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What is the marathon?

Many people ask me what is the marathon and if  it’s a pleasure in travelingto run all those kilometers. This thought by Mauro Covacich, Italian writer and runner, is one of the possible explanations.

“The marathon is a kind of permanent faith: just to have  finish it only once to feel marathoners for a life. It’s like psychoanalysis. Yes, I consider it a form of martial art, an inner discipline. It’s intrinsically. For workouts that it requires, for the way that leads you to perceive the environment, for the effort that demands on your body. The marathoner is a samurai with shoes instead of the sword: he’s extremely severe with himself, not never forgives, he is constantly struggling against the limits … it’s a mistake to think at the marathon as a sport, it’s a discipline maximally aesthetic. It’s a vision of the world: not only those forty-two kilometers from running in the shortest possible time, it’s the idea to resist, to go further … “

Believe independently of the results?

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Fear to fail

La paura di fallire è un sentimento sempre presente negli atleti. Spesso sento dire “riuscirò anche quest’anno a fare come l’anno passato?”, “Non soo ancora in forma, riuscirò a esserlo fra un mese alla prima gara?” Domande che possono erodere la fiducia in se stessi e a cui non c’è una risposta certa, “Sì, ce la farai!” Bisogna accettare di correre il rischio, digerire questi dubbi e lavorare con intensità e qualità nel seguire il proprio programma, poi si vedrà.. Bisogna avere fede in se stessi, che significa “Non so se ce la farò, ma sto facendo di tutto per essere pronto quando sarà necessario.”