Monday, June 06, 2011

Dusty running path

Last Saturday, June, 4th, I ran a 6 km race in Rome in support of a social cause. The earning which is related to the race will be useful  to build a school in Amazon and help children in that special part of the world.
The race wasn't  enjoyable because the first two kilometers of the running path were covered with a layer of dusty and we breathed dust.
It seemed a Sahara track and although the race started at 06:00 p.m. the climate was hot. That kind of track should be wet before the race.
Before we had done the warm up Stefano ( Black Knight ) and I met other three runners coming from our town. The photo below shows our small running group (I'm with the number 8).  
Stefano and I ran the race as training and we choose a slow average pace (5 min./km). The photo below shows the running track.
Nice training to all my blogger friends!

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10 Comments:

At 5:35 AM , Blogger Anne said...

Congrats Giorgio! 5 min/K is pretty fast to me :)

 
At 6:27 AM , Blogger Ewa said...

Congrats, Giorgio!
Look at this race as good training should you ever decide to race on the Sahara.

 
At 7:24 AM , Blogger Black Knight said...

The Black Knight Army is everywhere: desert, sea, air,mountains......
Ammazza se era dura!!! Ancora risento della faticata.
Complimenti per questo post, veramente bello!!!!

 
At 8:57 AM , Blogger Johann said...

Your slow pace is fast for me! Dust can really be bad. Well done! My toe is still sore but I am able to continue my normal June training which is shorter runs.

 
At 4:04 PM , Blogger Char said...

I can't imagine that running in dust would have been good for anyone suffering from asthma. I agree - they should have wet down the dust before the race started.

 
At 4:51 PM , Blogger ajh said...

Running in dust does not sound fun. Are many races at night?

 
At 5:49 AM , Blogger Fran said...

Well done Giorgio, 5 min./k is very fast for me so I think you both did great.

Dust is awful to run in.

I'm a bit surprised the black army allowed the guy in blue to be in the picture :)

 
At 12:40 PM , Blogger GIAN CARLO said...

Ciao Giorgio, ho trovato il tuo Blog ...rigorosamente English.
Io corro spesso in quel Sahara ..in realtà è casa mia ...e forse è per questo che spero nel 2012 di andare ad affrontare ... the original

 
At 12:11 AM , Blogger Amy said...

It looks like a really neat course but too bad about the dust!

 
At 2:31 PM , Blogger Breandán said...

Well done Giorgio - that's a good training run, especially in dry and hot weather...

 

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