<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">Ce l&rsquo;ho fatta: ho concluso con successo la Milano City Marathon!!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">Nonostante il clima non favorevole e alcuni problemi nella parte finale, sono riuscito a centrare l&rsquo;obiettivo di <strong>3 ore e 50 minuti </strong>che avevo stabilito. Non &egrave; stata facile, ma sapere che avevo il vostro supporto mi ha aiutato a tenere duro nei momenti pi&ugrave; duri e a superare la crisi. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">Dedico questo mio nuovo Personal Best ai volontari di Emergency e ringrazio ancora tutti gli amici che hanno fatto una donazione. Un &ldquo;bravo&rdquo; a Luigi che ha centrato il pronostico. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://foia.sportsontheweb.net/2012/04/come-beethoven-la-mia-nona-e-un-inno-alla-gioia/">Qui</a> trovate il racconto della mia gara</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">Alla prossima, il 20 Maggio a Copenhagen! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong>I DID IT</strong>: I am a proud finisher of Milano City Marathon 2012!!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Despite of awful weather conditions and of some troubles in the last part of the race, I managed to meet my target of <strong>3h50&rsquo;</strong>. It has not been easy, but knowing that I could count on your &lsquo;remote support&rsquo; helped me to keep going during difficult moments. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I dedicate this new Personal Best to Emergency volunteers and to all their supporters.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thanks again to all the friends who made a donation, and a special &ldquo;bravo&rdquo; to Luigi who made the right bet on my finish time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://foia.sportsontheweb.net/2012/04/come-beethoven-la-mia-nona-e-un-inno-alla-gioia/">Here</a> you can find a report about my race (sorry in Italian...)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And now&hellip; start training for the next one (</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Copenhagen</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, May 20)</span></p> <p style="text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; border: medium medium 2.25pt none none double -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0cm;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; border: medium medium 1pt none none solid -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0cm;"><span>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>&nbsp;<br></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>&nbsp; <br></span></p> </div> <p style="text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Ciao amici!</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">stavolta ho deciso di correre non solo per il piacere di farlo, ma per una buona causa:&nbsp;supportare <a href="http://www.emergency.it/index.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3501ee;">EMERGENCY</span></a>, in particolare il loro centro pediatrico di Bangui.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Per quei pochi che non la conoscessero, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Emergency</span> &egrave; un'associazione italiana indipendente e neutrale, nata per offrire cure medico-chirurgiche gratuite e di elevata qualit&agrave; alle vittime delle guerre, delle mine antiuomo e della povert&agrave;.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Aiutatemi a raccogliere fondi per sostenere i volontari di EMERGENCY nella loro attivit&agrave;. Da parte mia, prometto di dare il massimo per prepararmi al meglio e correre la Milano City Marathon al top delle mie possibilit&agrave;.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Vi propongo un gioco: provate a indovinare il &ldquo;real time&rdquo; con il quale taglier&oacute; il traguardo. Se qualcuno lo azzecca, raddoppio la sua offerta ad Emergency.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Grazie a tutti quelli che faranno una donazione.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Francesco</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">----------------------</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Dear Friends,&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">This time I have decided to run not just to enjoy myself, but for a good cause: supporting <a href="http://www.emergencyuk.org">EMERGENCY</a>, in particular their pediatric centre in Bangui.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">For those who don't know, <span style="color: #ff0000;">Emergency</span> is a humanitarian NGO that provides emergency medical treatment to civilian victims of war, especially in relation to landmines.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Help me to raise funds to support Emergency volunteers in their activity. On my side, I promise to do all my best to prepare and run Milano City Marathon.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">I have a game to propose: try to guess my finish time. If someone hits it, I will double his/her offer to Emergency.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana; min-height: 17.0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Thanks to those who will make a donation.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana;">Francesco.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>