overcome our limits and discover the surrounding environment together. Each one of us then took his own path: I chose sports and now, also thanks to The North Face, I have managed to turn my passion into a job.

What kind of athlete are you? How would you call yourself apart from the name with which you are famous, Hombre Vertical? From my point of view, it's always about adapting. As a child I always wanted to look for the most direct way possible to reach a certain point, a peak, an alpine lake, even if this required taking a shortcut. I believe that these adaptations developed as a child turned out to be useful also in the competitive context. I approached the world of high-level running quite late, before that every challenges took place mainly within my family, with my brothers. It was after my first experiences on a national and international level, in 2014, that I really got to know the world of mountain running and I developed my passion for this environment and for what training looking for performance really is.

From your words I can perceived the the region where you live, the Aosta Vally, is essential in defining who you are and how you approach the mountains and the outdoors. What is the link with your land? It was easy and natural for me to approach the mountain with curiosity and a spirit of exploration. I live in a small valley of Gran Paradiso, the Rhemes Valley, and here I took my first steps. Now that I am more independent I have started touring all over the Aosta Valley and discovering every corner. For me, the Aosta Valley is also a training ground that allows me to develop a background of experiences and knowledge that will then be useful to me in any context I decide to undertake my projects. In this The North Face gives me a great help and allows me to dream big.

I trained a lot with you, so I have been able to see how stimulated you are in experimenting with different training techniques and approaches to preparation. At the same time, you have a recognizable running style, some certainties and securities that make you unique as an athlete. How important is the contamination of preparation? How do you find the balance in this? I think that the different training theories are constantly validated, then denied and finally overcome. I believe that the most important thing is to make experiences, give different stimuli to your body, get into trouble in order to not to

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Tell me about your relationship with The North Face. It is pretty incredible to think that in the 60s, from the visions and projects of two friends and climbers, Doug Tompkins and Yvon Chouinard, came two companies such as The North Face and Patagonia, who have really revolutionized the world of outdoor sportswear. Expressions of the Yosemite Climber Communities and of the West Coast surfers, from there also came the first forms of environmental activism, the idea of producing equipment using the least possible amount of material and the philosophy of Never Stop Exploring.

What does it mean to represent a brand like The North Face? I feel lucky to represent a brand like The North Face because its philosophy and mission are perfectly married with the kind of athlete and person I am.

It is completely natural, given my affinities with the brand and my background. I often see athletes supported by companies whose image coincides little with their values and their features, and this is a shame. Before starting my current collaboration with The North Face I was sponsored by a much smaller Italian brand and I was afraid that the approach with this new reality would have been more detached and complex. Instead I felt welcomed as in a family. Even among team athletes there is a beautiful feeling of mutual interest and sharing, we Amy practice different disciplines but we all feel united to the mountain. For me it is the approach that makes the difference: it is what we as The North face athletes have in common and from which our strength derives.

get used your body to the same efforts, just to get out of your comfort zone and succeed in overcoming your limits: especially when you feel more vulnerable. I believe that to grow as an athlete it is essential to have this kind of mentality: to know how to play even when there’s something that’s not closely congenial to you.

What is your way to grow? What is the approach you would like to follow? I am convinced that I have large rooms for improvement in the races, and therefore should put myself to test me especially on the plains. I believe that this is currently my main weak point, considered that I come from the world of mountain outdoor sports and practiced so much winter ski mountaineering. An advice that I could give to other athletes that instead come from classic athletics specialties, such as middle-distance running or marathon, is to test themselves in contexts where they are more in difficulty: climbs and steep descents and technical terrains.

We often tend to consider any sports activity as a sacrifice that an athlete must face to reach certain results. For me it's not exactly like that, meaning that I don't make any sacrifice to run: if anything, sometimes it is the race that have to be sacrificed for other activities and commitments. Running for me is almost always the happiest moment of the day, my day revolves around it. Is it the same for you or do you see it in another way? I think the same. Mountain races are my biggest passion and I have a nice relationship with both races and trainings. It is clear that there are some times in which even for me it is not always easy to remain focused on my goals, and the stimuli to train well can fail. In my case the motivation derives from the agonistic appointments, the technical comparison and the possibility of living new experiences.

It's something that I never forget, I simply feel it inside of me.

How is it to you share the sports experience and your projects with a team where there are people like Alex Honnold, Stefano Ghisolfi, Zach Miller and Markus Eder? I met some of them for the first time in Iceland, during a workshop with The North Face in November 2021. Although they are very well known athletes I immediately

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I wish there was more collaboration to develop sports at a professional level: the model could be the one of road marathons, where the great events that are based on the mass race are at the same time able to enhance the high-level activity of pro athletes. found themselves in them a wild side and at the same time a human side that unites us.

They are all deeply in love with the mountain, genuinely interested in other people and for this reason they immediately make you feel part of a group. I remember the conversations I had with the freeriding team, in particular with Markus Eder, a person I respect a lot for his zen philosophy: I believe that we as trail athletes can learn a lot from these disciplines.

One thing that struck me is how much these athletes are informed and follow my sport: I didn't expect it and I was very pleased.

tests in collaboration with various shops all over the territory, in order to give people the opportunity to find the model that best suits their individual features.

You are one of the first athletes in Italy that can be defined as a professional in his discipline, because you are supported

by The North Face in all you challenges.

How do you see the development of the environment in this sense, especially on national level? More generally, what do you think about the development of the trail sector and the opportunities that are opening to professionalize the figures of athletes, technicians and media that work in this sector? Trail running is growing a lot, it is evident as there was a boom of people who like to run on the trails.

I believe there is still a lot of confusion in the environment, between brands, circuits and federations that try to rule this sport sector.

A problem that remains is how difficult is to recognize who truly high athletes are, the ones worthy of support and media attention.

I wish there was more collaboration to develop sports at a professional level: the model could be the one of road marathons, where the great events that are based on the mass race are at the same time able to enhance the high-level activity of pro athletes. In the trail world it often happens that the overlapping of different events and competitions makes the level of the competition to be diluted: although there are several disciplines, which I consider equally interesting and worthy to develop regardless of distance or features, the most important thing must remain the competitive comparison between athletes and the technical level expressed by a competition. Simplify all this system would make the sport more attractive for sponsors and easier to follow for fans.

You’re a The North Face athlete since 2021, how is the collaboration with the Research and Development sector regarding equipment and footwear? I work in close contact with a group of guys (All Triangles) based in Annecy, which deal mainly with trail running and mountaineering. I feel free to provide them with my feedback in a sincere way, between us there is a very honest relationship without filters.

Often after a run I send them some whatsapp messages and they try to translate my ideas into something concrete.

What is your shoe choice regarding the various terrains and distances? I like the idea that the shoe is as much as possible a prolongation of the foot and leg of an athlete.

I love reactive shoes that give a good feeling with the ground: so I need to have great confidence in the product I use. The shoe that best suits me in the whole The North Face collection is the Flight Vectiv, the lightest and most developed model for competition, which gives me exactly these feelings. If I should give an advice to an athlete of any level, I would underline the importance of testing the product: there is no perfect shoe for an athlete or another. I appreciated the fact that The North Face is organizing shoe

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Kilian’s NNormal Quest ITW BY FRANCESCO PUPPI TO KILIAN JORNET PHOTOS JAIME DE DIEGO

Kilian’s Quest was one of the first video series launched

by Salomon back in 2009, when the Catalan athlete was only 22 and he was at the dawn of his explosion on the world’s trail running scene. It was one of the ways I got hooked about trail running.

Since then, both Kilian and YouTube’s videos have come a long way.

After the almost epochal announcement made last November, which sanctioned the end of his partnership with Salomon, a brand that has supported him for fifteen years and with which he has won practically everything there was to win in trail running, Kilian Jornet decided to question himself again. In collaboration with Camper he created NNormal, a brand that focuses on authenticity, utility and social and environmental commitment, for a no-normal vision that has the ambition of becoming the normality of our tomorrow. I’ve reached out Kilian to ask him some questions about his new project and to get some previews of how it will develop.

who knew my idea told me that Camper wanted to start designing some outdoor gear and thought that we shared the same vision. We met with Miguel and Llorenç (from the family that owns Camper) and that’s when the connection happened. We shared the same values when it comes to the role of a company on environmental and on social issues, and that was the most important thing for me. Some months ago we started putting together a team and thinking about how we wanted to develop the brand’s values.

What does differentiate NNormal from other brands? What is its mission? I don’t think much about what it differentiates us from the others, for me it’s important to have a very clear mission and a strategy: some things will be similar to the other companies and some will not.

Our mission is to inspire people to enjoy and respect nature, and as manufacturers we want to create equipment that is durable and repairable: we believe that functionality and quality lead to the most sustainable product. Then of course we want to work on materials, our carbon footprint, the range of products and the business model so we don’t promote over consumerism, without creating yearly collections but a timeless range, only updating products when we find better materials or better functionality solutions, working for multi-activity products, etc.

Hi Kilian! Can you tell us something about when and how the idea of NNormal was born?

Why at some point in your career did you feel the need to break off the relationship with Salomon and pursue your own path? I have always been very interested in equipment, kind of very geeky. Since I started taking this sport seriously in 2004, I loved building my prototypes, thinking about their functionality and how to improve it. My bachelor final work was to make a skimo carbon boot! Since then I’ve been lucky to work with lot of great designers and engineers and I have learned a lot. I’ve always had in mind to start my own thing, but it was more like a dream than a project in reality. Then a good friend

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On NNormal website, you wrote “We need a new way of thinking and acting in relation to our environment and outdoor activities.”

Can you explain a little more in detail the meaning behind this concept? It’s clear that we need to change the way we do things, in general, if we want to keep the global warming under 2°C, if we want to preserve biodiversity, water and natural resources. That comes both from individual actions and from governments and companies’ actions. We need to act and change the way we produce, our business models, the way we promote outdoor activities (where the footprint mostly comes from transportation) and our consumption model. As companies we have the responsibility to be proactive on that. And that is important because even if in the outdoor sport community the sustainability issue is present, when it comes to actions (spending more money on more sustainable products, travelling less, etc) the reality is that in general we don’t put sustainability as the first choice, but performance, price, design. So as a company we must understand that and make sustainability a priority, a part of our identity, not a claim. The real transition will come when all or a big part of the products will be environmentally friendly and so people who chose by price, performance or design will be buying good products with a small environmental footprint.

ple, doing things and building products honestly.

The entrepreneurial part or the corporate part is something that doesn’t really excite or interest me, but I also learned that if you want to achieve good things, if you want to make a difference on environmental sustainability and social rights, the company needs to be sustainable. So I’m not as excited about that compared to the gear or the responsibility part, but I trust the people from Camper who are working with me, they have a big experience and knowledge on that.

Your influence on the development of trail running is not comparable to any other athlete. You have received as much from this sport as you wanted to give back to its community and this makes you an even more valuable champion. Do you feel a responsibility in all of this? What do you think about the directions in which trail running is developing in relation to your projects? I don’t feel a responsibility. I think that when you feel like you need to act or speak in a certain way because of the perception of who you are, your decisions might not be very good. I just say and do what I believe and feel is the right thing. Trail running has been growing quick in the past 20 years, with the apparition of social media, and lately Covid that also brought many people to the outdoors. As far as competitions, in the past few years with live streaming and more private circuits bursting onto the scene, the sport has become more professional for athletes, organizers, staff, etc. This brings changes and I think that the trail running community still has this community value that is fundamental, and it is also putting good issues on the table. When it comes to the environment, I know that the big circuits are thinking about ways to reduce the travel footprint of the athletes, making intercontinental travels less needed, looking for different classifying formulas to improve the Scope 3 footprint, etc (indirect emissions deriving from an activity, according to the GHG Protocol classification, ed.). In general, there are many things under discussion and actions are being taken, especially if we compare to other sports. Could it be done better and faster? Sure, but I think we’re on the right track. When it comes to the industry, it’s a bit of everything: people who care and do things well and people who don’t.

Two years ago you launched the Kilian Jornet Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving mountains and their ecosystems.

Will your new project be related to the foundation in some way and if so, how? Not really and yes. No because they’re different projects, with different goals even if they are aligned for the most part, but yes because over the past two years working in the KJF I’ve been learning a lot about environmental issues, climate change, natural resources, the environmental footprints of activities and products, activism, etc. And that is something I want to implement in NNormal.

Do you like the idea of having become an entrepreneur? Do you think it can be compatible with your activity as an athlete? I’m excited about the project, mostly about the gear, because as I mentioned before I’m very geeky on gear, but also about seeing what we can do to inspire peo-

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rabbit ITW TO MONICA DEVREESE & JILL DEERING

BY FILIPPO CAON

PHOTOS ELISA BESSEGA

Where are you writing from? Rabbit is based in Santa Barbara, California.

and more interesting by keeping the pace honest up front. Rabbits have contributed to countless records at every level of the sport, providing the spark that has ignited many of the most memorable performances in running history. Rabbits don't get much glory, quietly stepping off the track or road before the race even finishes, but they do it because they love running.

We think of everyone who wears and loves our products as rabbits too, and the incredible people who make up this community are a huge part of what propels us forward every day.

When and why did you found rabbit?

We founded rabbit because we wanted to create something better. We are both lifelong runners and had tried all the running apparel on the market, but we knew running clothes could be made to fit better, perform better, and most importantly improve the lives of all through running community. We strategized together about how to improve running clothes, listened to other runners by interviewing dozens of them asking what they wanted from their running clothes, and took that knowledge to get to work. We launched rabbit in Santa Barbara, California in 2016.

Our focus in founding the company was quality of running gear, but also sustainability, social responsibility, and creating a community for everyone. As rabbit has continued to grow into an internationally popular brand, the core values that formed the pillars of our company have remained the same. It all started with running clothes designed by runners for runners, but it has become about so much more than a pair of high-performance running shorts.

Which running clubs, races and communities do you support? We support individual runners and running clubs of all levels, from those just starting to take their first steps to elite and professional runners. We support our local races whether that is a 5K or half marathon, internationally popular trail and ultraraces, and some large city marathons both in California and throughout the United States.

In the US, ultrarunning is first of all a community. The bond with the place where you run, the family dimension of the races, the small local communities, and above all the idea of being part of a single large group of people, the desire to get to know other people through running but not necessarily for running, but also for sharing experiences. Specifically, what kind of involvement do you have with this large

Why the name rabbit? We chose the name rabbit because of the meaning behind it. A rabbit is a pacesetter for other runners in a race, someone who sacrifices their own performance for the good of the group. Rabbits make racing faster

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community and how can you contribute to it? One of our primary goals in founding rabbit was to help make everyone's life better through running. We created a running community where everyone is invited, feels welcome and supported.

Running is often viewed as a solo sport, but it's the people you connect with and the friends you make along your running journey that make it so special and rewarding. There is always a faster time to chase or better finish placement to pursue if that's what is important to you in your running journey, but you're missing out if you don't connect with the other runners sharing the start lines with you. One of the most treasured things about the sport of running is the comradery between athletes. Racing others brings out the best in everyone and sharing a race unites us. You can be friends with your competition. In fact, you might just meet your best friends you never knew you were missing.

and the busy demands of everyday life.

Our rabbitPRO team is our professional running team made up of some of the best runners in the nation. They compete and represent rabbit at the highest levels of competition and also collaborate with us to help us make the best running apparel out there.

What is rabbit's main goal from a research and development point of view?

We are constantly striving to bring the most innovative running gear to the marketplace. We listen to runners and want our gear to have everything you need and nothing you don't need.

What is your commitment on an environmental level? One of our company core values is sustainability. We are always looking to use sustainable fabrics made from recycled materials (like our Repeats shorts made using rabbitKNIT ICE and P4DRY from innovative recycled coffee grounds or our Remix Tee which is made from recycled polyester), reduce our ecological shipping footprint to reduce single-use packaging and use recyclable materials, and partner with other brands with similar core values.

How do you see the future of ultrarunning? Ultrarunning and trail running are booming and have been for a few years.

It's one of the fastest growing sports and the pandemic contributed to that. We're excited that more runners have found their way to the trails and to ultras. We expect the popularity to continue to grow over the coming years.

Tell us something more about you.

What are your favorite races? Jill is a 2:48 marathoner (run 8 months post-partum) as well as a past national champion in the duathlon. Monica has raced the Boston Marathon 10 times and run 5 100mile races. Her favorite race of all time is Vermont 100.

Your company has different contracts and sponsorships with athletes, from pros to everyday runners. Can you tell us more about it? We support runners and dreamers of all levels. Our RADrabbit team is our brand ambassador team.

This team is comprised of athletes from all walks of life, diverse ages and abilities, from all over the United States and is growing internationally each year. Our rabbitELITE and rabbitELITEtrail teams are our locally and nationally competitive teams of exceptional athletes who balance elite-level training with careers, family,

What about coffee: pour over or espresso? We both prefer pour over drip coffee!

Is there something that European runners should know about you? We do ship to Europe, and we have retail partners in Europe as well, which can be found on our website.

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Like the Wind It's not How to Run. It's Why we Run.

BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O

A magazine that talks about another magazine.

It may seem strange. But when we compiled the list of ideas for this issue, we felt the need to give voice and prominence to an editorial product of the sector. Someone who can share an independent, out-of-the-box spirit.

Who tells the scene like no other. Well, in this context, the choice of Like the Wind seemed almost obvious to us. Because there is no other magazine today capable of talking about running in this way.

Like the Wind is a quarterly magazine created primarily by enthusiasts. Since 2014, with the help of international contributors, Simon and Julie Freeman have been able to develop a project that has consolidated within this circuit. Inside there is effort, dedication, constancy. There are personal anecdotes, there are opinions and insights, there are stories that are a real source of inspiration, but also reports from the world, illustrations and beautiful photos. A collection, sometimes intimate, of those who experience this sport every day, at every level. With sacrifice, effort, insight and a pinch of poetry, Like the Wind analyzes the impact of running on people.

It observes how this directly or indirectly shapes our lives. Whether we realize it or not.

For runners, by runners. It all starts from here. Yes, we are first and foremost runners.

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The magazine started out as my and Julie’s spare-time project. It came to life as we run around Mont Blanc, discussing the magazines we love, in areas such as cycling, adventure and mountaineering. I’m talking about Ride Journal, Rouleur, Huck, Alpinist, Sidetracked and other independent publications around the world. Years later we are still a small team that manages everything you see besides their busy jobs: Julie as creative director, Imogen Lees as deputy director and Alex Murphy as deputy creative director.

To do what you do, first of all it takes a great passion for this sport. Some time ago, one of your articles investigated the reasons that lead us to tie our shoes and put one foot in front of the other. From the vibrations aroused in pushing our body towards a new goal, in the real search for happiness.

What does running mean to you? For us, running is many things: it is a way to compete, a way to maintain a physical condition, a way to support mental health. But running can also be a form of self-expression and a form of protest.

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shop, or icons like Ron Hill and Frank Shorter. Also thanks to an extensive list of contributors. We are incredibly lucky to have so many people who want to share their stories through Like the Wind pages. It would be impossible for us to publish a magazine like this without so many generous contributors.

Running is such a huge topic, with so many people practicing it, that we could publish for another 100 years.

One of the aspects that most fascinates me about your magazine are the many topical topics, social injustice, discrimination.

From New York Pioneers Club to Running to Protest, from Free To Run to Black Trail Runners. You have repeatedly addressed issues on how the world of running enters social movements and class struggles. Something that no one had ever talked about before. We believe that everyone should have the right and the opportunity to run, when they want and where they want. It is essential for us to discuss social issues that could affect these prerogatives, such as discrimination against a specific group of people or the damage caused to the environment that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to go for a run. This is the reason that pushes us to publish stories on current social issues.

For many people, running is an act of challenge. We believe that, ultimately, running is for everyone and this involves unique motivations for each individual.

Inspiring readers is one of LTW's missions.

How do you do this? Stories are one of the most powerful and oldest means of communication.

Stories are how people share ideas and information. It is no coincidence that it is theorized that language developed to facilitate narration.

So we aim to use the power of stories, centered around the culture and history of running, to inspire people to run. May it be for the first time or for running faster, in a different place, on a different terrain or over a different distance. The point is, we want to give people the fuel to feel enthusiastic and motivated to run.

Truly refined content, never banal. You can talk indiscriminately about track & field, fell running, off-road running, endurance. You also deal with stories about people like Samia Akbar and Stefanie Bi-

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In the past two years of pandemic, we have learned how to adapt. We had the opportunity to ask ourselves where this sport can lead us, both from a mental, geographical, environmental and political point of view.

For many people, running represented a real safety net. How did you live and tell that? We think that competition is essential for running. It's a great way to focus your efforts, feel part of a community, and experience the feeling of reaching new goals. But that's not the only thing. As we saw during the pandemic, many people started running (or went back to running) because it was an easy and accessible way to support their physical and mental well-being. On the other hand, we are painfully aware of the sacrifices that many runners affected by Covid have been forced to make. Moving away from this sport, and the aspects related to it, has taken many people by surprise. Talking about this has been very important, as well as raising awareness about issues that other people previously faced wi-

thout the recognition that Long Covid sufferers now have. For example, we are talk about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

Yours is a completely content-oriented magazine. But to be able to be independent, sometimes you have to compromise.

How do you manage to keep yourself that way? When we launched Like the Wind we took a big risk, hoping that people would want to read the magazine as we intended. Since we didn’t have any financial support, we didn't have to compromise on our vision. This meant investing all of our savings, but today we're really happy we did that. Now that the family has grown, and the magazine is making a name for itself, we are trying to make it sustainable. Initially, we decided to donate all profits to charity (which we did for the first 4 issues), but we realized there wasn't much profit to donate. So, in order to ensure its longevity, we have considered advertising inserts, especially through storytelling. We will continue to make regular donations to charities and reinvest the money left to make sure we can continue to tell stories and reach as many runners around the world as possible. We are and still remain a small team (we all have a daily jobs) and therefore we rely on those who contribute with words, illustrations and photos to help us realize this project.

Stories are one of the most powerful and oldest means of communication.

Stories are how people share ideas and information. It is no coincidence that it is theorized that language developed to facilitate narration. So we aim to use the power of stories, centered around the culture and history of running, to inspire people to run.

Looking back at the beginning of your career, how has the publishing industry changed? This is a very good question. It seems that in the eight years since we launched Like the Wind, people have begun to reevaluate their relationships with everything that’s digital. This doesn’t mean that we see social media and other forms of entertainment as something bad. But maybe the amount of digital media that people are consuming has reached an extreme level. We are now finding that more and more people want to take a moment away from their screens to sit down and read a magazine or listen to music. Whether we think about books or the resurgence of vinyl records, the independent publishing scene has really grown since we started. Nowadays there is an increasing demand for slower, deeper and more meaningful moments. Like taking the time to sit down with a magazine like Like the Wind, maybe over a coffee after a long run or with a beer in hand after a long day at work.

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Satisfy

Brice Partouche ITW BY FILIPPO CAON PHOTOS ANDREA TORRESAN

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Satisfy is a Paris-based running equipment brand. It has been founded

by Brice Partouche, that we interviewed here. We wanted to talk about it because it’s a very special, niche brand, with a new vision in the sportswear scene, a sign that the movement is changing quickly, looking for new environments in which to grow.

Brice, tell us something about you.

I grew up in the Alps near Grenoble, so I grew up as snowboarder because the first ski station was only thirty minutes away from where I lived. Then I discovered skateboarding, and music and punk rock, all at the same time, and it really built my personality and my person. I didn’t know, when I was a teenager, that I would become a designer. I design but I am not a designer, I am a designer in the way that I am attracted by products but not by fashion.

I don’t care to do decoration: I love to solve problems with design and I tell stories through design. Growing up in a music and skateboarding environment, for me it is all about culture.

And when I started to run I became quickly obsessed with running, but I couldn’t find the connection between my new passion and my culture. I was looking to other brands and they where different from what I expected, from skateboarding and music. So my idea was to build a brand that does embrace product development, design and culture. I had a denim company before, and I’ve always been attracted by cool fabrics and beautiful product, I wanted to bring these elements into Satisfy. That’s why this brand is unique in a sport world where there is a massive market: we do different things because of my background, but also because we are close to our community. I learned this from music and skateboarding.

Don’t you think that Satisfy is an haute couture brand? High quality, super sought-after fabrics, handmade, small numbers, but high prices as well. How do you combine these stuffs with punk culture and with running culture as well?

Image to be like a sound mixer. You have the left level which is functionality, and the right level which is design

and style. The idea of Satisfy is to push these two levels as far as we can. It’s about finding a balance between these two things. We are not like an haute couture brand. But maybe we are that because our process and because of how we work. We are in Paris, we have an atelier: we prototype everything here, it’s like a lab. We don’t send to the factory a sketch, we send a real prototype of what we want. This is where we have a Parisian couture approach.

But the product is not haute couture.

Is a product made for athletes: we give access to this technology to everyone, but it necessarily means a change of scale. Of course, it has a price because there is no other way to do it. But the world and the sport doesn’t need another mass brand.

You also produce cotton shirts. In the end, people always ran with cotton shirts, at least until a few years ago. Why do you love cotton?

I love cotton, but maybe I wouldn’t run a marathon with it. I don’t know, I never tried. But I run 20 or 30km with cotton with no problem. When I started to run, I ran with rock bands t-shirts. I was just fine. So, we promote this idea, loving cotton for running. We use it, and we also use these moth-holes where your body need to cool down. This is just not like a classic cotton tee, it’s more a technical cotton tee. We like this approach to use natural fabrics and to make it compliant for running. You can run with everything you want. Running has no rules.

What does “running culture” mean to you? When I started running I didn’t understand the culture behind because no one educated me to this. I felt that is easy to understand music culture and skate culture but running was all about performance and all these bullshits. The culture is the community, that doesn’t mean

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running in a club with twenty people that I don’t know. Is something very personal: I run because I want step out of my comfort zone, I want to explore and I want something new. It’s not about being better or giving the best.

It’s just about getting high. Therefore, I found running, or running found me, I don’t know. Running culture is more about running away.

Once you said something like that today running clubs are too organized… Yeah, I don’t understand this.

When I started to run the last thing I wanted to do was to join a running club. Because I’m surrounded by people, while I want to be alone. I don’t know why I should run with twenty people.

I think that running is also about sharing experiences with someone else, but often, clubs aren’t the right places to do that. Yeah. I don’t like to run with people, but I love to run with friends. I like to run with people that I see every week, we talk and so on, it’s nice. I like quality time. But when you run with twenty people that you don’t really know… I don’t want to talk with twenty people, it’s not for me.

Running is a sacred moment.

Does Michael Versteeg represent your idea of what running is? Michael Versteeg is Satisfy. He embodies the brand, and I am glad to have him with us. I think that Michael trusts us because we are different and because of our background. I created Satisfy for people like him. He is also a very good runner, he is completely crazy, he knows the pain, but we wanted to work with him because he is like us.

Three songs. It’s hard! Well… Blueprint by Fugazi. Any AC/DC song with Bon Scott, maybe It’s a Long Way to the Top. And the third is Tecumseh Valley by Townes Van Zandt.

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No rules, just one goal: go all the way

BY LUDOVICA SACCO GIUSEPPE SCIARAFFIA, ANDREW FIGUEROA, EDGAR GARCÍA & RAFA RIVERO

The American spirit of the race gets manifested more and more in teamwork, in the desire to overcome one's limits by covering distances that seem insurmountable with the sole aim of succeeding.

If until recently the motto has been "the important thing is not to win, but to participate", a phrase bitterly pronounced by losers or by winners with a good dose of sarcasm, now it is "the important thing is not to win, but to cross the finish line". It doesn't matter when, it doesn't matter how or the road traveled. What really matters is to cross that threshold that embodies the satisfaction gained after miles and miles of sweat and effort. And there is nothing that best represents this vision than The Speed Race Project and, in particular, one of the teams participating in the race: the MAFFs Team supported by Alba Optics.

For those unfamiliar with it, The Speed Project is a grueling race starting at the Santa Monica Pier, in Los Angeles, and ending in downtown Las Vegas. The only rule is to cover the approximately 500km that divide the two cities, alone or in a team of six participants. There is also a "Freestyle" category, in which it is allowed to choose any type of route and the number of relays. And it is

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precisely for this race that the Chilean team of MAFFs, led by Pepe Sciaraffia, has been preparing for the whole last year.

MAFFs was born as a collective of people who want to run freely, without rules. There is no strict training regime, they are just friends who enjoy running together, but also in solitude, in the mountains. Such a philosophy, such a foundation. The team was born almost by chance when, in 2020, the participants had to decide on a team name to participate in the TSPDIY, the "homemade" edition of The Speed Project which consisted of competing on the home trails. For this race, the MAFFs Team runners managed to cover 425 kilometers in the Atacama desert in almost 30 hours, understanding the logistics and the best method to be able to face the official race. The goal is always the same: running hard, pushing your strength to the limit by bringing out the best of yourself, support your team and, most importantly, have fun.

Initially, the team consisted of six runners: the aforementioned Pepe Sciaraffia, then Max Keith, Cristian Deppe, Santiago Margozzini, Eduardo Labarca and Esteban Morales. To date, they have been joined by Cristian Lecaros, Paolo Pavez and the only non-Chilean runner, Sofi Kim. The runners are supported by three other people who help in the preparation and during the race itself. The competition is free from rules and so are the training sessions, in which the team runners ran together and in solitude, each with their own method.

In fact, during the lockdown, the guys of the MAFFs Team were able to discover their home mountains’ routes, always looking for creative ways to challenge themselves, discovering

new approaches to running and respecting those of others. In short, it is nice to push your strength and speed to the maximum but it is even better to exercise your creativity to have fun while running.

During TSP 2022, the MAFFs Team managed to run from Santa Monica to Las Vegas, finishing eighth in the standings, along the classic but longer route: 545km in 36 hours and 24 minutes, time enriched by effort, friendship and a lot of passion.

We just have to sit back and wait for TSP 2023 to see how the MAFFs Team will manage to amaze us once again with its unconventional approach to competition. Because we are sure that, with such an attitude, we would only be delighted.

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Run to the Source Stronger than prejudice

BY I L A R I A C H I AVAC C I

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In his documentary Run to the Source, British director Matt Kay told Martin Johnson's challenge: to run in the opposite direction the 296 kilometers that separate the source of Thames from the barrier in southeast London, the goal was to do that in less than 40 hours and on the day of the anniversary of George Floyd's death. Here’s the whole story.

If you think about it for a moment, you will realize that you probably won't think of many black athletes linked to the outdoor world. Run to the Source is the 35-minute documentary that director Matt Kay realized for Patagonia about trail runner Martin Johnson and his attempt to break the speed record in covering 296km along River Thames. The goal? Do it in a single stage retracing historical episodes of Great Britain along the places of the Thames linked to colonialism.

This story, where resistance and challenge are intertwined, aims to raise awareness of the fact that in the outdoor community there is a lack of representation of black people. Why an environment that professes to be inclusive isn’t that much in reality? We talked about it with Matt Kay, who followed MJ all the way, filming all the moments of the challenge.

“The same holds true sadly for the majority of industries. Many have made more of an effort to appear more inclusive from first impressions. There has been more PoC models featuring in editorial fashion shoots recently as well as a greater amount of diversity in advertising but this is often surface level and more for optics. If you scratch beneath the surface many of these companies’ boardrooms are still extremely lacking in diversity. The people in positions of power often are the very same people that weren’t including diversity in the first place making it hard to argue that any meaningful change has occurred at all.”

Do you think you have been able to do it with Run to the Source? As a director, what I want is for people to immerse themselves in the world and know and learn things they may not necessarily have known before. I hope this happens regarding the connection between black people and Britain and, above all, with River Thames. After all, I just want people to have fun watching the documentary and learn something at the same time. I never try to come up with specific goals or messages, because I think the process of making the film could otherwise be influenced or contaminated. I always try to keep an open mind, or at least try to show a nuanced perspective on things. Apart from that, I would like the public to appreciate the incredible challenge faced by MJ and to notice his desire to encourage more and more black people to feel comfortable outdoors, even if they are not attempting an extreme challenge like the one he faced!

The challenge was to cover the 296km that separate the Thames barrier in south-east London to the source of the river, west of Oxford, and doing that on May 25th, 2021, one year after George Floyd's death. No pauses then, but the goal of breaking the record and staying under 40 hours to remember the absurd death of Floyd, who stopped breathing on May 25th, 2020, after a police officer had kept him immobilized on the ground by pressing his knee on George’s neck.

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Trail running is a discipline in which both the body and mind are deeply involved. Do you think MJ didn't give up because of the reason behind the challenge? I think anyone that runs that distance has to be extremely motivated. Even if you’re the fittest person in the world when you reach mile 150 there will be reasons why you’d like to stop running! I was struck by MJ’s mental strength and perseverance. He shares many reasons in the film why he chose to attempt that particular FKT and I tried to highlight these within the film and show that after a certain amount of time it is all down to your mental strength. MJ goes about this with a level of vulnerability and acceptance which I think is his true strength, accepting he is going to go through tricky times but not boasting about these, and instead quietly embracing them whilst inspiring others along the way.

Beating the previous 40-hour FKT, which is the fastest time to cover 296km, is a really tough physical challenge for anyone, even for MJ. Were there moments during the filming when you worried about him?

Of course: to cover the entire route in 38 hours and 35 minutes he literally ran non-stop, it was an endurance challenge for me too. We ended up shooting for almost 50 hours. At some point in Oxford, after about 209km, I realized he was in great trouble. He had blisters on his feet and someone was trying to pop them to put his shoes back on. At that point, someone co-

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mes up with “hey, you're almost there.

You are only 97km far away” which, to give you a reference, is like running almost three consecutive marathons. It's crazy how, after running all night until morning, and then all the following day, he always kept a positive attitude, he has been a real fighter. Often, when you make a documentary like this one, there is a goal to achieve, a challenge to accomplish: you have to make sure that the film works regardless of whether that goal is achieved or not.

At least for me, it's not just about the result, but above all it is about the journey. As long as you focus on that, and you are able to document it and discover people and care about them, then you are an active part of the process, and this is the important thing.

The film examines the personal and political experience of being a black person in the UK, both now and over the past 70 years. Many of the people who contributed to the making of the documentary come from ethnically diverse communities. Do you think this contributed to the success of Run to the Source? I believe that diversity is always important, but

too often it is considered as something you have to respect in order to simply be considered fair, but not necessarily thinking about the real benefits it brings. People who come from different countries and who have had different life experiences bring different perspectives and ideas, both on the set and in any other environment. Films in general, but especially documentaries, are performed, and shot, mainly by white men. So I try to bring diversity into my film production as much as possible, offering talented young people an experience that otherwise they would never have been able to live.

Does the music you choose to use in this documentary also have a political importance in some way? In general I am convinced that music is an essential element in films, so I spend a lot of time talking to composers, finding the most suitable tracks. One of my friends, Kyan, had recently composed a song called Lonely River, and since much of the film focuses on MJ as he runs alone along a river, it immediately felt right. In addition, I wanted to include into the narrative, even on a sound level, the different influences

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that black British have had on music in Great Britain. Our composer Leon-Jean Marie did a fantastic job, he really understood and incorporated the concept. Jazz, neoclassical, soul mix with more modern hip hop parts, influenced by grime.

With your media house Walks Of Life Films, in the last six years you have directed many socially aware documentaries: you were in Egypt during the Arab Spring, in a Brazilian favela during the World Cup. What does guide you personally as a director? I think a camera is a fantastic way to access places I never would have been able to go, from detention centers to women's wrestling camps, up to 50 hours with MJ running down the Thames. Filming is a great tool: it allows you to show phenomena in a three-dimensional way, in a world where things are often binary. Social media, in particular, often slips the conversation towards rather reactionary positions. The documentary, on the other hand, allows for more balance, it provides context, and really deepens a problem.

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Dylan Bowman

BY FILIPPO CAON

P H O T O S R YA N T H R O W E R & L U K E W E B S T E R

Dylan Bowman is a pro ultrarunner from Portland, Oregon, and the host of the amazing podcast Freetrail. He recently left The North Face to start a new project with Speedland, he’s on the race board of Western States 100, and last year he’s provided live race coverage and commentary of Western States and UTMB. He is the prototype of the new cosmopolitan ultrarunner and has a unique and vital perspective on the ultrarunning world.

Hi Dybo, thanks for being here. Thank you. It’s an interesting moment in this sport’s history and it’s fun to talk about it.

the development of new race series like the UTMB World Series and partnerships with Ironman and the Salomon Golden Trail Series are starting to have a big impact. These events offer world class race experiences to professional athletes and to the broader public and have also done a great job with storytelling and race coverage. This is the thing that I find most interesting right now in terms of monetizing the sport in the next few years. I think race coverage live streaming is going to be the key to sustaining this growth momentum and actually lead to an accelerating growth momentum for this sport. That would be my general take.

How is the ultrarunning scene changing today? I think for the last ten years the sport has been on a steady strong growth trajectory. When I first started running ultras (it was twelve years ago) the broader public and most of the people I talked to didn’t necessarily even know that ultrarunning existed. Now, in any conversation, people know what I’m talking about when I talk about ultrarunning and trail running. So I think it’s penetrated the broad general consciousness of most people who pay attention to the general sports landscape. I think that right now is an interesting moment in the history of this sport, because we still maintain this really strong growth momentum, and we are in a state where the sport is professionalizing to a greater extent than ever: several of the biggest brands in the world are now developing very strong strategies to get and stay involved. I think our sport is in a very unique position because it’s gaining a foothold in the outdoor sports world and also in the high performance sports world: it’s attractive to brands like Nike, Adidas and Under Armour on the performance side and also The North Face, Salomon and other brands on the outdoor side. Plus,

Talking about this growth momentum, as you call it, I think our sport is great because a race like Barkley and one like UTMB can coexist, and because there are some events that attract runners from around the world and others that are super small and local. Now that the sport is growing, do you think we’re losing the local and community-based dimension of ultrarunning? I don’t know if these values are sacred, but sort of… Yeah, I think they are. So, I don’t fear change and growth, it’s inevitable. If you look at the history of every other outdoor sports, they achieved success and penetrated the broader public mind space. Surfing, skateboarding or rock climbing, all

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of these sports started as ultrarunning did: where it was very grassroots community-oriented, fringe, niche, and when they started proliferating, more people came in and the sport started to grow. And now skateboarding and rock climbing are in the Olympic Games and the best athletes in the world are multimillionaires. It’s my feeling that those sports have not been corrupted. Things changed?

Yes. Money has come in, things have professionalized, certainly. You know, the race organizations and brands capitalized and made money. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. My feeling is that the spirit and the culture of trail running will be maintained in the same way that the culture of surfing has been maintained even given the growth in the popularity of the sport over the last fifty years. Of course, it’s not something that we should just take for granted, or be arrogant about. I think it’s going to take constant work to ensure those sacred values are preserved, and my feeling is that the sport will have the same vibe that we all feel very protective about as long as we’re committed to preserving it as the sport continues to grow.

commercialized, I think it’s just the result of the fact that in Europe people care more about mountain sports and endurance sports than people do in the US, where the sport is still very much grassroots.

In Chamonix I had a conversation with Jared Hazen and Tim Freriks and I asked both of them if they would ever fly to Europe to run an FKT. They said no because they do not have an emotional bond with the territory or with the course. What about you? Would you come?

Yeah, I’d love to. I wanted to do the haute route from Chamonix to Zermatt. I definitely would. Again I don’t have so much familiarity with them, I don’t know where the biggest and most significant FKT routes are, but I am absolutely open to it.

I think that a few people here would take a plane to the US to run the Rim to Rim to Rim.It’s different. For professional athletes most of the time they travel for competition. And that’s what sponsors want from them, and that’s why they finance their travels. For Italian athletes who want to race in the US they probably get their travels paid for if they come to do Leadville or Western States or Hardrock, but maybe not if they just want to come over and do Nolan’s 14. Similarly, professionals might have financial incentives in their contracts to win Western States or Leadville or Hardrock, but that wouldn’t be the case for an FKT on Nolan’s 14 or R2R2R. I don’t think that this makes Nolan’s 14 or R2R2R less important, I just think it’s the reality of the economics of the sport and how pro athletes are incentivized. The other thing is that the FKT movement has a critical failure in that with an FKT, it’s either-or, it’s binary: you either achieve the FKT or it’s a failure. They really need to move to a model where they recognize the people who run the second or third, fifth, tenth fastest times of these established routes. Because there’s no incentivize now for people to go after the R2R2R, because Jim Walmsley’s record is so insanely fast. And there is a tiny fraction of a percent of people in our sport who have any chance of coming close to it. But if an Italian athlete thought “I want to see how I stack up against Jim Walmsley’s time and maybe I can get the second or third fastest time ever in the R2R2R” it would be more of an incentive to come over. But as it stands now, if you’re not confident in your ability to establish the new FKT you have no incentive to come over. I think they have to really change the model to something that recognizes not only the fastest person.

Next question is somehow about that. In Europe we don't have a real FKT culture. Yet a few days ago I checked the Fastest Known Time website and there were a ton of points showing supposed FKTs on the map of Italy. But they weren’t true FKTs, they were similar to Strava segments that nobody will repeat and nobody cares about. What is opinion about this? One of the things that I think must be considered is that in the US we are not allowed to have races in many of the great places where to trail run, because they’re protected as National Parks or wilderness areas.

Whereas in Europe you’re allowed to host big events pretty much wherever you want. And that’s why the FKT phenomenon was born in the US. You can’t hold a race in the Grand Canyon, because it’s a National Park. If you were allowed to hold a race in the Grand Canyon my guess is that there wouldn’t be as much of a mythology around the FKT that’s established in that particular area. It would be more about who won the race every year in the Grand Canyon. And so I think that obviously in Europe, mountain sports and endurance sports are more important to the general sports fan than in the United States. Europeans care more about road cycling, track and field, ski racing than American sports fans. In the US people care more about basketball and football, maybe golf and tennis a little bit, but for the most part it’s those big hyper-commercialized team sports. And so I think in Europe, where it may feel like mountain or trail running is being

Back to races, the Angeles Crest course record has been held by Jim O’Brien since 1989. Matt

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Carpenter’s Leadville record was set in 2007.

Do you think that with the growth of bigger events like UTMB there’s less of an incentive for pro runners to compete in these smaller races? Well, I think that the Jim O’Brian record and the Matt Carpenter record are similar, although now more professional athletes do race Leadville and Angeles Crest 100. I think obviously UTMB has established itself as the most important race in the world, and I think they have done so very effectively and for good reason. It’s the best race in the world, from a pure sporting spectacle perspective, to the overall experience of being in the village all week, to the livestream and the investments they’ve made, to their ability to attract athletes, to the whole week and all the different races, to the town and how perfect it is to host this event, to the course itself. It’s the best race. I do think because it has sort of sucked up so much of the attention and oxygen in this sport in summertime that races like the Bear 100 or AC 100 have suffered in the sense that they don’t get so many professional athletes in those races. However, those races still sell out.

They’re not lacking runners. It’s just the professional concentration of athletes has diminished. The other thing is that with the internationalization of races like Lavaredo and the Eiger and Hardrock there are already races that demand attention from the community, and most of the time the media attention follows where the professional athletes are concentrated. And it’s not to say that AC 100 isn’t an awesome race, but when I’m balancing what the trade off would be to concentrate on AC 100 and therefore sacrifice an opportunity at Lavaredo or UTMB, it’s an easy decision to make, because those races would provide a different and bigger opportunity for pro athletes. But I think it also comes down to race organizers, the AC 100 race organizers are notorious for not attracting or wanting elite athletes at their race, they don’t do anything to try to attract them, and it’s totally their right and the race does continue to sell out every year with no problem. It does not impact them economically whatsoever.

And they want it to be a more amateur participant race and that’s awesome, and that’s why I think the sport is not in danger because there is always going to be races like AC 100 that attract more of the grassroots, less professionalized crowd who want it to be chill, mellow, to come to the finish lines with nobody around, get your medal, get your belt buckle, have a beer and go home. But for everybody else, and people like me, there is UTMB.

running community and what will change now that it’s partnering with UTMB? So, before I answer that I’m curious to hear what the overall feeling about the UTMB World Series in Europe is. Are people excited about this consolidation of events?

Or are people kind of angry at UTMB for trying to be bigger?

Hard to say. I can’t say that people are angry, but perplexed of course. Everyone wants to go to Chamonix, but at the same time it’s seen as a sort of “McDonald’s”, I think. Especially after the partnership with Ironman. That’s my feeling: if they did all the same stuff but without Ironman nobody would care.

Maybe… I’m not sure. A curious thing is that every UTMB partner race added “by UTMB” to the name. Western States didn’t. Yeah, I tell you about Western States. I think it’s a very good thing that WS and UTMB have formed a partnership, because WS is really the only race in the world that I think has the same significance as UTMB, and it’s a totally different race experience. WS is also a special race environment, it’s difficult to describe if you have never been there, much smaller, more intimate but still with a lot of media attention and a lot of fanfare. And they have done a good job to manage the gap between the old school and the new school. Where they think progressively about ways that they can evolve the organization, change the rules slightly, still attract the professionals but deliver a world-class experience for everybody from the first finisher to the last finisher. I really think that Craig Thornley, the race director, and the board are doing an incredible job in the way they reflect the values of the sport: being inclusive, community-oriented, rooted in the tradition, but also pushing things forward and continuing to find ways to improve the event to rethink the traditional policies and being an example and a leader for the next generations of this sport. And I think honestly that UTMB has looked to WS for leadership in a lot of ways. As you mentioned, WS is still very much independent and is the only race in the UTMB World Series that operates independently from UTMB and Ironman, and I think that was big for WS. I think UTMB understood that WS is different, and they recognized it’s better to display unity than to be in competition with others. And I think that it’s positive for this sport.

Let’s talk about Freetrail. How did the project start? The project started with my podcast Pyllars a couple of years ago. We had the idea to start a sort of training app. And it ultimately grew organical-

You are part of the Western States board. What does Western States represent for the ultra-

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I think that right now is an interesting moment in the history of this sport, because we still maintain this really strong growth momentum, and we are in a state where the sport is professionalizing to a greater extent than ever. ly and slowly just based on ideas that we had and opportunities that we felt existed in the trail running media market. We just started and it’s been an evolving process, and now it includes a podcast, broader media work, a training app, we are now launching a commerce business for other products, and ultimately we have the ambition to expand into several different categories. We’re focused on creating a business that’s really representative of the spirit of the sport and always staying true to our mission, which is helping people to improve their lives for the better through the sport of trail running. The team is myself, Ryan and my wife Harmony. We have plans to expand our team in the near future. What I think makes our team effective is that we’re passionate about what we’re working on and also we have very different skills.

Yeah, I would say that recently my routine has been just working really hard. And unfortunately, I have no idea of what I’m going to do this year athletically myself, if I’m going to compete or not. And most of that is because I’ve just been too busy to train. Freetrail is an all-consuming endeavour for me and so I’m trying to find some balance.

How many runners do you interview every month? Between four and eight, depending on the month.

How do you prepare for those interviews? I loved the one you did with Mr. Anton Krupicka, you went deep inside his personality. I think it is difficult to come up with good questions for people like him, because everybody knows him but at the same time nobody really does. It depends on the episode. Sometimes I don’t prepare at all, sometimes I do prepare a bit more. I find the episodes that I enjoy the most are where I don’t prepare much and just kind of let it happen. But for the most part it’s a matter of being constantly educated about what’s happening in the sport, following all the athletes on Instagram, checking on what they’re doing. A lot of them I also have a sort of relationship with. With the people I know personally it’s easier because I just let the conversation flow organically, without an agenda, see where the athlete wants to go with the conversation and follow them and help them tell their own stories.

Freetrail also includes another beautiful podcast by Hillary Allen, Corinne Malcom and Keely Henninger called Trail Society. Yeah, that was born from the idea to have another podcast in our network that provided a platform and a voice for female trail runners, because I think that’s a really exciting aspect of the sport right now. Ultimately, it will be able not only to provide cool opportunities for female athletes but I think it will also create more growth momentum in the sport.

There are so many great female athletes right now and if you help them to tell their stories it only will inspire future generations of athletes to come in to trail running. The idea started when we were talking with Keely about whether she would be interested in starting a podcast, then we identified Corinne Malcom and Hillary Allen who’d be two good partners to go in on this project with. Ryan Thrower does the production of the shows, but for the most part it’s an all women team and it’s incredibly powerful. They’re doing really positive things for the community and we are really excited to support them in this small way.

I haven’t asked you anything about Speedland…

What’s going on with that? What’s going on… A lot of stuff! That was the big move in my career, leaving The North Face to go in on something totally different. Speedland is a two-person startup in the footwear space, created by two guys, Dave Dombrow and Kevin Fallon, who live here in Portland, Oregon. We developed great friendship and connection, and I think very highly of them both as human beings but also as product creators. My hope is that I can facilitate that evolution, but they’ve also given me the opportunity to grow professionally myself, to learn a bit more about that side of the business. And there’s a lot of connection between a startup like Freetrail and Speedland. This road is super exciting to me and I’m grateful for their support.

I really appreciate the sense of responsibility you have as a professional athlete, helping people, influencing movement in a positive way.

What's your daily routine? I wake up early in the morning, I drink some coffee, read a book, meditate, go for my run, and then go home to take a shower, and work my ass off for the rest of the day.

Thanks Dybo.

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Buckled A chat between Alessandro Locatelli Marcello Marcadella and Filippo Caon PHOTOS SARA LANDO

Buckled is the first ultrarunning podcast in Italy, as well as one of the most beautiful alternative projects of recent years.

This is why we decided to interview Alessandro Locatelli and Marcello Marcadella, the two hosts of the podcast.

In the end, no real interview came out, you will decide what really is.

We talked very little about the podcast, but a lot about the scene, the community, about America, and many other things.

The Podcasts. Buckled is a podcast for buckle hunters, as well as the first ultrarunning podcast in Italy, in which the two hosts, Alessandro Locatelli and Marcello Marcadella, host and interview runners and athletes. The Long Run is a podcast that realizes a monthly recap about everything that happened in the world of trail running. UnBuckled, that was born thanks to Rob Isolda and Marcello Marcadella, is the podcast son of Buckled, entirely dedicated to commenting on races and live events. Ultrarunning Tape, born from the collaboration with an old friend, it is a podcast available only on Patreon for Buckled supporters, that talks about the history of ultrarunning.

Ale. I believe there are people curious to try what there is somewhere else. In recent years, I have noticed that there is a little more content creation, a little more willingness to open borders and horizons, to try to see what lies beyond our own country. Or there are simply people who arrived to this sport by reading about American things. In the end that was the same for me, I have always seen American things first, I have always seen them as more interesting and more alive, with more sporting culture and with more history. Then not every year you have the opportunity to go to America to run, but I see growth, curiosity, more desire to take risks and try new things.

Marci. How was the interview with Bowman?

Filo. Do you think it is something related to our niche? I don't know if it's really a trend or something that gravitates around Destination Unknown and around all those projects that have been born in this pool of people in recent years.

Filo. Fine, he’s a nice guy. But I sounds like a fool when speaking english. I mean, it’s not even that, I’m just a bit slow when I speak so it doesn’t sound that natural.

Marci. I am very convinced that this is the case.

That it is linked to the DU niche, to Davide. Not that he conditioned people ... God, yes, he does.

But not directly. America has always been a cool thing to me. I am convinced that it is something related to our group of people, then surely we talk more about it. I think this is the year in which there are more Italians at Western, but a good

Ale. Well, c’mon on, you’re not so bad, just think about the times you just got up and started talking with Walmsley, Tollefson, etc. in Chamonix.

Filo. That’s shock therapy… About that, this year there is a large group of Italians running there. Maybe it’s the first year that we are so many.

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maybe I also would be in a stupid fucking place.

But for me that encompasses a bit of everything.

I also ask myself this many times: it is not easy to explain why it is necessary to go to America to run a race, that’s just stupid. It's the atmosphere.

But I agree that it is still a sort of a niche thing.

Ale. Anyway I would say that compared to eight years ago the scene has changed a lot: there is a large part of fashion, and this is undeniable. Because it's cool. But from another point of view, I really see a lot of people who are honestly interested in what is happening in this world, who are genuinely involved. And this also goes through the organization of events that may not be "races", I don't even want to bother URMA, which for me is part of the spark. But I see a lot of people interested in this world who are looking for ways to make it grow and to let other people experience it. So I see a trend but I also see a lot of feeling from people.

Filo. And what’s outside of this bubble? And above all, outside of this circle of people is there the feeling and the awareness of being part of a community?

part of them are from DU, but not all of them, but in any case they come from this bubble.

Filo. Define “this bubble”.

Ale. A lot certainly comes from social media, that’s something we cannot excluded. But what Marcello said makes sense to me: from a certain point of view Destination Unknown and what gravitates around us has been a sort of spark, then from there things spread in a thousand different directions. Keeping Davide and Paco as a central key, I see a thousand different directions in which this thing has gone. And it has taken hold quite everywhere. And there’s more... I hate to use the word culture, but we are building a movement on something, we are not building it on water.

Marci. And surely this thing goes beyond the performance, at least in my opinion. I've always said it, if I had to enclose in a photo the best moment of my "career" I don't imagine myself in an epic pose with Mont Blanc on the background, but simply with two water bottles, and I would like to say shirtless, but I can not afford it, and

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Marci. In my opinion, the scene in Italy is decidedly more competitive, in terms of attitude and approach. I don't know if there is a community in Italy, in my opinion there isn’t, at least outside the group of people you run with every day, or outside the bubble of people that can be among those who participated in URMA, of the people that you meet at Davide Grazielli's camps.

Ale. In general I agree with you. Inside the bubble I see the community, I have no problems seeing it, I think it's normal: I hang out with people who have the same compass as me, so it's too easy to say '"we're going in the right direction".

In reality, precisely due to the fact that as a movement it exploded, I see many directions taken in a random way: from the organization of events, to people who experience the mountains as if they were on the street, people who want refreshments aid every two kilometers and a ceramic bathroom. I can't tell you if it's normal or not, if the trail running scene in Italy needs a few years to do a sort of skimming of people, and level the general thinking. But it makes no sense to talk about a community. Then I am convinced that there are many communities, after all, like ours.

When I think of the community issue two things come to mind: the fixing of the routes, which in Italy nobody does, apart from CAI and the race organizations just before the race, but not the

people who run. And assistance: every time we organize a competition we rely on the group of Alpine troops, a group of retired people. I can't see cohesion in this thing. I can't see a group and a community of people carrying out an event.

Marci. It’s more sport than community. Not that it's necessarily wrong. But I believe that the most common thing abroad is the atmosphere, the assistance, and believing in it.

Ale. And that’s probably due to the fact that American events are more grassroots: the event does not come first, but Lazarus Lake comes first with Frozen Ed trying to make ten miles on the Barkley course. And then only after twenty years comes Barkley... I mean, that’s not true, it came after three years. But the point is that here it is more related to competition and therefore the approach is more: let's organize a race, ok, what do wee need? Security plan, eighty volunteers, a supermarket that gives us three pallets of Coca Cola and a panettone. When perhaps at huge events in the States at aid stations there are families who make cakes, people who take the times with pen and paper. We come from two different roads, will they meet somehow? Will they become more Europeans and us more Americans? I do not know. But I see people in Italy who try to do things differently.

grow in the States. Do you think there is a risk even in Italy that in a few years the two things will become so far apart that there will be a division within the scene?

Marci. I am not convinced about the spread of these two aspects in Italy. For example, the FKT thing works best in America as a matter of culture, it doesn't make much sense here. Culturally, it is something a little distant from us. Ultrarunning in Italy is very young and it spreads among people who have zero or little sporting history, like me or Ale, and many other people. So what pushes us all is the competition. You need to be competitive. While in my opinion overseas it is not only a cultural thing due to the great routes, but also being sick of competition, it’s something more personal. Even 2020 that should have led to so many FKTs eventually led to not so important FKTs. Ale. About the issue of division between people who prefer events and people who prefer races, in my opinion there is a risk. Already in America you can see, whoever goes to Barkley or Big's

Filo. Did you read Finn’s “The Rise of the Ultrarunners"?

Marci. Nope.

Ale. Unfortunately yes, I’ve listened to it.

Filo. Nobody like it. But I think it’s not that bad.

When he talks about races it is illegible, but this is because in general we can't stand it anymore, we have read too many. But Finn also manages to bring out some beautiful reportage photos of the ultra scene, especially in the States. When he goes to Barr Camp, Boulder, Miwok, or in South Africa…

Ale. But that part didn’t make you mad? When it says: “well, then I will try to bring an African guy to run an ultra…”, and that guy does not want to run more than forty kilometers, haha, but he says mind your fucking business. But what is that? An experiment on a human being?

Haha.

Filo. Ahah. Anyway, Finn tells about a really wide gap between the “grassroots attitude” and the one of those who want to become big and

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Backyard, excluding the most well-known runners, is part of a world a little bit apart. I do not exclude that it could happen here too, that a few years from now there may be a large group of people who prefer to run Translagorai once a year and not compete because they simply like the experience of that event, and don't feel the need to go run the Ronda Ghibellina. People who are looking for a small slice of the community that has interests in common, disconnected from the competition open to all, a more private and closed community. Then in my opinion the two things can coexist. Just as there is a Dauwalter who goes crazy for UTMB and goes crazy for Barkley every year, I'm sure it can also exist here in Italy.

Marci. There is also an extremely different “media attention". Luke Nelson, who only does FKTs, is very famous, or Joe Campanelli, here is different and will never be the same as over there.

Filo. More than anything else I think that a characteristic of those events is that you have to go and look for them, so it is less easy to happen to be there, there are probably people who do things

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we know nothing about, maybe even next door.

Ale. And it's probably more unrelated to the throwaway concept of racing. The event is something that you must look for, and you must be curious about, you must organize it, participate.

On an emotional level, it is completely different.

Filo. How do you see Buckled, within this scene, both in our bubble and in general? And how does it fit into the communication of this sport, which has changed a lot in the last ten years, also following the changes in the sport itself?

Ale. That’s a tough question. Uff. As to where we position ourselves, honestly I'm not very sure. Basically I think that when I started as a compass I had a very small bubble of people. Since it wasn't my job and I was doing it just for fun, I preferred to realize a product that I can be proud of and that is enjoyable for the people I like.

Marci. Which finds the consent of the bubble to which you belong.

Ale. Yes, that was the starting point. Then once you do things and post them, they get out of your

control, you don't know where they will end up.

The thing has widened: at the beginning we were talking about that bubble but we are widening now, especially with The Long Run. We always say that we are pro-American from that point of view, mostly because I find it hardly sensible to talk about the things that happen five kilometers from home. I am much more interested in looking a little further and having a more global vision of what is happening. And thanks to this we hope to be able to attract people. I haven't even remotely answered your question.

Filo. Yeah but that’s a classic. My interviews have an eight-line question and a two-line answer.

Ale. Ahah. The way it started, in the end, was simply because Paco told me “you should do a podcast”. That’s it. And we know very well that he had the ability to make you do things that you had no intention of doing, but that underneath, on closer inspection, perhaps you really wanted to do. I think the core then got bigger, and I think the people who came to Buckled don't all come from the bubble, sometimes we honestly don't understand where they come from, but they seem

interested in what we do. For The Long Run we never thought “we should talk about this because people might like it”. This thing, unlike Bowman, is not my job, it is not Marcello's job, at least I think he hasn't quit yet. We only want to do what we want. Marcello and I want to analyze Kilian's shoes? Let’s do it. Do we have technical skills about shoes? No. Who cares.

Marci. I also believe that the winning part is that we face serious conversations. I experience ultrarunning as a very serious thing, on a 360 degrees level, but with a very ironic and light-hearted language. Because it just goes with the flow. There is also the desire to do some culture. Ultrarunning Tapes are little gems of the ultrarunning culture.

Ale. We do what makes sense to us. As far as I'm concerned, I still don't understand what Buckled is, and I still don't understand what UnBuckled is.

We are sailing by sight. But the starting point is and remains to continue making content that we are proud of, in its small way, and that we hope will please our very small circle of people. I believe it’s more valuable to create specific content for a dozen people than for two hundred.

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Karst Ride

BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O

PHOTOS CAMILLA PIZZINI

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Cavalcata Carsica Sulle tracce del sentiero 3

BY DAV I D E F I O R AS O PHOTOS CAMILLA PIZZINI

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A maritime city with secret streets such as “carruggi”, an imperial town where the Habsburg domination is strongly felt. A city with numerous borders, not only geographic but also cultural and historical, crossroads of Latin, German and Slavic worlds, cradle of great intellectual conversationalists and conciliators, of people like Umberto Saba, Italo Svevo and James Joyce.

A multicultural dimension rich in components and contrasts, derived from its geographical position, its history and its morphology, suspended between the Adriatic Sea and the karst plateau. Unique expression of Central European art and culture between the Balkans and the Mediterranean. I'm talking about Trieste, one of the most beautiful and fascinating Italian cities.

For some years now, my heart has lived here. But to tell this story, the story of Sentiero 3, I had to go back to 1987.

I have always thought that Trieste (and its people) has a particular relationship with the world of running.

Strongly rooted and communal. Deliberately territorial and marginalized.

Something that has a lot in common with its history of rock climbers.

Trieste is home to mountaineers like perhaps no other seaside town. Charismatic fathers and brilliant innovators such as Julius Kugy and Emilio Comici, extensively investigated and told, but also Berto Pacifico, Ezio Rocco and the many people who over the years have raised the name of the Trenta: from Guglielmo Del Vecchio to Bruno Crepaz, from Tiziana Weiss to Enzo Cozzolino, to whom one of the two local sections of the Club Alpino Italiano is named after. The tradition and the activity of the two CAI offices made possible of having nowadays an offer of the territory that is truly sur-

prising and enjoyable. Which is at least unusual for a sea port. Even more if you think that the Società Alpina delle Giulie has its own mountain running group, the CAI CIM, born in 1995 from the union of sportsmen, from the most varied mountaineering realities, and simple peaks lovers with a competitive past. A team of enthusiasts who, from Nanos or Val Rosandra, began to bring a piece of Trieste between the Alps and the Dolomites, promoting this sport among the squares and following, since the end of the 90s, the path of exploratory running, with ever greater distances, in partial or total self-sufficiency, reducing the travel times for excursions.

It is on this fertile ground that the story of the Karst Ride is born, a thin red line that runs for more than 50km between Italy and Slovenia. This name is already intriguing in itself, it gives the sense of something epic and definitive. Something I've wanted to tell for too long. Exactly from that distant 2015, when I ran it for the first time.

Yes, because on Sentiero 3 one of the most beautiful pages of Italian trail running has been written, and is still written. A story that has lasted for 35 years and is renewed every first Sunday of December.

To understand its origins, one must come across the stories of Claudio Sterpin, born in 1939, a living monu-

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ment of endurance, forerunner of ultramarathon as we know it today. A man who started running with the Bersaglieri feather on his hat, in the early 60s, and said goodbye to the competitive activity at the age of 81, after having marked the history of this sport internationally.

"At the end of summer 1987, an article in the local newspaper emphasized the expedition of some CAI members who had covered the entire route of Alta Via del Carso Triestino, the above mentioned Sentiero 3, in about 12 hours. Rodolfo Geic, supported by Virgilio Zecchini, expressed his intention to “do better” than that expedition, involving me and Armando Germani in the challenge. The attempt would take place on the first Sunday of December. The Fonda cousins, uncle Rudy's nephews, on a minibus, had the task of assisting us in those places that have remained the same as they are today: Basovizza, Fernetti, Monrupino and Goriansko. A few weeks before the fateful date, joined the group the eldest cousin of the Fonda family, Diego, a 2h45’ marathoner, and two Maurizio: Potossi (mountaineer and middle-distance runner of San Giacomo) and Vangi (fresh from his record, never beaten, of 2h21’18” in the Karst Marathon). Already at the start, however, faithfully maintained for years at 7.30am, both Vangi and Germani expressed their intentions to abandon us in Gropada, from where, by prolonging their warm up, they would have reached

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No sponsors, no organization, no bibs, no assistance, no participation fees. Only a route with red and white trail signs, sometimes evident and others not at all, to unravel a thread that runs in a tangle of traces, streets, sinkholes, clearings, woods and stony grounds along the border line between Italy and Slovenia, in a continuous ups and downs undulated by modest hills.

Foiba di Basovizza to participate in the first test of the "Triptych". In conclusion, after losing Diego Fonda for some cramps a few kilometers before Goriansko, we arrived in Jamiano, all together, as agreed, a few minutes before the scheduled 6 hours."

Since then, with the same spirit with which Rodolfo and Virgilio had conceived the Ride, the tradition has continued to repeat itself up to the present day. To live and evolve on the thrust of a healthy and chivalrous rivalry.

A rivalry that first leads each of us to seek personal limits and, immediately after, to measure them with those of others, with the innate competitive spirit that remains the basis of all human undertakings. But regardless of this competitive spirit, the Ride continues to represent, today, the healthiest and most genuine expression of this sport. A race that has managed to assume the status of myth and legend for this aura that preserves its undisputed charm of the past. Someone had tried to advertise the event, but the initiative was nipped in the bud. After all, as Stefano likes to remind: "first rule of the Ride: you do not talk about the Ride."

No sponsors, no organization, no bibs, no assistance, no participation fees. Only a route with red and white trail signs, sometimes evident and others not at all, to unravel a thread that runs in a tangle of traces, streets, sinkholes, clearings, woods and stony

grounds along the border line between Italy and Slovenia, in a continuous ups and downs undulated by modest hills. Don't look for it on the internet or in the race calendars, you won't find confirmation anywhere, you just "know it's there". Just show up at 7am at the Pesek border crossing on the first Sunday of December. And you will not be alone. To register, look for an old Volkswagen van and two willing timekeepers, harnessed to face the morning chill, who take note of the participants with a pencil. The briefing from the loudspeaker, with vague indications in the Trieste’s dialect, is something that will remain in your memory forever, translated it sounds like this: "guys, the route is marked, but beware of crossroads. Normally you have to turn left, but sometimes also right, today it’s sunny so it’s easy, the race goes west, so you will have the sun on your back or on your left. But if you find it in front of you, you took the wrong road and you have to go back."

Here’s starts the real story I want to tell you. A story made of effort, joy, loneliness and wild nature. Names like Cocusso, Orsario, Lanaro, Ermada, unknown to me until recently. Names that have entered my mind today and that are part of a journey that I will never forget: the karst plateau all at once. A scenography that alternates Mediterranean scrub woods with infinite panoramas towards the Gulf of Trieste. On the opposite side, the

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unknown, the Vipava Valley and the Dinaric Alps. A wild, sometimes harsh environment, yet so close to civilization. For kilometers and kilometers you will encounter nothing or nobody, only oaks, holm oaks and maritime pines, short stretches of pasture, karst steppe moved by the wind, sinkholes, stony grounds parched by the bora wind, furrowed fields and old border signs. Few passages in small inhabited centers, Grozzana, Monrupino, Medeazza, the crossing of the provincial roads that lead to the Basovizza, Fernetti, San Pelagio passes. Trails with a hard and technical terrain, where every step hides a pitfall, where the soles of the shoes, at a certain point, will begin to beg for mercy.

Right from the start, the Ride will begin to introduce you to its often nervous aspect. Between Bosco dei Pini and Igouza you will be able to run quickly on the route, running fast and making your legs turn. But you will have to taste the terrain carefully, show off absolute skill and foot wisdom. You will have to concentrate in order to not miss the intersection or to go straight at the slightest distraction. On the descents, just let yourself go and entrust yourself to your favorite saint, or to the intelligence of your reflexes, to the sharpness of your gaze. If everything goes well you will reach Trebiciano and its abyss, which descends for 329 meters into the bowels of the earth.

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The Karst Ride every time ends in the same way, leaving you with the feeling of having concluded yet another journey, against the Karst, against yourself.

In a few days, on some obscure side of the internet you will find the rankings and maybe the local journal will publish the usual paragraph about it. Nothing more, nothing less. Simply wonderful. underpass, and the Fernetti pass, where Bulgarian and Moldovan truck drivers, coming from the large intermodal infrastructure, will mix with the modest cross-border traffic. Here you can play it off, inflate your chest and take the tone of the one who has not yet made the slightest effort. But it’s only an appearance. In Col di Monrupino take advantage of a cup of hot tea generously offered by some volunteers, enjoy a chat, if you still are able to bluff. Because from here on, there is a part of the route that is made up of immense solitude. Up to San Pelagio you will be alone, immersed in a track of infinite serpentines, dotted with rocks that emerge from everywhere.

Here you will not have to run, you will have to dance jumping from one point to another to find the best piece of terrain. You will only have to calibrate the pace, follow the flow and immerse yourself in order to feel the route that clings to you like a hug. And when, finally, you will arrive at those hundred meters of provincial road that you will have to cross, you will feel like you’ve just woken up from a long dream, you will wonder what has happened in all this time, and you will realize that you have only been chasing thoughts.

Once out of the woods, smelling of grass and mud, on that road to San Pelagio where friends and family usually wait, you will have left 37km behind and you will be able to take a short break. If you are lucky, you will find a few bottles of Coca Cola left there

for the most desperate ones. You can also play it off, but no one will believe you anymore. Just look at your face.

The route will seem to give you a little peace but it is a mere illusion made to perfection. The speed you think you are regaining is bound to vanish because this is where you will have to pay the bill for all that dancing. The road flattens out into wide dirt roads, but Mount Ermada is there in front of you, you can look it in the eye before it gets swallowed up by the woods. You already know that this will be your last torture. Now it's all about zigzagging through trees, playing roller coasters with sinkholes. You will pass on the rocky mounds of Elder, among the remains of the trenches. A rusty shovel to mark the climax. Walk, which is not worth risking. You're at kilometer 44 and you'll want to wipe that smile off your face. You still have to spit out a lot of blood. You know what awaits you as soon as you come out of the woods and you already savor the landscape that welcomes you up there, as you pass over the oil pipeline. You’ll feel like to run it but that’s not possible. And when you will climb over that high voltage pylon, you will see the village of Jamiano from above. But you still can't get there, not from here, because the arrival is there.

Downhill, the houses of Medeazza await you. On your left, the faint rays of the sun shine on the coast of Grado and the Lagoon of Marano, while the mist unfolds over the Friuli plain.

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There, in the background there’s the hemicycle of Carnic and Julian with the first snow. In the center, in front of you, if you sharpen your eyes and know how to recognize it, you will see the Matajur. If you turn around, however, you can visualize where you're coming from, and it's always, incredibly, amazing. Medeazza is now within reach, even if the feet, on this ground, suffer. Behind the last trees hides Jamiano, a small fraction of the scattered municipality of Doberdò del Lago.

The route dies on the asphalt, on the road named after the Slovenian poet Simon Gregorcic. This is where the two timekeepers will take note of your name. Assuming you arrive before sunset. Your long run will end without any fuss, without banners, showers or awards. Not even a mean of transport to return to the start line, so you have to come prepared. If you’re lucky, you will find a cup of tea provided by a generous volunteer, or a couple of Lasko beers left to freeze on a low wall.

The Karst Ride every time ends in the same way, leaving you with the feeling of having concluded yet another journey, against the Karst, against yourself. In a few days, on some obscure side of the internet you will find the rankings and maybe the local journal will publish the usual paragraph about it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Simply wonderful. The Karst Ride is part of me, as is this corner of Italy in the center of Europe.

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Trento Running Club P H OTO S M AT T EO PAVA N A TEXT UNKNOW

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n a Wednesday night at the end of winter 2020, P, F and I went out for a run, at a certain point we looked at each other and said: "fuck, it's cool to run together, it would be nice to create a group and meet every Wednesday night for a few kilometers together." During that night the Wednesday Something Club was born, which after a few months became TRC. The three of us have never run together since then.

meet each other around, since the TRC does not have an address, an account, a site. And let's not forget the sacred stickers, which are strictly reserved for finishers.

“I was in Marzola with a friend and my girlfriend when I saw someone running down towards the city, thin and shirtless, as if the had been running in the woods for a week. I told my girlfriend: he has to be a serious runner. She was already tired of listening to me talking about running, so she immediately saw the opportunity to find me a trail running friend.

We drove into town and saw the guy again, as he stood in line for ice cream. My girlfriend got out of the car, offered him an ice cream and told him about me, while I waited in the car. Then he came over and we talked about trail running for a minute. Before leaving he invited me to run on a loop in the mountains after a few weeks. That loop nearly killed me.

After the race he invited me to join the Trento Running Club.”

How would you define the attitude of TRC? Simple, genuine... punk. A "nonclub club", without cards, social dinners and something like that, and in which only the desire to be together to share beers and kilometers counts. After all, it takes very little: a pair of shoes, the right mindset and a lot of heart. We cultivate the sense of community also through our second skin: we print t-shirts strictly in cotton and handmade by Frammenti, a local artisan screen printing. The logos are inspired by the tradition of American ultrarunning, the shirts are very limited (like our money) and are strictly reserved for us and our friends, and if something is left over, it is immediately reinvested in other t-shirts. If anyone would like to get a shirt, just ask. Where? Obviously we

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“It is not about running. It is not about being in a club. It is not because you are from Trento. It is a broader concept.

It is about being together and carrying on ideas. To share beautiful things, improve and do simple things together.”

How do you join the Club? We do not accept self-nominations, it just happens. Nobody cares if one is an elite athlete or if he has just started running, if his goal is to run 10km or 100 miles or whatever. What matters in the Club is the respect for running, for the environment in which it is practiced and for other runners. So I would say it is an inclusive group. Joining the Club is relatively simple: just meet one of the members on the routes (or more likely at the pub), get added to the WhatsApp group and undergo the initiation rite by coming to run a loop. After that it depends exclusively on the willingness to do and to be part of the TRC, demonstrating day after day the dedication to the Club, trying to be as active as possible in supporting the community to which you belong. The TRC is nothing

more than a group of runners who, sharing the same attitude, have inevitably become friends.

M, how did you approach to take pictures at TRC? It was the right thing for me to do in that moment.

“A few days after a nice run along Translagorai, I find myself having beer with some friends at Uva e Menta. Among these there was also F, whom I had already met. Then came the idea of going running together, trying to aggregate friends who frequent the magical woods around Trento. And we immediately got hooked. Total informality, you go out to stay in the woods and howl at the moon. Auuuuuuuuuu!”

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BY ELISA BESSEGA PHOTOS LARRY GASSAN

Larry Gassan, is a California-based photographer and former ultrarunner. He became a cult in running community thanks to his “Finish Line Portrait” project at Western State 100, and “Dead Man’s Bench” project at Angeles Crest 100 mile. I had the pleasure to have a chat with him, and it was the most hilarious interview I ever did.

Larry. I didn’t know what aspect of my work you were interested in and well, when you said you were from Italy, I thought obviously you might want to talk about Michele Graglia. I met him in 2014 when I photographed him at Angeles Crest. I saw him coming over Baden Powell Trail and my first reaction was: he’s too goddamn pretty to finish [Graglia arrived second at that race, ed.].

of a big wave. To him, surf photography would be nothing but trying to get as close as possible to that single image. It made me think that every sport has its standard poses, some sports might have a wider variety depending on the environment and the number of different movements implied by that discipline, but at the end of the day what you see mostly in sport photography is images trying to get as close as possible to that popular standard, which makes it a little bit boring in some ways. What I like about “The Finish Line” and “Dead Man’s Bench” project, and about your work in general, is that it’s not based on any of those clichés. Why?

Elisa. [laughs] L. No, I mean, you know: compared to him, the rest of us are just like burrows and jackasses.

E. That’s interesting [laughs], but actually I wanted to talk about your photographic work. The idea of this interview comes from a conversation I had with a friend who is a surfer and also a sport photographer.

He said there is nothing interesting in shooting surf because there is only one image to shoot: the standard surfing picture with the rider right in the middle of the tunnel

L. I agree. In surf photography everyone is trying to do what LeRoy Grannis did 50, 60 years ago. It’s basically all pretty much the same in running photography. What happened to me with the “Finish Line” project was that I was standing out somewhere at Western State in 2009, the sun was beating down and it was hot as hell. I

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"Typical running photos back then were sports photojournalism, color pictorials, and casual snapshots. Here was a unique opportunity to make portraits where none had before, so I shot each finisher with a vintage mediumformat Hasselblad 500C on black and white film." finished nine 100 miler between 1991 and 1998, three of them at the Angeles Crest 100 Mile. Now I was standing there in the heat to take pictures and I was like: fuck, those guys can have it but I’m done dying out here, screw it. And so, I went back to the finish line where I set up a mobile studio.

Typical running photos back then were sports photojournalism, color pictorials, and casual snapshots. Here was a unique opportunity to make portraits where none had before, so I shot each finisher with a vintage medium-format Hasselblad 500C on black and white film. As for the “Dead Man’s Bench” project, it came about because the race director at Western State fired me, as the race book editor said that anybody could take pictures like mine: “just shoot somebody standing in front of your garage, throw some dirt on him and that’s it". He was a real shithead [laughs]. To tell you the truth, I was getting tired of that kind of finish line portrait, because at the finish line everything’s a done deal. So, I said fine, now I can do what I want. Then I saw a photo by this hilarious Taiwanese runner named Jack Chang. He had taken a picture of two of his friends at dead man’s bench during Angeles Crest, they looked like they’d been beaten up. That one, right there, was the picture I wanted to take.

a point of the race where nothing is set yet.

There’s a slump in that chair: you could still just die out there or not finish, this uncertainty was interesting to me. You won’t see any of the regular shooters around because it’s in the middle of the night, it’s a pain in the ass. And let me tell you, those nights are pretty fucking dark. I’m there, looking through the view finder and I can’t focus, I’m just guessing. Mosquitos are eating me alive and there’s all sorts of technical problems, I’m shooting with films and I know it might be garbage at the end, but when it works, the pictures are just a lot more interesting.

E. And this goes back to my question: we agreed that there are very popular and well marketable standard scenes in running photography, like those epic pictures where the runner stands on a narrow ridge, or he jumps into air with a nice view on the background. You ignored all of those conventional compositions and created your own standard scenes, where you see almost nothing about the environment, which is either a blanket or a bench in the darkness. The whole focus is on people, maybe that’s what makes them so interesting?

L. It’s because of film. I mostly use a medium format, and when you’re working with this bad boy [points at his vintage camera] you’ve gotta do a lot more fucking thinking. It forces me to shoot in unconventional spaces, and people react differently to it. With the technology today it’s almost impossible to miss getting a photo. Look at Joe McNally, for Christ’s sake. When he was

And so then in the summer of 2015, I went out to Dead Man’s Bench with a minimal kit and started shooting. That bench was named after a guy that was in my running club, he had died on a trail a few miles away. It’s five miles up from the 75-mile mark, it’s four miles away from 81 miles, at

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"My east coast photo sensei says you can make pretty pictures that get likes on Instagram, or you can make interesting pictures. The first ones sell easier, but have a very shorter shelf life, you just have to decide what space you want to be in.

It’s a trade-off, like in life. " in Tokyo shooting, he sent home something like 30.000 images and he said a lot of them were bad. I mean, that’s totally legit, but I’ve said, okay, fine. Let’s step back. And let’s sort of carve out a different place. Shooting films is a pain in the ass, also after the shot itself: you’ve gotta have it processed and then spoiler alert, you’ve gotta scan it and digitize it properly in order for it to be anything beyond Instagram. And so, I’ve spent the last 15 years chasing that dragon and I’ve actually gotten somewhere.

ts are mainly white guys. And if it’s girls, it’s mainly blonde girls. There I had these two latina women working together, and nobody knew who they are. They’re not celebrities. They don’t have Insta followings. They’re not busy selling shit. They’re just there, working together to get through the night. And I said to myself, those are the people I want. I tracked them down through friends and I told them they were in the show. They walked in, they looked up and they went like: holy shit, that’s us.

That’s the whole idea. I wanted them to be excited as fuck to see themselves up on a picture that was like a meter by a meter and a half big. Advertising photography doesn’t play much part in this process.

Although advertising photography might use images like that, provided they have a relevance and believability to the product.

E. So, is it just a matter of tools? Your images tell intense stories, I would say that, beyond tools, there is a precise intent, and it has more to do with documentary and photojournalism than it has with, let’s say, well-sellable aesthetics of advertising and product photography.

L. I’m making these images as a mutant hybrid of an artist and a documentarian photojournalist. And as a runner too: my 100-mile finisher experiences are essential, along with knowledge of the sport’s conventions and customs. Things happen in front of the camera, and I choose what is worth shooting. Like what happened with the picture of Maria Lordes and Alejandra. Alejandra is massaging Maria’s legs on the bench, and they’re paying no attention to me even though I’m arm’s length away from them because I’m using a wide-angle lens and I need to capture as much light as possible. This was the keynote image of the exhibition I did about the “Dead Man’s Bench” project. Why? Because, back to your point about standards and cliché, ultras and outdoor spor-

E. How can you balance this unconventional attitude with the need to sell your work?

L. My east coast photo sensei says you can make pretty pictures that get likes on Instagram, or you can make interesting pictures. The first ones sell easier, but have a very shorter shelf life, you just have to decide what space you want to be in. It’s a trade-off, like in life. I did not have a spectacular career. I did not win a bunch of awards and that kind of staff, I was too busy chasing ultrarunning and being in the mountains and shit like that. But the reason you and I are having this conversation is because you, and someone like you, said: “this guy’s work doesn’t look like all the rest”. So of course, it’s worth it.

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BY DENIS PICCOLO

RUNNER LUCA DALMASSO

Running in the short but intense period of time between the setting of the sun and the next sunrise, which contrasts with the day understood as the period of time between dawn and sunset.

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ROSENHEIM SAARBRÜCKEN SAARLOUIS SCHIMBERG SONTHOFEN STUTTGART STUTTGART STUTTGART STUTTGART TORFHAUS (HARZ) TRAUNSTEIN TRIER TRIER TÜBINGEN ULM ULM WESEL WIELENBACH WILHELMSHAVEN WINTERBERG ZWEIBRÜCKEN ZWICKAU AARHUS FREDERIKSBERG HOLSTEBRO HELSINKI HELSINKI LATHI ROVANIEMI VANTAA ALBERTVILLE ALPES D'HUEZ ANNECY ANNECY ANNECY ANNECY ANNECY ANNECY ANTIBES AUBIERE AVORIAZ BASTIA BAYONNE BIARRITZ BORDEAUX BORDEAUX BOURG LES VALENCE BOURG SAINT MAURICE CAPBRETON CHAMBÉRY CHAMBÉRY CHAMONIX CHAMONIX CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MONT BLANC CHAMONIX MT-BLANC CLERMONT FERRAND CORDOVILLA - PAMPLONA COURCHEVEL DIJON EPINAL FONTAINEBLEAU FRANCHEVILLE GAP GERARDMER GRENOBLE GRENOBLE GRENOBLE HOSSEGOR HUEZ ISOLA 2000 LA CLUSAZ LA RAVOIR LA RAVOIRE LA VALETTE DU VARS LABÈGE LABENNE LAPORTE ANGLET LE GRAND EPAGNY LES 2 ALPES LES 2 ALPES LES ARCS 1800 LES DEUX ALPES LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON MARSEILLE MARSEILLE MARSEILLE MERIBEL MERIBEL MERIGNAC MONTPELLIER MORIÈRES LES AVIGNON MORZINE MOULINS LES METZ NANTES NICE NICE PARIS PARIS PARIS PARIS PARIS PARIS PARIS PERPIGNAN RODEZ SAINT MARTIN D'HERES SAINT-BON-TARENTAISE SALLANCHES SELESTAT ST LARY SOULAN ST. JEAN DE LUZ ST. LAURENT DU VAR STRASBOURG STRASBOURG STRASBOURG TARBES THONON LES BAINS TIGNES TOULOUSE TOULOUSE VAL D'ISÈRE VAL THORENS VILLE LA GRAND ’S-HERTOGENBOSH ALMERE AMERSFOORT AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM APELDOORN ARNHEM ASSEN BILTHOVEN BREDA DEN HAAG DEN HAAG DEN HAAG DEVENTER DEVENTER DOETINCHEM EINDHOVEN EINDHOVEN ENSCHEDE GORSSEL GRONINGEN GRONINGEN HAARLEM HARLEM HENGELO HENGELO HILVERSUM HOUTEN MIDDELBURG NIJMEGEN ROOSENDAAL ROOSENDAAL ROTTERDAM RUCPHEN S-HERTOGENBOSCH STEENWIJK TERNEUZEN TERSCHUUR TILBURG UTRECHT UTRECHT UTRECHT WILLEMSTAD WOERDEN

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UNCLE'S DUIJVESTEIN WINTERSPORT SESSION BERGEN SESSION KRISTIANSAND SESSION ARKADEN SESSION STAVANGER NATURKOMPANIET STANDTALL NARTURKOMPANIET ADDNATURE CITY ALEWALDS BURTON STOCKHOLM NATURKOMPANIET STUNTWOOD VANS STORE STOCKHOLM JUNKYARD ALEWALDS OUTNORTH THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM SNOW+ROCK BIRMINGHAM THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM SNOW+ROCK BRIGHTON THE NORTH FACE BRISTOL THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM BOARDWISE THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM SNOW+ROCK CHERTSEY THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM SNOW+ROCK DARTFORD SNOW+ROCK DIDSBURY SNOW+ROCK WIRRAL THE NORTH FACE EDINBURGH SNOW+ROCK EXETER THE BOARD BASEMENT SNOW+ROCK BRISTOL THE SNOWBOARD SHOP THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM SNOW+ROCK GATESHEAD THE NORTH FACE GLASGOW SNOW+ROCK HEMEL SNOW+ROCK KENSINGTON NEEDLE SPORTS SICK AND WRONG SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK LEEDS MAGIC TOAST THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM COTSWOLD ISLINGTON COTSWOLD PICCADILLY ELLIS BRIGHAM MOUNTAIN FINCHES EMPORIUM SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK LONDON SNOW+ROCK LONDON SURFDOME THE NORTH FACE THE NORTH FACE LONDON THE NORTH FACE VICTORIA THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM PATAGONIA MANCHESTER SNOW+ROCK MANCHESTER SUBVERT THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM LD MOUNTAIN CENTRE SNOWFIT SNOW+ROCK PORT SOLENT SNOW+ROCK ROMFORD THE NORTH FACE ODYSSEY THE SNOWBOARD ASYLUM ABSOLUTE SNOW BIG DREAMS

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ARIA RETREAT & SPA PARCO SAN MARCO QC TERME PRÉ SAINT DIDIER ALAGNA MOUNTAIN RESORT ALPINA DOLOMITES HOTEL GOLDKNOPF HOTEL ROSA ECO ALPINE HOTEL SALTRIA HOTEL STEGER DELLAI ICARO HOTEL PAULA WIESINGER SEISER ALM URTHALER SPORTHOTEL FLORALPINA SPORTHOTEL SONNE TIRLER DOLOMITES LIVING ADLER HOTEL WELLNESS&SPA CAVALLINO LOVELY HOTEL CORONA DOLOMITES HOTEL DOLCE AVITA HOTEL FAMILY HOTEL SERENA HOTEL AMBIEZ HOTEL GARNÌ LA ROCCIA PARK HOTEL SPORT PICCOLO HOTEL SUITE RESORT PIZ GALIN GRAND HOTEL SASSDEI SUITE HOTEL DUCA D'AOSTA HOTEL OMANA HOTEL CRISTALLO CLUB HOTEL AMBROSINI HOTEL ARISCH RESIDENCE HOTEL SERENELLA HOTEL EVALDO RESIDENCE ASPEN SPORTHOTEL ARABBA ALBERGO AL SOLE CASA BEMBO COUNTRY HOUSE BARONE HOTEL VILLA CIPRIANI VILLA IL GALERO RESIDENCE AL LAGO HOTEL CÀ FIORE HOTEL RIVÈ SAVOIA MOUNTAIN RESORT GRAND HOTEL DINO HOTEL ROSA GRAND HOTEL VILLA HOTEL BELVEDERE SUITES HOTEL ASTOR BOGEN BISTRO & APARTMENTS CASTEL HÖRTENBERG GOLDENSTERN TOWNHOUSE HOTEL GREIF HOTEL SCALA STIEGL PARKHOTEL LAURIN PARKHOTEL MONDSCHEIN STADT HOTEL CITTÀ EDEN HOTEL HOTEL ALÙ MOUNTAIN DESIGN HOTEL BAITA CLEMENTI HOTEL BAITA DEI PINI HOTEL CRISTALLO HOTEL SAN LORENZO HOTEL SANTANTON MIRAMONTI PARK HOTEL PALACE HOTEL WELLNESS SOTTOVENTO LUXURY DOMINIK ALPINE CITY HOTEL ELEPHANT HOTEL GOLDENER ADLER HOTEL GOLDENES ROESSL HOTEL GRÜNER BAUM HOTEL PUPP B&B KRONE EAT DRINK STAY ART HOTEL GRIVOLA BERGMAN MOUNTAIN HOTEL EXCELSIOR PLANET GRAND HOTEL CERVINO HOTEL BUCANEVE HOTEL EUROPA HOTEL HERMITAGE HOTEL PUNTA MAQUIGNAZ LES NEIGES D’ANTAN SERTORELLI SPORTHOTEL WHITE ANGEL HOTEL HOTEL ANDREAS HOFER HOTEL PETRUS HOTEL POST ALPINE CITYFLAIR HOTEL RESTAURANT MAJESTIC HOTEL & SPA CROCE BIANCA LEISURE

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ITA BIKE SPORT ADVENTURE ITA RIDERS ACTION ITA SALEWA OUTLET ENNA ITA STILE LIBERO ITA BOULDER & CO SALEWA OUTLET PALMANOVA ITA ITA PEAK LAND ITA ALAGNA OUTDOOR ITA BASE CAMP ITA BORDINO FRANCO ITA KING BOARD SHOP ALBA ITA MOUNTAIN HOME ITA KING BOARDSHOP ITA SPORTLER ALBIGNASEGO ITA ARCO SPORT ITA KEVOLUTIONS ITA SPORTRAGE ITA C.ELLE SPORT ITA SPORT HUB ALMENNO ITA ACTIVITY PEOPLE ITA ALPSTATION ANDALO ITA FOTO SPORT BANAL ITA SPORTLAND ANTEGNATE ALPINE WORLD SHOP & GUIDES ITA ITA ALPSTATION AOSTA 2.0 ITA CLAUDESPORT ITA CRAZY BY VERTICAL ITA MEINARDI SPORT ITA SALEWA AOSTA ITA SWIT SHOP ITA GAL SPORT ITA JOE SPORT ITA EVIVA SPORT ITA LARINO ALBINO ITA ALPSTATION ARCO ITA ARCO CLIMBING ITA ART ROCK ITA CLIMBING VILLAGE ITA G ARCO ITA KARPOS STORE ARCO ITA LA SPORTIVA ARCO ITA OLIUNÌD ARCO ITA RED POINT 1 ITA RED POINT 2 ITA ROCK & ICE ARCO ITA SALEWA ARCO ITA VERTICAL WORLD SPORT ITA GOBBI SPORT ITA RED POINT 2 (MABB 90) ITA VERTICAL SPORT ARCO ITA THE NORTH FACE ARESE ITA ALPSTATION AREZZO ITA PRATI DEL VALLONE ITA BALLONI SPORT ITA CLIMBAP ITA EXUM ITA MASTER SPORT PESAVENTO MOUNTAIN STORE ITA ITA SPORTLAND ASOLA ITA UNY STORE ITA RRTREK GRAN SASSO ITA MATIS SPORT ITA ALPSTATION LAVAREDO ITA DEGNI SPORT ITA BSHOP AVIGLIANA ITA TREKKING SPORT ITA FINISH LINE ITA SALEWA OUTLET MANTOVA ITA AFFARI & SPORT BALLABIO ITA TONINO SPORT ITA CENTRO ROSSIGNOL ITA ZEROQUATTRO ITA CARAVELLA SCOUT ITA IMPACT SHOP ITA LA SORGENTE ITA MAROCCO SPORT ITA ALE’S SURF SHOP ITA ALPSTATION BASSANO ITA DF SPORT SPECIALIST ITA MAZZARONA SPORT ITA ROBI SPORT ITA SU E GIU' SPORT ITA B-STORE ITA CAI BERGAMO ITA GREAT ESCAPES BERGAMO ITA LANDI SPORTS ITA MARCO SPORT SERVICE DF SPORT SPECIALIST BEVERA ITA ITA BIBOSPORT BIELLA ITA FABBRICA SKI SISES BIELLA ITA FRANCO SPORT ITA IL GALLO ITA NUOVI ORIZZONTI BOLOGNA ITA PATAGONIA BOLOGNA ITA THE NORTH FACE BOLOGNA ITA VILLA 1928 ITA CMP BOLZANO ITA MONTURA BOLZANO ITA MOUNTAINSPIRIT ITA SALEWA WORLD BOLZANO ITA SPORTLER BOLZANO ITA THE NORTH FACE BOLZANO ITA CAVALLO CENTRO SPORT ITA MASSI SPORT ITA TEMPO LIBERO ITA FLOWER ITA CRAZY STORE BORMIO ITA MOUNTAIN & RUNNING ITA PATAGONIA BORMIO ITA SKI TRAB ITA CELSO SPORT SHOP ITA G2 SPORT ITA BLOCCO MENTALE ITA FRISCO SHOP ITA GIALDINI ITA MAD CLIMBERS PALESTRA ITA MINOIA STORE ITA ROMEO SPORT ITA ROSSIGNOL BRESCIA ITA SPORTLAND BRESCIA ITA KLEON SPORT ITA SPORTLER BRESSANONE ITA BERTHOD SPORT ITA MOUNTAIN SHOP CERVINIA ITA TOP ONE ITA UAINOT MOUNTAIN SHOP ITA ALPSTATION BRUNICO ITA OUTFIT SPORT MODE ITA PATAGONIA BRUNICO SPORT MODE SCHOENHUBER ITA ITA SPORTLER ALPIN BRUNICO ITA SPORTLER BRUNICO ITA THOMASER ITA ESSERRE ITA EMMECI BOARD & ACTION ITA STILE ALPINO ITA SPORTLER CALALZO ITA VERTICAL SPORT SARCHE ITA NENCINI SPORT ITA PROROCK MOUNTAIN STORE ITA BIG AIR ITA MOUNTAIN SHOP TUBRIS ITA AMPLATZ SPORT ITA DETOMAS SHOP ITA DROP LINE ITA RIGHTFEELING ITA SPORT AMPLATZ ITA NUOVA MIAR SPORT ITA PUNTO RUNNING ITA RADAELLI SPORT ITA BIG WALL ITA NUOVI ORIZZONTI CARPI ITA THE NORTH FACE CARUGATE UNDER ARMOUR CAROSELLO ITA ITA CAMPO BASE BERGAMO ITA MANCINI ITA MANCINI STORE ITA SPORTLAND

ADRANO AFFI AGIRA AGORDO AGRATE BRIANZA AIELLO DEL FRIULI ALA DI STURA ALAGNA VALSESIA ALAGNA VALSESIA ALBA ALBA ALBA ALBA ALBIGNASEGO ALESSANDRIA ALESSANDRIA ALESSANDRIA ALLEGHE ALMENNO SAN SALVATORE ANDALO ANDALO ANDALO ANTEGNATE AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA AOSTA APPIANO APRICA ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARCO ARESE AREZZO ARGENTERA ASCOLI PICENO ASCOLI PICENO ASCOLI PICENO ASCOLI PICENO ASIAGO ASOLA ASOLA ASSERGI ATINA AURONZO DI CADORE AVEZZANO AVIGLIANA AVIGLIANA BADIA POLESINE BAGNOLO SAN VITO BALLABIO BALME BARDONECCHIA BARDONECCHIA BARI BARI BARZIO BARZIO BASSANO DEL GRAPPA BASSANO DEL GRAPPA BELLINZAGO LOMBARDO BELLUNO BELLUNO BELVEDERE BERGAMO BERGAMO BERGAMO BERGAMO BERGAMO BEVERA DI SIRTORI BIELLA BIELLA BIELLA BOLOGNA BOLOGNA BOLOGNA BOLOGNA BOLOGNA BOLZANO BOLZANO BOLZANO BOLZANO BOLZANO BOLZANO BORGO SAN DALMAZZO BORGO SAN DALMAZZO BORGOSESIA BORGOSESIA BORMIO BORMIO BORMIO BORMIO BORMIO BRA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESCIA BRESSANONE BRESSANONE BREUIL CERVINIA BREUIL CERVINIA BREUIL-CERVINIA BREUIL-CERVINIA BRUNICO BRUNICO BRUNICO BRUNICO BRUNICO BRUNICO BRUNICO BUSTO ARSIZIO CADREZZATE CAGLIARI CALALZO CALAVINO CALENZANO CAMAIORE CAMERANO CAMPO TURES CANAZEI CANAZEI CANAZEI CANAZEI CANAZEI CANELLI CANTÙ CANZO CARMAGNOLA CARPI CARUGATE CARUGATE CARVICO CASTEL DI SANGRO CASTEL DI SANGRO CASTEL GOFFREDO

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ALPSTATION BISMANTOVA CRAZY STORE CASTIONE OLGA SPORT LA SPORTIVA STORE CAVALESE LARCHER SPORT UN SESTO ACCA - 1/6H FREETIME MAXI SPORT CERNUSCO MAXI SPORT MERATE CERVINIA 2001 SPORTS CENTER TEAM ALTA QUOTA TORINO AREA 41 BASE CAMP SSD WHITE REEF PASSSPORT CESIOMAGGIORE DELFINO SPORT FRACHEY SPORT MARISPORT X-TREME ROUTE RAMEY 33 SKI SPORT HOUSE ZECCHIN SPORT SPORTLAND CHIARI L'ARTE DI SALIRE IN ALTO ASPORT’S MOUNTAIN CHIES MAIUK SPORT OLLIE RADICAL SPOT SALEWA SONDRIO JEANNOT SPORT GRIMPEUR CPR FREE SPORT MOLINARI SPORT ALCHYMYA ALPSTATION CLES MOUNTAIN SHOP CLES SALEWA CLES SPORT EVOLUTION LOVE BOARD LE PARADIS DES SPORTS CASEROTTI SPORT BETTINESCHI SPORT SPORT PESCOSTA SPORT POSCH PRANTNER SPORT LIFE MAURIZIO SPORT ASPORT’S MOUNTAIN VISONÀ SPORT SPORTMARKET CRAZY BOARD SNOWYSUMMIT DUE & DUE CORTINA FREERIDE HOUSE LA COOPERATIVA DI CORTINA MILLET SHOP MOROTTO SPORTS EQUIPMENT QUOTA 1224 THE NORTH FACE CORTINA BOARDERLINE CORTINA 360 LA SPORTIVA CORTINA PATAGONIA CORTINA ROCK & ICE CORTINA SALEWA CORTINA TECNICA OLYMPIA SPORT ALFREDO SPORT KOSTNER 360 SLIDE SHOP 4810 SPORT ARDI SPORT LA SPORTIVA COURMAYEUR LES PYRAMIDES NOLO COURMA SKI SHOP PATAGONIA COURMAYEUR POINT DU SPORT ULISSE SPORT OLIUNÌD VICENZA ALPSTATION CUNEO BIGUP CRAZY BY VERTICAL SALEWA CUNEO SNOWTIME THE NORTH FACE CUNEO VIALE CALZATURE WILD FREE NOCH SHOP FALETTI MOUNTAIN STORE DF SPORT SPECIALIST MOUNTAIN GARAGE OUTSIDER KRALER SPORT SALEWA DOBBIACO ALPSTATION BRIANZA GVM SHOP MOSONI SPORT POSSA SPORT RE-SKI SPORT EXTREME ERCOLE TONY SPORT MORGAN AIR OUTDOOR & TREKKING STORE HOLIDAY SPORT TWENTY FIVE SPIT SPORT OUTDOOR IL DADO BOULDER LINEA VERTICALE PENNENTE OUTDOOR ALPMANIA DEVA WALL ERREGI SPORT MOUNTAIN LAB CRAZY STORE FINALE LIGURE LA SPORTIVA FINALE LIGURE MONTURA FINALBORGO OLIUNÌD FINALE OUTPOST MONTAINEERING RIDE & RUN CRAZY STORE ROCKSTORE SALEWA FINALE LIGURE CLIMB DREAMSTORE NEVERLAND PESCI CAMPING STORE SPORT CLUB THE NORTH FACE FIRENZE OBIETTIVO MONTAGNA BALANTE SPORT QUERIO ERNESTO CAPO NORD GIMELLI 3.30 RUNNING STORE ROSSIGNOL FORMIGLIANA SNOWGANG FREES SPORT SPORTIFICATION SICCARDI SPORT SURF SHOP BOARDER KING SPORT MAX OTKBOARD ALL4CYCLING BM SPORT BONI SPORT BONI SPORT BOULDER FACTORY CENTRO CANOA HOBBY SPORT MOISMAN REPETTO SPORT SALEWA GENOVA SPINNAKER A&F COMPANY MONTAGNARD SPORT BIG STONE SONEGO RUNNING LIFE WIPE OUT SPORTWAY GRAVELLONA RICCARDO SPORT DAVID “3” SPORT BERGLAND SPORT-GESCHAFT SPORT-GESCHAFT 099 OUTDOOR PLANET RIDER KAFFEKLUBBEN SPORTLAND GUSSAGO MARESPORT QUIKSILVER STORE IMPERIA GRAZIA SPORT ISEO ALPSTATION ISERA ALTA QUOTA ISERNIA 38° PARALLELO SPORTING HOUSE MOUNTAINWORLD BLOCKLAND LELE SHOP SALEWA AQUILA TREKKING L’AQUILA ORNELLA SPORT SPORT 203

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CASTELNOVO NE’ MONTI CASTIONE ANDEVENNO CATANIA CAVALESE CAVARENO CAZZAGO CENCENIGHE AGORDINO CERNUSCO LOMBARDONE CERNUSCO LOMBARDONE CERVINIA CERVINIA CESANA TORINESE CESENA CESENA CESENA CESIOMAGGIORE CETO CHAMPOLUC CHAMPOLUC CHAMPOLUC CHÂTILLON CHIAMPO CHIARI CHIAVARI CHIES D'ALPAGO CHIESA VALMALENCO CHIETI CHIOGGIA CHIURO CHIUSA DI PESIO CIRIÈ CISANO SUL NEVA CIVEZZANO CLAUT CLES CLES CLES CLUSONE CODROIPO COGNE COGOLO COLERE COLFOSCO COLFOSCO IN BADIA COLLALBO COLOMBIERA MOLICCIARA CONDINO CORDENONS CORNEDO CORNUDA CORRIDONIA CORRIDONIA CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORTINA D’AMPEZZO CORVARA IN BADIA CORVARA IN BADIA COTRONEI COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR COURMAYEUR CREAZZO CUNEO CUNEO CUNEO CUNEO CUNEO CUNEO CUNEO CUNEO DARFO BOARIO DARFO BOARIO TERME DESENZANO DEL GARDA DESIO DIMARO FOLGARIDA DOBBIACO DOBBIACO DOLZAGO DOMODOSSOLA DOMODOSSOLA DOMODOSSOLA DOMODOSSOLA DOMODOSSOLA DUEVILLE ENTRACQUE EUPILIO FAENZA FALCADE FALZES FANO FELTRE FELTRE FERMO FERRARA FERRARA FERRARA FIDENZA FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FINALE LIGURE FIRENZE FIRENZE FIRENZE FIRENZE FIRENZE FIRENZE FIRENZE FIUMALBO FOGLIZZO FORLÌ FORLÌ FORMIGINE FORMIGLIANA FORNO DI ZOLDO FOSSALTA DI PIAVE FOSSANO FRABOSA SOTTANA FRABOSA SOTTANA FRAZIONE DAOLASA COMMEZZADURA FROSSASCO GALGAGNANO GAZZADA SCHIANNO GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GENOVA GIANICO GIAVENO GIULIANOVA GODEGA SANT'URBANO GRADISCA D’ISONZO GRADO GRAVELLONA TOCE GRESSAN GRESSONEY SAINT JEAN GRESSONEY-SAINT-JEAN GRESSONEY-SAINT-JEAN GRESSONEY-SAINT-JEAN GROSSETO GROSSETO GUASTALLA GUSSAGO IMPERIA IMPERIA ISEO ISERA ISERNIA IVREA IVREA L'AQUILA L’AQUILA L’AQUILA L’AQUILA L’AQUILA LA THUILE LA VALLE AGORDINA

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SPORT TONY IMPULS SPORT ADRI SPORT AFFARI & SPORT LECCO GREAT ESCAPES LECCO INUA SPIRIT SPORT HUB LECCO INUA SPIRIT MY WALL BRUMA ON THE BEACH EAST WIND BOTTERO SKI BOTTERO SKI WE RIDE ZONE DF SPORT SPECIALIST LISSONE MAXI SPORT LISSONE CENTRO HOBBY SPORT CRAZY STORE LIVIGNO I’M SPORT LAPPONIA MOUNTAIN PLANET MOUNTAIN RIDERS SIFED MTR LIVIGNO PUNTO SPORT SILENE SPORT SPORT EXTREME THE NORTH FACE LIVIGNO SPORT ADVENTURE ZINERMANN SPORTING HOASY NENCINI SPORT SALEWA OUTLET SCALO MILANO GRINGO SHOP SPORTLAND LONATO SALEWA LONGARONE SPORTLIFEE IL CAMPIONE LUCCA SPORT PROFESSIONAL PROSHOP VIVISPORT CRESPI SPORT SPORT MODE STEGER RABOGLIATTI SPORT OLIMPIONICO SPORT SPORT 3 TRE THE GARDEN ZEBRA SNOWBOARD SCHOOL DODI’S ON SIDE SPORT TENNE CINQUE TERRE TREKKING PEIRANO SPORT JANE SPORT SPORTIME MUD AND SNOW DALL’ORSO STORE BOARDRIDER QUIKSILVER PIPE PRO SHOP BREMA SPORT MEGA INTERSPORT MOUNTAIN STORE HARLEM MELEGNANO THE REVIVE CLUB FAKIE TECH SHOP HUTTER SPORT SPORTLER ALPIN MERANO SPORTLER MERANO MAXI SPORT MERATE SFIDA 2.0 NARDELLI SPORT SNOWBOARDMANIA ALPSTATION MILANO BURTON STORE MILAN CANADA GOOSE MILAN CARTON DAMENO SPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST DON KENYA RUN FRISCO SHOP MILANO KIM FORNITURE SCOUT KOALA SPORT LA MONTAGNA SPORT MANGA CLIMBING MISSION OLIUNÌD MILANO LORETO PATAGONIA MILANO RUNAWAY SALEWA MILANO SAVE THE DUCK MILANO SAVE THE DUCK MILANO SEASE SPORTING SAN LORENZO THE NORTH FACE MILANO UNDER ARMOUR MILANO UNDER ARMOUR MILANO VERDE PISELLO VIBRAM MILANO WHY RUN PLEASURES RADICAL FREE SOLO EXTREME NUOVI ORIZZONTI MODENA THE NORTH FACE MODENA LIVIO SPORT SPORTMAN THIRD GENERATION HELLWEGER INTERSPORT SPORTLAND MONIGA PATAGONIA MONTEBELLUNA ROSSIGNOL MONTEBELLUNA SALEWA OUTLET MONTEBELLUNA VIBRAM MONTEBELLUNA ROCK & WALLS PURE NATURE WILD PROJECT THE CHANGE PATAGONIA MORBEGNO STILE ALPINO MORBEGNO WHATSALP SPORT HUB MORI MICARELLI STORE LAB8 ARBITER UNTERHOLZNER GRANDE GRIMPE PERICO SPORT ETNA WALL SERVOLARE 17 RUNWAY SPORT SPORT LAURIN ALBY SPORT CLINICA DELLO SPORT DF SPORT SPECIALIST OLGIATE DF SPORT SPECIALIST ORIO SALEWA ORIO CENTER THE NORTH FACE ORIO UNDER ARMOUR ORIO AL SERIO MAMMUT ORTISEI SPORT GARDENA SPORT SCHMALZ SPORTLAND ORZINUOVI FREE TIME STORE SPORTLAND OSPITALETTO BIG WALL ABBÀ INTERSPORT DECA SPORT HOBBIT SHOP LA COCCINELLA ACTIVE CREMA SPORT INTELLIGHENZIA PROJECT OLIUNÌD PADOVA SALEWA PADOVA SESTOGRADO SPORTLAND PALAZZOLO GENCHI SPORT PER CORRERE PELLISSIER SPORT PIRCHER GUENTHER 46° PARALLELO ALPSTATION PARMA ALTERNATIVE SHOP FREE SPORT MOVE MOUNTAIN LOVERS MOVE MOUNTAIN LOVERS PARMA SPORT SEVEN SUMMITS FERRARI SPORT SPORTWAY NOVARA OLIUNÌD MILANO MONDO VERTICALE SPAZIOUTDOOR PAPER SURF ALTA QUOTA PESCARA KING LINE MAKAI SURFSHOP STELLA ALPINA FRANCO SPORT RRTREK PESCASSEROLI DF SPORT SPECIALIST PIACENZA EIGHT SIX L'ALTROSPORT OUTLANDERS

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LA VILLA LANA LAVENO-MOMBELLO LECCO LECCO LECCO LECCO LEGNANO LEVATA LIDO DI TARQUINIA LIGNANO PINETA LIMONE PIEMONTE LIMONE PIEMONTE LIMONE PIEMONTE LIMONE PIEMONTE LISSONE LISSONE LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVIGNO LIVORNO LIVORNO LOCATE DI TRIULZI LODI LONATO LONGARONE LOVER LUCCA LUCCA LUCCA LUINO LUTAGO MACUGNAGA MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO MAGIONE MALÈ MALLES MANAROLA MANTA MANTOVA MANTOVA MARANO SUL PANARO MARGHERA MARIA DI PIETRASANTA MARINA DI RAVENNA MARTELLAGO MARTIGNACCO MATELICA MELEGNANO MEOLO MERANO MERANO MERANO MERANO MERATE MESENZANA MEZZOLOMBARDO MEZZOLOMBARDO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MILANO MIRANO MODENA MODENA MODENA MOENA MONDOVÌ MONDOVÌ MONGUELFO MONIGA MONTEBELLUNA MONTEBELLUNA MONTEBELLUNA MONTEBELLUNA MONTESACRO MONTESILVANO MONTESILVANO MORBEGNO MORBEGNO MORGEX MORI MUCCIA NAGO TORBOLE NAPOLI NATURNO NEMBRO NEMBRO NICOLOSI NICOLOSI NOICATTARO NOVA LEVANTE NOVALESA OCCHIEPPO INFERIORE OLGIATE OLONA ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORIO AL SERIO ORTISEI ORTISEI ORTISEI ORZINUOVI OSIMO OSPITALETTO OSTERIA DEL GATTO FOSSATO DI VICO OULX OULX OVINDOLI OVINDOLI PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PADOVA PALAZZOLO SULL’OGLIO PALERMO PALERMO PAQUIER PARCINES PARMA PARMA PARMA PARMA PARMA PARMA PARMA PAVULLO NEL FRIGNANO PERGINE VALSUGANA PERNATE PERO PERUGIA PERUGIA PESARO PESCARA PESCARA PESCARA PESCARA PESCASSEROLI PESCASSEROLI PIACENZA PIACENZA PIACENZA PIACENZA

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HOBBY SPORT SPORT IN MONTAGNA OUTDOOR LIFE TOMMY SPORT VERTICAL SPORT PIANETA SPORT ASPORTSTATION STIMM ZAMBERLAN ARIAPERTA M.C.RUNNING MIRAFIORI SPORT 2 ONBOARD EUROSPORT FINDY SHOP SPORT HUB PINZOLO SPORTLAND PISOGNE DREAMSTORE SELMI TECHNOSPORT VALLEE SPORT PEAK PERFORMANCE STORE AMORINI OUTDOOR SPORTWAY PONTE KAPPAEMME SPORT MOUNTAIN SHOP BERGAMO SPORTLER PORDENONE TOFFOLI SPORT BOARD ROOM MIVAL SPORT BUGS SHOPS LA SPORTIVA POZZA DI FASSA BLOSSOM SKI DEKA UPPER IL CAMPIONE PRATO RUNOUT 3RD GENERATION VIGLIETTI SPORT SALEWA PREDAZZO V10 OFFTRACK CENTER BERGFUCHS MORASSI ETTORE OUTDOOR & TREKKING STORE ROSSIGNOL UDINE REGGIO GAS A1 CLIMBING GINETTO SPORT SURF PARADISE MONTAGNA DIMENSIONE SALVATORI SPORT POLLO WINTER SPORT THE NORTH FACE RIMINI PERTINGER MOUNTAIN SICKS VERTICAL SPORT RIVAROLO VERTICAL SPORTSWEAR SPORT NATURA ALP3 MONTAGNA ALTA QUOTA ROMA CAMPO BASE ROMA CAMPO BASE ROMA CLIMBER STORE GEOSTA KAHUNA LBM SPORT MIZUNO ROMA MONTURA ROMA ONERACE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE PATAGONIA ROMA ROCK IT ROSSIGNOL PARMA RRTREK ROMA STAR WALL THE NORTH FACE THE NORTH FACE ROMA THE NORTH FACE ROMA URBANSTAR WP OSTIENSE CITY BEACH OMNIA SPORT SPORTLAND RONCADELLE REKORD SHERPA ATLANTE MONTELLO FRONTSIDE BLOCK3 CABAS SPORT MAKALU' SPORT MONTURA ROVERETO 100 - ONE SPORTLIFEE SPORT JOCHER MACIACONI ANIMA SPORTIVA PIÙ SPORT ALPSTATION AOSTA MG MOUNTAIN CISALFA SPORT AOSTA PAPIN SPORT SPORT HOLZER LAGAZOI SPORT SPORT HUB CHIAVENNA MILESI SPORT SPORTLAND SAN LEONARDO GODI SPORT SPORTLER SAN MARTINO TURNOVER SPORT SAN MARTINO SPORT SLALOM SLALOM SPORT SNOWBOARD'S HOUSE PARETI WEGER UNICO SPORT ALPSTATION BRESCIA NEW VIAGGIANDO GIUGLAR LAB IS SPORT GI-SPORT KRATTER FAMA SPORT OLIVER SKI ALPSTATION SARZANA KAU KAU 3.30 RUNNING STORE FRESH FARM 3SIXTY BESSON SPORT FAURE SPORT GIUGGIA SPORT PATTY SPORT MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE AREA51 CLIMBING CENTER SWITCH SHOP LORI SPORT ALPSTATION SCHIO MAX SPORT VALLI SPORT PIANETA CICLO ART CLIMB PALESTRA BRUNO SPORT ACTIV SPORT SPORT WALTER BOARD STYLE CABOT COVE OUTDOOR CAFÈ SALEWA OUTLET SERRAVALLE HOT ICE SNOWBOARD KINIGER SPORTMODE MAXI SPORT SESTO S.G. TABACCHERIA BIOLCHINI MARCELLIN SPORT PASSET SPORT SPORT LE TORRI SURF SHOPPE XL MOUNTAIN IL MARATONETA SPORT RONDIRO PASSSPORT SIGNORESSA SPORTLER CLIMBING CENTER SPORTLER TREVISO DF SPORT SPECIALIST SIRTORI ALTERNATIVA SPORT ALPIN SPORT MODE ALPIN SPORTS K&K SPORTS SALEWA OUTLET VERONA CENTRO SPORT FIORELLI SPORT SONDRIO TUTTOSPORT MAZZUCCHI SPORTLAND SONICO EDEN SPORT VI BLOCK CAMPO BASE SPILAMBERTO MAKE MERRY BERGER SCHUHE SPORTLAND STEZZANO ALPSTATION TARVISIO SPORTLER TAVAGNACCO ZANI SPORT BLU SURFER PIÙ SPORT IOCORRO!

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PIACENZA PIANCOGNO PIANELLA PIASCO PIETRAMURATA PIETRASANTA PIEVE D’ALPAGO PIEVE DI SOLIGO PIEVE DI TORREBELVICINO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINEROLO PINZOLO PINZOLO PINZOLO PISOGNE PISTOIA PISTOIA PLAN FELINAZ-FELINAZ PONT SAINT MARTIN PONTE DI LEGNO BS PONTE FELCINO PONTE NELLE ALPI PONTE SELVA DI PARRE PONTERANICA PORDENONE PORDENONE PORTO SAN GIORGIO POVE DEL GRAPPA POZZA DI FASSA POZZA DI FASSA PRATA CAMPORTACCIO PRATO PRATO PRATO PRATO NEVOSO PRATO NEVOSO PREDAZZO QUARTU SANT’ELENA RANICA RASEN-ANTHOLZ SÜDTIROL RAVASCLETTO RAVENNA REANA DEL ROJALE REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA REGGIO EMILIA RICCIONE RIETI RIETI RIMINI RIMINI RIO DI PUSTERIA RIVAROLO CANAVESE RIVAROLO CANAVESE RIVAROLO CANAVESE ROCCA DI MEZZO ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMAGNANO SESIA RONCADELLE RONCHI DEI LEGIONARI RONCO BRIANTINO RORETO DI CHERASCO ROSETO DEGLI ABRUZZI ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO ROVERETO RUFFRE' - MENDOLA S. ANDRA S. CRISTINA SACILE SACILE SAINT CHRISTOPHE SAINT CHRISTOPHE SAINT-CHRISTOPHE SAN CANDIDO SAN CANDIDO SAN CASSIANO SAN CASSIANO SAN GIOVANNI BIANCO SAN LEONARDO IN PASSIRIA SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO BUON ALBERGO SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA SAN PANCRAZIO SAN PAOLO SAN VENDEMIANO SAN ZENO NAVIGLIO SANSEPOLCRO SANT'AMBROGIO SANT’AGOSTINO SAPPADA SARONNO SARONNO SARZANA SARZANA SASSUOLO SASSUOLO SAUZE D’OULX SAUZE D’OULX SAUZE D’OULX SAVIGLIANO SAVIGLIANO SAVIGNANO SUL RUBICONE SCANDICCI SCANDICCI SCHIAVON SCHIO SCHIO SCHIO SCOPPITO SEDICO SELVA GARDENA SELVA VAL GARDENA SELVA VAL GARDENA SENAGO SENIGALLIA SERAVALLE SCRIVIA SERRA SAN QUIRICO SESTO SESTO SAN GIOVANNI SESTOLA SESTRIERE SESTRIERE SESTRIERE SESTRIERE SETTIMO VITTONE SIENA SIENA SIGNORESSA SILEA SILEA SIRTORI SISTIANA SIUSI SIUSI SIUSI SONA SONDRIO SONDRIO SONDRIO SONICO SORBOLO SPESSA SPILAMBERTO SPOLETO ST. NIKOLAUS STEZZANO TARVISIO TAVAGNACCO TEMÙ TERAMO TERAMO TERNI

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ITA VERTIGINI SPORT ITA MONTURA FIEMME ITA SPORT VENTURA ITA CRAZY STORE TIRANO ITA ANGELI SPORT ITA TECNICAL SKI ITA ALPSTATION TORINO ITA ASD BOULDER BAR ITA BSHOP BRACCINI ITA BSHOP RAVINA ITA BSIDE CLIMBING VILLAGE ITA CUORE DA SPORTIVO ITA FERRINO STORE TORINO ITA FRESH STORE ITA GRASSI SPORT TORINO ITA JOLLY SPORT ITA JOLLY SPORT ITA MIZUNO STORE ITA MONTURA TORINO ITA ORIZZONTI VERTICALI ITA ORIZZONTI VERTICALI ITA PASSION SPORT ITA PROMOSPORT ITA RONCO ALPINISMO ITA SALA SPORT ITA SALEWA TORINO ITA SASP PALESTRA CLIMBING ITA SCHENONE SPORT ITA STRIKE ITA THE NORTH FACE TORINO ITA JIMMY SURF SHOP ITA READY TO RUN ITA TEDDY PALOMINO ITA GULLIVER TORRE PELLICE ITA SPORTLER VICENZA ITA LEZARD ITA CATTI SPORT ITA PARISPORT IDRO ITA LA SPORTIVA TRENTO ITA MONTURA TRENTO ITA ROCK & ICE TRENTO ITA SHERPA3 PATAGONIA ITA SPORTLER ALPIN TRENTO ITA SPORTLER TRENTO ITA TECNOSCI ITA VERTICAL SPORT TRENTO ITA MAGNITUDO ITA LE BLOC SHOP ITA ALPSTATION TRIESTE ITA AVVENTURA DUE ITA SPORTLER TRIESTE ITA PURA VIDA ITA FIASCARIS ITA K2 SPORT ITA SPORT CENTER ITA FIORELLI SPORT VALMASINO ITA SPORT CORONES ITA LAYAK ITA SPORT MODE MARIA SALEWA OUTLET VALMONTONE ITA ITA UAINOT SNOWBOARD SHOP ITA BONNY MODULAR LAB ITA ZOO PARK ITA SKICENTER ITA SPORTANGEL ITA SKI KLINIK ITA RIDER SHOP ITA ROSSINI SPORT ITA LODO SPORT ITA VERNAZZA SPORT ITA CAMPO BASE VERONA ITA DETOUR ITA GENERATION ITA MONTURA VERONA ITA OLIUNÌD VERONA ITA ROSSIGNOL VERONA ITA SLIDE BY DETOUR ITA THE NORTH FACE VERONA ITA ORIZZONTI MONTAGNA ITA MARATONANDO ITA OLIUNÌD LDR PALESTRA ITA OLIUNÌD VICENZA CENTRO ITA PRO SPORT ITA SERGIO SPORT ITA GILIOLI SPORT ITA MONDO MONTAGNA ITA VERTICAL NO LIMIT ITA DHO SPORT ITA ROSSI ITA SPORTLAND VILLANUOVA ITA AFFARI & SPORT VILLASANTA ITA BAROLI SPORT ITA CALZATURE BAROLI ITA SPORTLAND TORINO ITA HERBERT PLANK SPORT ITA BRUMA STREET STYLE ITA LIQUIDO ITA RUNNER LA SPORTIVA ZIANO DI FIEMME ITA ITA TIRABOSCHI SPORT ITA CRAS ITA QUOTA 362 ITA TABIA SPORT AT MOREBOARDS ST. JOHANN AT ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH AT MOREBOARDS AMSTETTEN AT SALEWA STORE SALZBURG AT SPORTLER AT BLUE TOMATO BREGENZ AT MOREBOARDS DORNBIRN AT ORANGE CORNER E.U. AT ALTON PREMIUM STORE AT HOTZONE.TV AT ALPIN LOACKER AT BERGFUCHS AT BLUE TOMATO GRAZ BLUE TOMATO LOGISTIK GRAZ AT AT MOREBOARDS GRAZ AT ALPSTATION INNSBRUCK BLACK DIAMOND INNSBRUCK AT AT BLUE TOMATO INNSBRUCK AT BURTON STORE INNSBRUCK AT BURTON STORE INNSBRUCK AT DIE BOERSE AT MOREBOARDS INNSBRUCK MOREBOARDS INNSBRUCK DEZ AT AT PATAGONIA INNSBRUCK AT SPORTLER WITTING THE NORTH FACE INNSBRUCK AT AT XDOUBLE ROCKNROLL MOUNTAIN STORE AT AT BLUE TOMATO KLAGENFURT AT MOREBOARDS KLAGENFURT AT HIGH LIFE HANDELS AT MOREBOARDS KUFSTEIN AT SPORTLER AT MOREBOARDS LANDECK AT MOREBOARDS LEOBEN AT BERGSPORT AT BLUE TOMATO LIENZ AT ZIMML ALPINAUSSTATTER BASE CAMP THE ALPINE STORE AT BETABOARDS X PETER WAGNER AT AT MOREBOARDS LINZ AT LIVID SPORTS AT MOREBOARDS MAYRHOFEN AT MOREBOARDS STUBAI AT BLUE TOMATO AT BLUE TOMATO OBERTAUERN AT BURTON STORE PARNDORF AT SALEWA OUTLET PARNDORF AT BLUE TOMATO LINZ AT MOREBOARDS PASCHING AT BOARD.AT AT SALEWA STORE SAALFELDEN AT BLUE TOMATO SALZBURG BLUE TOMATO ONLINE STORE AT AT BLUE TOMATO SCHLADMING SALEWA STORE SCHLADMING AT AT BLUE TOMATO SCS AT BLUE TOMATO SEIERSBERG AT MOREBOARDS SEIERSBERG AT MOREBOARDS SÖLDEN AT SPORT4YOU AT PETE SPORT AT MOREBOARDS ST. PÖLTEN AT BERGWERK AT MOREBOARDS STEYR MOREBOARDS INNTALCENTER AT AT BLUE TOMATO VILLACH AT MOREBOARDS WELS AT BLUE TOMATO WIEN AT BLUE TOMATO WIEN AT FAME BOARDSHOP AT HANG LOOSE AT MOREBOARDS WIEN AT SALEWA STORE WIEN AT STEPPENWOLF AT MOREBOARDS WIENER AT BLUE TOMATO WÖRGL AT ONSIGHT BERGSPORT AT LA RESISTANCE CH SNOWLIMIT

TERNI TESERO TESERO TIRANO TOLMEZZO TOLMEZZO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORINO TORRE BOLDONE TORRE DEL LAGO TORRE PELLICE TORRI DI QUARTESOLO TRADATE TRAVERSETOLO TRE CAPITELLI TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TRENTO TREVISO TRIESTE TRIESTE TRIESTE TURANO UDINE UDINE VAL DI VIZZE VAL MASINO VALDAORA VALDRAGONE VALLES VALMONTONE VALTOURNENCHE VARESE VARESE VARNA VELLETRI VENASCA VERANO BRIANZA VERANO BRIANZA VERMIGLIO VERNAZZA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VERONA VEZZA D’OGLIO VIAREGGIO VICENZA VICENZA VICENZA VICOFORTE VIGNOLA VIGNOLA VILLAIR VILLANOVA MONDOVI VILLANOVA MONDOVI VILLANUOVA SUL CLISI VILLASANTA VILLENEUVE VILLENEUVE VINOVO VIPITENO VITERBO VITERBO VITERBO ZIANO DI FIEMME ZOGNO ZOLA PREDOSA ZOLA PREDOSA ZOLDO ALTO ST JOHANN IM PONGAU ALTENMARKT AMSTETTEN BERGHEIM BEI SALZBURG BLUDENZ BREGENZ DORNBIRN ENNS FELDKIRCH GERLOS GÖTZIS GRAZ GRAZ GRAZ GRAZ INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK INNSBRUCK KIRCHDORF IN TIROL KLAGENFURT KLAGENFURT KLAGENFURT AM WÖRTHERSEE KUFSTEIN KUFSTEIN LANDECK LEOBEN LIENZ LIENZ LIENZ LINZ LINZ LINZ LOFER MAYRHOFEN NEUSTIFT IM STUBAITAL OBERTAUERN OBERTAUERN PARNDORF PARNDORF PASCHING PASCHING SAALBACH SAALFELDEN SALZBURG SCHLADMING SCHLADMING SCHLADMING SCS VÖSENDORF SEIERSBERG SEIERSBERG-PIRKA SÖLDEN SÖLDEN ST. ANTON AM ARLBERG ST. PÖLTEN STEYR STEYR TELFS INNTALCENTER VILLACH WELS WIEN WIEN WIEN WIEN WIEN WIEN WIEN WIENER WÖRGL ZAMS ZELL AM SEE ANDERMATT

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CH AGANÉ CH BLUE TOMATO BASEL CH DOODAH BASEL CH TRANSA BASEL CH BLUE TOMATO BERN CH DOODAH BERN CH TRANSA BERN CH BÄCHLI BERGSPORT CH LONGBOARDER CH SURF MACHINE CH RADIX BURGDORF CH STILE ALPINO LUGANO CH BAECHLI CONTHEY CH PLANET ENDURANCE CH BURTON STORE FLIMS CH DOODAH GENÈVE CH TRANZPORT CH BACKDOOR CH TREELEE CH BOARDERWORLD CH BURTON LAUSANNE CH DOODAH LAUSANNE CH RADIX LIESTAL CH TRANSA LUCERNE DF SPORT SPECIALIST LUGANO CH CH BLUE TOMATO LUZERN CH DOODAH LUZERN CH MANLY CH SALEWA STORE PONTRESINA CH PURE SNOWBOARD CH WILD ONE CH STILE ALPINO SAMEDAN CH ELEMENT STORE CH BOOSPORT CH TRANSA ST. GALLEN CH PLAYGROUND IN PARADISE CH ONE 80 CH BACKSIDE CH MONTAIN-AIR CH VICTIM CIRCLE CH CLOUD 9 CH BLUE TOMATO WINTERTHUR CH BAYARD SPORT CH JULEN SPORT CH MILLET SHOP CH SALEWA STORE ZERMATT CH THE NORTH FACE ZERMATT CH DOODAH ZUG CH BURTON STORE ZURICH CH THE NORTH FACE ZURICH CH TRANSA ZURICH CH BLUE TOMATO ZÜRICH CH DOODAH ZÜRICH CH RADIX ZÜRICH CH BÄCHLI BERGSPORT DE PULSSCHLAG DE MOUNTAIN-SPORTS CONDITION STEIGENBERGER DE DE BERGSPORTHÜTTE DE SURF & SNOW CENTER DE STADT LAND FLUSS DE HILIGHT DE BERGSPORT GEISTALLER DE BLUE TOMATO BERLIN DE BLUE TOMATO SHOP ALEXA DE CAMP 4 DE DER BERG RUFT DE GLOBETROTTER BERLIN DE MONT K DE PATAGONIA BERLIN DE THE NORTH FACE BERLIN DE BOARD MONKEYS DE NO LIMIT DE UNTERWEGS BIELEFELD DE PLAN-B FUNSPORT DE BLUE TOMATO BONN DE GLOBETROTTER BONN DE UNTERWEGS BONN DE BLUE TOMATO BREMEN DE SURFSHOP CHARCHULLA DE UNTERWEGS BREMEN DE UNTERWEGS CELLE DE BIKER BOARDER DE EASTSIDE / FUN SPORT DE DER SKANDINAVIER DE RAILSLIDE DE BRETTLLADEN DE GLOBETROTTER DRESDEN DE UNTERWEGS DUISBURG GLOBETROTTER DÜSSELDORF DE DE SACK & PACK DE THE BOARDER SHOP DE WAREHOUSE ONE X RENE REINDL DE UNTERWEGS ERFURT DE FREILAUF DE BLUE TOMATO ESSEN DE BERGSPORT MÜHLBAUER DE UNTERWEGS FLENSBURG DE RAILSLIDE DE GLOBETROTTER FRANKFURT DE BLUE TOMATO FREIBURG DE SALEWA STORE FREIBURG DE SPORT KIEFER DE DOOROUT.COM DE NORDWAND SPORTS DE ALPINSPORT BASIS DE BERGSPORT WN ALPIN DE EDGE 2 EDGE DE SPORT CONRAD GARMISCH DE SPORT & TREND DE BERGZEIT DE DAILY MILK! DE SPIN LOOP DE BLUE TOMATO HAMBURG DE FREERIDER SHOP DE GLOBETROTTER HAMBURG DE GLOBETROTTER HAMBURG DE UNTERWEGS HAMM DE BRETTWERK DE BLUE TOMATO HANNOVER DE BSZ BERGSPORTZENTRALE SPORT KAUFMANN HANNOVER DE DE POWSTORE DE NUBUK SPORTS DE ADVENTURE COMPANY DE BERGZEIT DE UNTERWEGS HÖXTER DE UNTERWEGS JEVER BASISLAGER SPORT HANDELS DE DE BLUE TOMATO KARLSRUHE DE SCENIC SPORTS DE BERGSPORT MAXI DE SURFLINE KIEL DE UNTERWEGS KIEL DE BLUE TOMATO KÖLN GLOBETROTTER AUSRÜSTUNG DE DE GLOBETROTTER KÖLN DE PLANET SPORTS KÖLN DE SPORT GRUNER DE ALPINSPORTZENTRALE DE ALPEN STRAND DE THE NORTH FACE LEIPZIG DE UNTERWEGS LEIPZIG DE BIWAK DE EISELIN SPORT DE FOLLOW ME STORE DE ALPIN OUTDOOR LADEN DE GOOD QUESTION DE S'BRETT DE OUTDOORTRENDS DE MAGIC MOUNT DE BLUE TOMATO MÜNCHEN DE GLOBETROTTER MÜNCHEN DE GOLDWIN DE PATAGONIA MÜNCHEN DE PLANET SPORTS MÜNCHEN DE QUIKSILVER MUNICH DE RUMRICH STONE PROJECTS DE SANTO LOCO DE SCHUSTER SPORTHAUS DE BURTON STORE MUNICH DE DERU DE THE NORTH FACE MUNICH DE BLUE TOMATO MÜNSTER DE UNTERWEGS MÜNSTER DE WESTSIDE DE SPORT CONRAD MURNAU DE PANORMA BOARDS DE TRAVEL & TREK BASTIAN DE BLUE TOMATO OBERHAUSEN SALEWA STORE OBERSTDORF DE DE BOARDBANDITS DE UNTERWEGS OLDENBURG DE DER OUTDOORLADEN DE MISTERSKI DE BLUE TOMATO SHOP PASSAU DE SPORT CONRAD PENZBERG DE POWDER FORCE DE GIPFELSTÜRMER DE ADRENALIN DE BLUE TOMATO REGENSBRUG SALEWA STORE REGENSBURG DE DE BLUE TOMATO ROSENHEIM

ARBEDO-CASTIONE BASEL BASEL BASEL BERN BERN BERN BERN-BREITENRAIN BIEL/BIENNE BULLE BURGDORF CANOBBIO CONTHEY ECUBLENS FLIMS GENÈVE GENÈVE GRINDELWALD HOCHDORF LAAX LAUSANNE LAUSANNE LIESTAL LUCERNE LUGANO LUZERN LUZERN MORGES PONTRESINA SAANEN SAAS-FEE SAMEDAN SCUOL SIERRE ST. GALLEN ST. MORITZ STUDEN VERBIER VERBIER WERDENBERG WINTERTHUR WINTERTHUR ZERMATT ZERMATT ZERMATT ZERMATT ZERMATT ZUG ZURICH ZURICH ZURICH ZÜRICH ZÜRICH ZÜRICH ZURICH-OERLIKON AACHEN ANSBACH ASCHAU AUGSBURG AUGSBURG BAD TÖLZ BALINGEN BERCHTESGADEN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN BIELEFELD BIELEFELD BIELEFELD BOCHUM BONN BONN BONN BREMEN BREMEN BREMEN CELLE CHEMNITZ CHEMNITZ COBURG DARMSTADT DRESDEN DRESDEN DUISBURG DÜSSELDORF DÜSSELDORF DÜSSELDORF DÜSSELDORF ERFURT ERLANGEN ESSEN FELDKIRCHEN WESTERHAM FLENSBURG FRANKFURT FRANKFURT AM MAIN FREIBURG FREIBURG FREIBURG FULDA FÜSSEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GILCHING GMUND-MOOSRAIN GÖRLITZ GÖTTINGEN HAMBURG HAMBURG HAMBURG HAMBURG HAMM HANAU HANNOVER HANNOVER HANNOVER HASLACH IM KINZIGTAL HEIDENHEIM HEILBRONN HOLZKIRCHEN / GROSSHARTPENNING HÖXTER JEVER KARLSRUHE KARLSRUHE KAUFBEUREN KEMPTEN KIEL KIEL KÖLN KÖLN KÖLN KÖLN KONSTANZ LANDSBERG AM LECH LANDSHUT LEIPZIG LEIPZIG LIMBURG LÖRRACH LÖRRACH MAINZ MAINZ MANNHEIM MARKTOBERDORF MENDEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MÜNCHEN MUNICH MUNICH MUNICH MÜNSTER MÜNSTER MÜNSTER MURNAU NEU-ISENBURG NÜRNBERG OBERHAUSEN OBERSTDORF OBERWIESENTHAL OLDENBURG PADERBORN PADERBORN PASSAU PENZBERG PFORZHEIM RAVENSBURG REGENSBURG REGENSBURG REGENSBURG ROSENHEIM

LAST WORD

BY DAVIDE FIORASO

When we run we have the feeling of thinking better. The reason is physical: a large part of the blood in circulation is committed to supplying the muscles under stress. The brain, which at rest consumes 20% of our energy resources, receives less energy and enters a state of low production intensity.

It does not think about many things, except for the vital ones. A void is created in it and that void is soon animated by thoughts that are so little thought that they don't even seem ours.

PHOTO PAOLO SARTORI

An open space where our reflections play.

“The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.” - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Murakami)

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