Why Black Knight

The name Black Knight comes from this famous joke in roman slang. A man tells this story:
The Black Knight and the White Knight make a duel and the Black Knight kills the White Knight. Now the White Knight had 3 sons, they challenge the Black Knight to a duel and the Black Knight kills all of them. Now they had 3 sons each and the 9 White Knights challenge the Black Knight to a duel but the Black Knight kills of all them. Now they had 3 sons each and the 27 White Knights challenge the Black Knight to a duel but the Black Knight kills all of them.
Please stop the story, what do you mean, what is the moral?
The moral is: "Don't piss off the Black Knight"!!!!!!!!!


Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Tarquinia - 10 km of the Sea

Race - Tarquinia 10 km of the Sea: On Sunday I ran the "10 km of the Sea", a round trip race on a totally flat route, from Tarquinia Lido to the protected natural area of Saline.
Flat routes are not my favorite, I prefer races with uphills and downhills because they allow changes of pace and make me more competitive against those who don't practice running as their main sport.
Departure at 10:00 a.m. under a bright sun, a very competitive pack and the lack, by my precise choice, of speedworks (I want to avoid injuries due to overexertion) saw me running the entire race in the last pack with a regular pace.
Stats:
10 km in 58:27 (5:50/km – 9:24/m);
204 of 226 overall;
13 of 14 age group (65/69 y.o.).
The swag included a technical shirt and a jar of honey.
Here are some photos:

The Start

The Start

3rd Km

Last Km

Tuscania - After the race with my son and his family we had lunch in the ancient city of Tuscania:

With my grandsons Leonardo and Filippo




Have a good week

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Sunday, 17 September 2023

Running update - Daily Life

Running update. My training continues regularly following the pre-established program. Unfortunately I will have to run alone again because my runner friends have decided to become a walking group due to some injuries and the age; after all, we are all aged between 60 and 70. In the last 2 weeks I have increased the mileage and I have also tried to be a little faster: my body has reacted well but I prefer not to force. The start is always at 06:30 a.m. to avoid the heat.

Monday 04: 10 km (6.2m);

Wednesday 06: 10.6 km (6.6m);

Friday 08: 10.7 km (6.65m);

Sunday10: 15.7 km (9.75m);

Tuesday 12: 10 km (6.2m);

Thursday14: 10.7 km (6.65m);

Saturday 16: 14.2 km (8.8 m).

This week I will take it easy because on Sunday I participate in a 10km race. The problem is that it is still very hot and the start is at 10:00 am.


And now some photos of my daily life:

In my family we are all animal lovers: this is my grandson Gabriele 7 y.o.

Last Saturday, after a typical Italian breakfast, my wife and I had dinner in the historic center of our city and then we took a walk along the seafront.



During this week end, again with my wife, on saturday we had dinner in Marta and today  we had lunch in the ancient hamlet of Valentano.

Marta

Valentano

Valentano

Have a good week ahead



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Sunday, 3 September 2023

August - Signs of Autumn

August 2023 – Despite many days of heat and humidity I managed to run every other day as planned but I preferred not to race. On the cooler days I increased my speed but then the heat returned and therefore the only goal remained to keep the single mileage around 10km.
These are the numbers:
Total monthly mileage: km. 169.2 (105.1 m);
Workouts: 16;
Races: 0.

August in the past (Memories) -Even in past years I preferred to avoid races in August and so there aren't many memories. Here are 2 of them:

2010 – Ladispoli – km. 6: looking at the photo you can imagine how hot was that morning;

2017 – Arlena di Castro – km. 8: 3 laps around and inside a beautiful ancient hamlet.

2010 - Ladispoli

2017 - Arlena di Castro


Weekly running update: The schedule of running every other day continues but now that the days are shorter I can start at 06:30 a.m. In preparation for the races I have started to include a weekly longer distance run.
Tuesday: km. 9.7;
Thursday: km. 10.7 (tempo-run);
Saturday: km. 15.2.
The first 10 km race is scheduled for sept. 24.

Signs of autumn: Fallen leaves, some swell and shorter days tell us that autumn is coming.

Fallen leaves


Fallen leaves

The dark has come!


Is Autumn coming? Any race in your calendar?

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