Dear friends, as expedition leader
po'il want to make a point about our participation in the Florence Marathon 2010.
Weather conditions on Sunday morning were announced horrible, and on Saturday evening, after visiting the expo, with the beautiful Florentine evening, we were very frustrated and grumpy (we apologize to Cynthia and her friend, we have "abandoned" does not as soon as we reached the restaurant. Ilaria was in a different hotel, and after having procured a tank just over protecting, we parted.
the morning we woke up in the flood with a temperature of 2 degrees. I, Francesco and Nicola have reached Piazzale Michelangelo at nine twenty. Nicholas was in a grid farther back, me and Frank together, Ilaria no trace, but we knew before. At the start, at 9.25 ', I was already soaked and half frozen to death (a partial protection from the wind and rain that struck in the face we had running with the supplied impermeabilino stuck inside his pants).
I, because the cold, I suffered like few other times, pondering withdrawal from 23 ° km.Pensavo then last until the 28th, convinced that we would be retouched in front of the hotel (the Lungarno Acciaioli), but not was so, so I reached up to 26, and then to 28, and then to 31. There, I said to myself that maybe I was back wants to stop, and so it was, I even revived in the last 5 km, and I closed in 3h57'45 (4528 ° to 7600 arrivals). There have been withdrawn over 2500! The same Kenyans placed at the top, accredited to the departure time of around 2:08 a.m., 'paid duty and ended later than 2:12 a.m.').
Francis went very well (he loves the cold !!!), going to the half in 1h55'24 ", ran with me until 22 °, then went quiet in the second half, increasing at the end, and closed in 3h49'35 ", with improved personnel records of a handful of seconds (3789 °).
Nicholas was in his debut marathon. The December 8 last year in his debut Orbetello 10 km dirt road not knowing whether he would make it to the finish. He had a very troubled preparation because of a calf contractures not disposed of after the 21 Steps, which has virtually allowed only a little slow running last month. In the race he found himself alone, it is well past the half (1:49 a.m. '), then after the 30th a little' bad for the calf, slightly to the fear of not succeeding, he slowed down a lot, however, closing in 3:53 a.m. '16 "(4138 °).
But the great exploits is all female (force Antoinette, Loretta, Elizabeth, Cynthia, Flora, Sarah, the next time it's to you !!!).
Our great little Ilaria has been going on for champion, closing froze in 3h23'19 ", 1482 °, 69 ° in the women's overall standings, 15th grade. Bravissima, made us proud (PS: you saved dall'assideramento runners from friends that led to their hotel near the arrival and immersed in hot water under the pool!).
Next stop: Rome (hopefully many!)
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