After trying for several times in recent years to qualify for a European or World Cup, this year I decided to take it lightly. In fact, so I wanted to try the second race of the Italians, but with the Zermatt Marathon in the legs. By the ninth Bondone July 18 World Cup has become a difficult mission, but not completely impossible-it would take the Garone in the third and final round of the Italians.
In recent weeks my condition was growing with every race, I knew it would be possible to run well at Susa, where over a distance of 11 km were to exceed 1450 meters in altitude. Actually, I had already attended four times (including twice wearing the blue shirt at the Challenge Stellina, a Nations Cup in) famous race in the Piedmont and therefore knew well the first part of the route. I knew that I am not too comfortable on the rocky, also feared that the heat was expected because of Aug. 22.
After 20 minutes of starting a race may be too fast (I started the climb with the first group) and the heat I had the account I was in crisis, the lead group was leaving, approaching from behind Rungger, and Lanfranchi Manzi. I told myself I was wrong, just the race that matters, setting tactics, but I did not want to give up yet. "I waited for the" train-Rungger Lanfranchi and running in their wake and the shade of the forest in the second stint I could recover. Ten minutes after I decided to attack, but only 5 managed to pull Rungger and Lanfranchi. I approached more and more as well as vaccines for passes 300 meters from the finish. After a bad race in the middle part was nevertheless able to conclude with a nice finish.
Photo: Marica Martinelli
After the race I attended the national meeting of the Pian del Frais and I must say it was a good experience (with training than usual). Diagnosed after an injury to the Italian champion in 2010 Martin Dematteis, to whom I wish a speedy recovery and good, I finally arrived in the squad for the World Cup to be held September 5 in Kamnik in Slovenia.
results 3rd round Italian Championship in Susa, 22 agosto:
first Martin Dematteis 63.49
second Gabriele Abate 65.11
third Marco De Gasperi 65.37
4th Antonio Toninelli 66.19
5th Mohamed Zahidi 67.13
6th Gerd Frick 67.18
7th Tommaso Vaccina 67.28
8th Mauro Lanfranchi 67.41
9th Hannes Rungger 67.55
10th Emanuele Manzi 68.21
11th Bernard Dematteis 68.46
12th Mikhail Mamleew 69.15