Boy, I’ve been home for a couple of days now and I’m still jet-lagged. This always affects me more on the return flight for some reason. Anyways, Rome out did herself this year. The 15th edition of Maratona di Roma was by far the best one yet, and in my opinion, is now one of [...]
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The bags are packed, the legs are ready, and the lungs… well who knows, but in just a few hours, I’ll be on a plane to Italy! For the next 2 weeks I’ll be calling the medieval town of Zagarolo (located in the foothills about 30 minutes southeast from Rome), my home. I have wonderful [...]
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One week from tomorrow, I’m supposed to be on a plane heading to Italy, but as luck would have it, looks like my lungs might have the final say as to whether that actually happens. As is usually the case when it comes to me and marathons or travel…. it’s gonna get down to the [...]
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Now that the pipe dream of becoming one of the first lung challenged athletes ever granted a mobility impaired slot in the Boston marathon has become reality, I have to make some tough decisions about the other marathon that I love so much. I’m referring of course, to the
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Hey, what does yours truly, Elvis and the “Flying Grandmother” all have in Common? …The Rome Marathon of course. Check out these other Italian websites : Corridori Related Posts:University of Pittsburgh Newsletter May 2010Behind that finish line smileBoston marathon video highlightsBoston—-7 hours 17 minutes and changeIn good company
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In preparing to do this marathon for the second time, I thought it would be cool to retrace the marathon route step-by -step. However, the only available map of the course ,which is located on the marathon website , is more of a illustration than an actual map. So I decided to create my own [...]
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My sympathies go out to the victims and families of the Earthquake which occurred in the town of L’Aquila in central Italy early Monday morning. It breaks my heart that so many people died or were injured. The destruction appears to be massive. We in California are not exactly strangers to Earthquakes. I know all [...]
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With the Rome marathon training window rapidly narrowing (not to mention the availability of airline tickets to Italy in March), I need to make a decision soon, as to whether or not I’m actually going to do the marathon this year. I’m already registered, but saying I wanna do it, and actually committing to it, [...]
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Boy….How time flies ! Seems like I just started this class, but the semester is already over, and today I graduated from the first grade!
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What are the chances you could re-connect with a person you only met for a few hours while in a sea of 75,000 other runners, in a foreign country, that you never exchanged addresses with , or for that matter even spoke the same language? The only thing I knew was his first name…Giuseppi This [...]
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Today I received my entry confirmation for the 2009 Maratona Di Roma in Rome Italy next March. I know it”s still 5 months away, but I”m very psyched! This to me, is the marathon of all marathons. And new for 2009, they’ve incorporated St Peters Square into the Marathon course. How cool is that? Here’s [...]
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Today I began a new Italian language class at the Scula di Lingua e Cultura Italiana ( School of Italian Language and Culture) in South San Francisco. The class only meets once a week for 3 hours, but it”s a total immersion environment for those 3 hours. The instructor speaks minimal English while teaching… and [...]
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