One day in Tuscia

One Day in Tuscia - On January 2nd my wife and I spent one day in Tuscia (Viterbo province) and we visited 2 beautiful ancient towns: Soriano nel Cimino and Capodimonte.

In the morning we visited Soriano nel Cimino, a town that develops in height on the slopes of the Cimini mountains, where we bought the typical “ciambellette”, a delicious local treat.

Later we went to Capodimonte, where we arrived at 07:00 p.m., to see the Christmas lights: we were surprised to see the town completely deserted; as you can see from the photos we didn't meet a single person on the streets. I must admit that I was fascinated anyway by that unreal atmosphere brightened by the lights.

Soriano nel Cimino

Stefano a Soriano nel Cimino

Soriano nel Cimino

Ciambellette

Capodimonte

Capodimonte

Capodimonte

Capodimonte

Injury update - I'm slowing healing. I miss running, but I've been walking about 1 hour a day, covering more than 5 km each time. Tomorrow I will get the x-ray control and then the doctor will decide if and when I can start to run again.

Do you like to visit ancient towns?

Which was the last hamlet you visited?

Have a good week ahead

Broken - Happy New Year

Broken - After 2 weeks of absence I am back to “blogland”. Why this silence? On the morning of Dec. 19th I went out with a friend for a morning run and, after 9 km at normal pace, I decided to run other 3 km at race pace. Unfortunately, at the 11th km, I tripped over an uneven sidewalk and I fell breaking a rip, cracking my eyebrow and injuring my knee. I was taken by the ambulance to the emergency room where they kept me under observation for one day. At the moment the prognosis is 20 days, but my doctor has already said that they are not enough for healing.

At this point all programs related to running have been cancelled. It's a shame because I was increasing my mileage and the speed considerably.

The wound 10 days after the fall

The uneven sidewalk

Now, during this period of rest and recovery, as schools are closed for the Christmas holidays, I enjoy the company of my grandson. Cannot wait for spending my time with the other 3 grandsons. Here are 2 photos taken in Tarquinia:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Merry Christmas

Running update - Last week, after the Canino race, I started the training for the “3 Municipalities Race” on the distance of 22.4 km (13.9 m) which will take place on January 28th. It is called the 3 Municipalities because the route includes 3 towns: Nepi, Civitacastellana and Castel S.Elia. The route is challenging for the reason that each town is located on a hill. The swag includes a very appreciated artistic local ceramic plate (see photo from the 2006 race):

Swag and award

As usual I continue to run every other day. These are my last workouts:

Dec. 05: km. 9.7 (6 m);

Dec. 07: km. 17.4 (10.8 m);

Dec. 09: km. 10 (6.2 m);

Dec. 11: km. 10.9 (6.8 m);

Dec. 13: km. 12.3 (7.6 m);

Dec. 15: km. 18 (11.2 m);

Dec. 17: km. 11,3 (7m).

And now some photos of my city:

Sunset on the waterfront

Ship Union (Perù)

My grandson on the ship

Christmas lights

 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Canino - Olive Oil Run - Km. 10

Last Sunday I ran the Olive Oil Run in Canino (in the so-called Tuscia Region, Viterbo province) on a very demanding route, characterized by continuous uphill and downhill stretches, through the narrow streets of the ancient town and in the middle of the olive groves.

As in all the races that take place in such area, there is a large participation of very competitive runners and, therefore, also considering my age, I finished in the last pack.

Stats:

10 km. in 58:24 (chip time);

527 of 623 over all;

20 of 27 in my a.g.

The swag was a bottle of the very famous local olive oil and a wooden art medal. I also obtained an additional medal given to all the runners who completed the Tuscia marathon: 3 different races, for a total of 42.2 km, held in Montefiascone, Viterbo and Canino.

Times are changing.

Running update - After 3 weeks of training I succeeded in recovering my pre-covid pace and the mileage. I run 10 km every other day with a weekly training session of 15km through undulate routes. In the meantime the cold weather has arrived and so my workouts begin after 09:30 am.

My secret dream is to run a 22,3 km (13,8 m) race in late January.

Next Sunday I will return to race on an undulating 10km route with a very challenging final climb.

In these last years I have chosen to race in the so-called Tuscia (Province of Viterbo) even if the running pack is not large and the routes very challenging. The reasons are various: very beautiful ancient hamlets generally from the Etruscan or medieval era where we can find restaurants with excellent local food, panoramic routes, easy parking, swag and age group prizes made up of local products (food and crafts), friendly atmosphere before, after and during the race. All very different from races in big cities where everything is more difficult due to the difficulty of finding parking, very large limited traffic zones, speed cameras everywhere and incredibly low speed limits even on easy roads.

Times are changing - The world is moving fast and the memories of our youth are disappearing. In my city all the old telephone booths were removed and almost all the mailboxes are now unusable.

Good bye Mamy - Sadly after 15 years this lovely kitten left us.

Covid - October

Covid: I finally recovered from Covid but it was hard, I had fever, sore throat, cough and weakness. The treatment consisted of anti-inflammatories, mucolytics and food supplements.

This week I started to run again. The workouts were slow but the feeling is positive.

Unfortunately I missed last Sunday's race characterized by breathtaking climbs that I had carefully prepared and I will certainly not return to racing before the second half of December.

October 2023: only 9 training sessions for a total of 100.6 km (62,5 m);

October 1977 memories: I joined the Coast Guard:

October 1999 memories: Urbs Mundi half marathon through a spectacular route in the historic center of Rome:

Health problems

I apologize for not commenting your posts. Unfortunately I have been feeling bad since last Thursday with sore throat, weakness and fever. This morning I made the test and the response was: covid! 

I hope to come back to "Blogland" soon.

But don't worry, he takes care of me: