Lago Maggiore Half Marathon
March when the weather gives us a day so spectacular it would be even more beautiful on the lake and maybe a race between friends .. here's the dish served in the 4th edition of LMHM!
Since awakening in the morning looking out the bathroom window I realized today that I could shake the bad thoughts that accompanied me in these days ... the clear sky with color from pink to blue and the sun beginning to peep ... I prepare a hearty breakfast and after saying goodbye to my good wife took the bag and carefully prepared the night before I go to the streets where we Oleggio are the other team ready to go.
Arriving in Stresa and has to do with other friends of Novara, we are well on 10, go up to the convention center to get dressed and here are some jokes and laugh about all the legendary Teo accomplice who always shoots some changed ... once we go down the street and his friend Paul told me of Novara:
"So how do we do?" ... I say, "..
boh! ... I thought a 4'00" / km, then after half the race will be seen ... "he laughs and says," ... by not joking
go to 3'50 "/ km and how it goes!" is hard to say for him is long accustomed to go at that pace, I'm not sure but the thought of it as I did with him Trecate entices me.
We go to the start and once in the cage match of Verbania friend Flavio with whom I talk a bit about how to do the race and another, is a sunny person, once you leave I start back to Paul and I follow his rhythm. .. in the first section is a bit of confusion because we are many and we must be careful where you put your feet ... after the Regina Palace climb the first km and passes to 3'57 "and I wonder if we so I figured after uphill!
Paul continues to push the accelerator and I behind, we pass several people but many are still those before you ... it's amazing how strong the people ... the first few kilometers passed without major problems, and always increase My garmin says velocitĂ .il 3'53 ", 3'44", 3'45 ", 3'49" and the road is always down with a slight difference ... the 5 ° 19'07 pass in "/ km on my Garmin but from that race are ahead of at least 10" ... so I decide not to watch it and continue to feel based on what they tell me my legs and heart ... and I have always bìvicini Paul, occasionally exchange a few jokes but arrived after the stretch that leads to Feriolo Fondotoce around the 11 km mark I notice that Paul hesitates a bit ... I go ahead and keep that rhythm that I feel here .. do not see again until after the finish line ... had some problems in the legs.
candle and I'm just enjoying the spectacle offered by the Lake and its people, at every step where species I greet people and incite them, I I like this game and makes everything easier, arrived at the 15 km mark I realized that behind me I have several people who are attacked, but I do not want it to leave my trail ... I also waved to say go to the party with a little ... no ... then you decide to raise them and not feel the 16 km mark .. find a guy who was left to me and Paul on the 10 km mark right beside him ... he say . "How are you ?"... he looks at me strange but then says that if he can keep this pace for him is personal ... I do not know what time we could do but tell him cmq by now is almost done near me and thinks that the last 500 meters will be down ...
So do the 17 ° and 18 ° because they are hard to climb but you get into Verbania and the people makes you, I still rising to keep pace with the drop down, I'm fine, I also realize you have more than I thought, arrived at the 20 km mark I decided to look at the weather on the Garmin and I understand I could do all that pushing my second time ever ... and so do I push on my legs comes out, helped by a beautiful progression that takes me down to the finish line sailing in under 3'00 "/ km closing my race
in 1h21'13 ". Considering the conditions and the location was even better performance to my PB 1h20'19 "Trecate done ... I did the race to find the time, they are not in great shape but I enjoyed it and I never has suffered .. true that sometimes it takes to do the calculations!
No time to put the medal around his neck that I find myself in front of me the two friends who congratulated Furio and Patty was a great pleasure to see them waiting for my arrival ... there are gestures that give you so much and you feel good ... thanks dear.
I speak a little with them and then comes Paul Sonz, greeting friends and I go mountain with the others to rest, meanwhile, also comes and then Ste Teo, so we decided to start going to the shower, take the bags, and shuttle to wash away in the gym of the school, once they arrive too Ale and Gio, we all went well that more or less, we are a good group of friends ...
Let's go back to the boat to return to Stresa and we have no Cecca seen that would do everything with Peter, who was in his first half marathon and wanted to be able to make it to 5'00 "/ km of media ... I found out later that has done it and they came together ... good guys.
Here's some photos of our beautiful Run Team.