INSPIRATIONAL
the loneliness
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ltratrail: from 60 to 80 kilometers in the mountains. Approach races and more or less intense goals and to be able to arrive later.
Equipped are the objectives of the approach. Instead, this year I had plans. There are two; one was the nine with Iran, which is a race that runs through you. A cycling race called Nove Colli is much more famous than the road and running races, which are 202 km long. Nine hills in central Italy, and I finished it in May. There, too, I did some approach races afterward, after which my next goal will now be a 24-hour race on 17 September. It will be my four, my 4th 24-hour race on the track, on a circuit of about one and two kilometers to one and a half kilometers for a maximum of 24 hours. I try to do as many kilometers as possible, and here, I will try to reach the minimum it takes to enter the Italian 24-hour national team, which is my dream. I have prepared well; I have an athlete from the National team who follows me, and I have the support of the family who helps me in this because I am always out racing, and I will try. I’ll try the “24 hours;” it’s difficult, so achieving this will be nice. It will be on 17 and 18 September in Verona. Concurrently there is the 24 women’s European Championship. I will be there in the middle; I will try to do my best to reach a minimum of 230 kilometers. It is not easy. However, the training was there. This year I have already done two races of 100 kilometers, one of 200 and one of which; I ran in the Swiss mountains for 23 hours. I was also at night to race with the bike, to face a beautiful one with experience. And so we see. I put a lot of effort into it; I also train on vacation; as always I prepare. In short, the goal is firmly fixed in the head.
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ell, well, let’s say. You talked about preparing and talking about people around you versus cheering for yourself. Helping you in these extraordinary adventures, however, comes to mind the third word that I still wanted to throw on the table, which is loneliness, because in reality, in training, in competitions, I imagine that this is a resource and at the same time also a difficulty compared to itself themselves.
I’M ITALIAN - FALL - 2022
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