I\u2019m an ama\u00adteur run\u00adner (best mara\u00adthon time: 4h 12\u2032, best half-mara\u00adthon time: 1h 48\u2032) and I like to ride my moun\u00adtain bike; unfor\u00adtu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly I don\u2019t hike\/climb as much I would like.<\/p>\n
I star\u00adted to run offi\u00adcial races a few years ago. My per\u00adfor\u00adman\u00adce is not great, but it\u2019s fun and you get the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to run in pla\u00adces that are nor\u00admal\u00adly pre\u00adclu\u00added due to the traf\u00adfic. So far, my best run\u00adning times are: Verona Half Marathon (1h 48\u2032 01\u2033) and Venice Marathon (4h 12\u2032).<\/p>\n
Well, what \u201cnon-com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtions\u201d means? These are races whe\u00adre (1) the\u00adre is no offi\u00adcial timing; (2) the\u00adre is no offi\u00adcial start; (3) the\u00adre is no check along the cour\u00adse to veri\u00adfy that eve\u00adry\u00adbo\u00addy did actual\u00adly com\u00adple\u00adte the race. In some of the\u00adse races, one of the big\u00adge\u00adst pro\u00adblem is that the refresh\u00adment stands are out of \u201ccote\u00adchi\u00adno\u201d (a kind of sala\u00admi) at 10.00AM<\/span>\u2026 Traveling a lot for con\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces, work\u00adshops, mee\u00adtings and the like, I\u2019ve got the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to map my runs around the world. These are usual\u00adly short runs, becau\u00adse I spend most of the time loo\u00adking around\u2026<\/p>\n Selected hikes.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t have many bea\u00adti\u00adful bike rides to show; hope to impro\u00adve in the future.<\/p>\n Running, hiking, cycling and now.\u2026 paddling!<\/p>\n
\nParticipating in the\u00adse races is always fun \u2014 you can see all kinds of runners.<\/p>\n\n
Running around the world<\/h3>\n
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Hiking<\/h3>\n
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Biking<\/h3>\n
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Canoe<\/h3>\n
![one<\/a>; won\u00adde\u00adring what it was, it hap\u00adpens to be a \u201ccavi\u00adta\u00adtion tunnel\u201d (?)<\/li>\nParis, France<\/a>, 16 February 2014 \u2014 11.5km \u2014 Just befo\u00adre a pro\u00adject mee\u00adting, I had a very nice run on the river Seine, in a sur\u00adpri\u00adsing warm Paris<\/li>\nNew York, USA<\/span><\/a>, 9 March 2014 \u2014 10km \u2014 The clas\u00adsic of all time: Central Park!<\/li>\nPorto, Portugal<\/a>, 29 August 2014 \u2014 13km \u2014 Along the river Douro fir\u00adst and then the Atlantic ocean<\/li>\nLondon, UK<\/span><\/a>, 10 Settembre 2014 \u2014 10km \u2014 Along the Hyde Park \u2014 with the Royal Guard riding their hor\u00adses along the park in the morning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHiking<\/h3>\nSelected hikes.<\/p>\n\nIndian Henry Hounting Ground, Mt. Rainier, WA<\/span>, USA<\/span><\/a>, September 2009 \u2014 27.5km. Between P2P\u201909 in Seattle and SASO\u201909 in San Francisco, I spent three days on the Mt. Rainier National Park. Three won\u00adder\u00adful days, no tele\u00adpho\u00adne, no Internet, just my log cabin just outsi\u00adde the park. In this par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar hike, I met 5 peo\u00adple in 7 hours\u2026<\/li>\nLake George, Mt. Rainier, WA<\/span>, USA<\/span><\/a>, September 2009 \u2014 32.7km. Another bea\u00adti\u00adful hike. When I arri\u00adved at Lake George, I was com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly alo\u00adne. I never felt a silen\u00adce like that\u2026<\/li>\nMt. Spathi, Crete, Greece<\/a>. July 2010 \u2014 15.6km, 900m of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gain. I ren\u00adted a car and tried to reach the top of Mt. Spathi (2147m) in the Dikti ran\u00adge of Crete. Unfortunately, I was una\u00adble to reach the top due to the bad wea\u00adther (clouds around the top, and no visi\u00adble trail to fol\u00adlow). Anyway, befo\u00adre the clouds, I had a bea\u00adti\u00adful view of both the north and the south side of Crete.<\/li>\nFollowing the E4<\/span> Path towards Neato Plateau, Crete, Greece<\/a>. July 2011. The E4<\/span> European Path is one of the European long-distan\u00adce paths star\u00adting in Spain at its sou\u00adthern\u00admo\u00adst point and lea\u00adding throu\u00adgh France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to end in Greece. It visi\u00adts the Greek island of Crete as well as Cyprus. I fol\u00adlo\u00adwed a short sec\u00adtion of it in Crete, rea\u00adching a small plain cal\u00adled Neato and rea\u00adching the bot\u00adtom of the White Mountains \u2014 they are whi\u00adte indeed!<\/li>\nImbros Gorge, Crete, Greece<\/a>. July 2011. Imbros Gorge is a 11 km long canyon loca\u00adted near Hora Sfakion in sou\u00adthern Crete, with a nar\u00adro\u00adwe\u00adst part which is 1.60m wide. It runs paral\u00adlel to Samaria Gorge \u2014 which is much more famous but also much more pac\u00adked with peo\u00adple. I star\u00adted from the Imbros Village and went down to Kommitades, without mee\u00adting any\u00adbo\u00addy (6.00 in the mor\u00adning, thou\u00adgh). I met some\u00adbo\u00addy only when I was rea\u00adching Imbros again (around 9.30).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBiking<\/h3>\nI don\u2019t have many bea\u00adti\u00adful bike rides to show; hope to impro\u00adve in the future.<\/p>\n\nTrento-Verona<\/a>, July 2008 \u2014 100.00km. A cra\u00adzy idea \u2014 going home from Trento by bike\u2026 throu\u00adgh the moun\u00adtains, with 1500 meters of dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adce in level. Once arri\u00adved home, I chec\u00adked the Garmin: 99.6km: I must con\u00adfess, I actual\u00adly cir\u00adcled around the block to see 100.00km on the Garmin\u2026<\/li>\nCaracol Waterfall and Ferradura Park, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.<\/a>, May 2010 \u2014 43.00km. The best way to get to know a pla\u00adce \u2014 run\u00adning and riding a bike. Here I went to a bea\u00adti\u00adful water\u00adfall and to \u201cHorseshoe (fer\u00adra\u00addu\u00adra)\u201d canyon. The only pro\u00adblem: bra\u00adsi\u00adlian dogs don\u2019t like me.<\/li>\nDictaeon Andron, Crete, Greece<\/a>, July 2010 \u2014 55.00km, 1000 meters of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gain. The best way to enjoy the sea\u00adsi\u00adde\u2026 ren\u00adting a moun\u00adtain bike and going to the moun\u00adtains! This is why I love Crete, the\u00adre are bea\u00adti\u00adful moun\u00adtains the\u00adre. The goal: the dic\u00adtaeon andron, a cave whe\u00adre, accor\u00adding to mitho\u00adlo\u00adgy, Zeus was reared.<\/li>\nAround Lessinia<\/a>. This is a bea\u00adti\u00adful trail around the moun\u00adtains of Verona. 32 km and only 1 km on asphalt; me and Riccardo got to have a very clo\u00adse encoun\u00adter with a bea\u00adver \u2014 with no fear of human beings at all. Have a look at this short video<\/a> if you don\u2019t belie\u00adve me!.<\/li>\nThe Apokoronas Tour, Crete, July 2011<\/a> Apokoronas is a muni\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adli\u00adty clo\u00adse to Chania, Crete. Starting from Kavros, near Georgiopolis, I cycled around the enti\u00adre area (51 km). Very nice tour, star\u00adted at six in the mor\u00adning, rea\u00adching the vil\u00adla\u00adges when the local inha\u00adbi\u00adtan\u00adts were having break\u00adfa\u00adst at the cafe. Final desti\u00adna\u00adtion: the Kalives village.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCanoe<\/h3>\nRunning, hiking, cycling and now.\u2026 paddling!<\/p>\n\nNear Georgiopolis, Crete<\/a>, July 2011, 5.5km. In a day when the sea was incre\u00addi\u00adbly calm, I ren\u00adted a canoe brin\u00adging my fai\u00adth\u00adful (but not water-resi\u00adstant) Garmin with me. Lucky me, the Garmin hasn\u2019t suf\u00adfe\u00adred at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m an ama\u00adteur run\u00adner (best mara\u00adthon time: 4h 12\u2032, best half-mara\u00ad\u00adthon time: 1h 48\u2032) and I like to ride my moun\u00adtain bike; unfor\u00adtu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly I don\u2019t hike\/climb as much I would like. Official com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtions I star\u00adted to run offi\u00adcial races a few years ago. 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