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Location:

Rome,Italy

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Best marathon 3:14:40 (2011)

Best Half-Marathon 1:26:38 (2013)

Best 10k 40:22 (2009)

Best 5k 20:18 (2004)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Marathon under 3:10:00

Half marathon under 1:25:00

2013 Races


Long-Term Running Goals:

Carpe diem

Personal:

My name is Eugenio I was born near Rome, Italy, in 1972 and lived there for 29 years, then in 2001 I moved to Salt Lake City for work and for seven years and one month that was my home, since 2008 I am back to Italy. I started running in 2003 when I realized I could not ride my bike throughout the Utah winter.



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Race: Trofeo città di Corchiano (6.835 Miles) 00:43:42, Place overall: 47, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
7.50

Great race overall. It is a two loop course over three big hills (to be repeated twice). The only real problem of this race is the start in a narrow road with cars parked on both sides on a slightly downhill slope for the first 200m, after that, the road is wide and the hills will "dilute" the runners. I went into this race knowing that finishing in 44 minutes (for an 11k race) it would be a great result and it would be a virtual 10k PR. It is hard to go at a constant pace because the continuous up and down. I decided to use my effort level and ignore the garmin. I went out really hard and I finished the first lap in 20:3X something, I thought about finishing the whole thing under 43 minutes, but during the last two hills I was done, my legs were heavy and I struggled to maintain a decent pace on the hills. I finished with 43:42. It is my first official race sub 4:00/k, I have to improve my resistance over the distance, speed is there, but I have to be able to maintain it for the whole distance. I don't want to overkill myself, on a more flat terrain it would have been easier to maintain the same pace. A great race.

Comments
From Claudio on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 15:57:22 from 173.75.180.44

Strong strong strong - congratulations Camillo, great race!

From Kam on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:33:17 from 68.66.163.179

That's a great result, especially dealing with a hilly course.

From Camillo on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 15:24:52 from 79.55.237.196

Thanks guys,

you are always too nice. You should tell me instead to go run and train harder, this was not enough!!!

Thanks.

From Josh E on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 20:07:52 from 75.162.212.195

Forza! Coraggio! La prossima volta, voglio trovare scritto, "Veni, vidi, vici."

From Camillo on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 14:01:10 from 79.55.237.196

Josh,

I promise, next time I will do my best to follow your "advice".

If I may ask you, where did you learn italian (and latin)? From my personal survey in Utah usually is from one of the three M (mission and/or military and/or marriage).

I am glad that the "unofficial italian fast running blog community" is growing.

From Josh E on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 14:15:45 from 205.235.104.4

For me, it was a mission back in 96-98 (I have not been a practicing member since that time). The Italian is definitely not fresh and those are pretty much the only latin words I know outside of choir music.

I've been back to Italy twice since and I use Italian sparingly in my management of some legal matters in Italy. I am aware of a community of two speakers unless Claudio makes three. I found your blog through Kam. Tante belle cose!

From Claudio on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 18:38:46 from 96.234.242.134

Josh - yes, born and raised in Italy, moved to US at age 26. There was another FRBlogger, Colby Park, a US military stationed in Vicenza, but he hasn't updated his blog in a while. Ciao!

From Josh E on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 20:23:42 from 75.162.212.195

Ciao, Claudio. Piacere. Nice to meet both of you.

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