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Tag the person you have never beaten in a race thi

Tag the person you have never beaten in a race this year (but that you have smoked at photo shootings) 🤟🏾

All the love @cecemaestri!

South Tirol free running experience + mostly walking and having lunch at the rifugio 🧆

#alps #lienz #tirol #alpine #running #trailrunning #niketrail #madness #anysurfaceavailable #trailaddicted #neabbiamo #solo #vertical #brakes #panda #lake #awesome #fun #summer2021 #comenoi

Shot: @fedecasari11

Keep the dream alive #niketrail #madness #sick #t

Keep the dream alive

#niketrail #madness #sick #traverse #run

Credits:
Content which makes sense @jsaragossa @koastalforest
Content which doesn’t make sense @edo.melloni @fra_puppinho

How to stop at a refreshment point during a trail

How to stop at a refreshment point during a trail race:

- ask yourself should I stop or not? Answer is always that those seconds are worth, in one way or the other. So IDK..
- start looking for a flask in your trail belt or backpack miles before the refreshment point
- swear hard because you can’t fine the flask and because your hands have gotten as sticky as glue with the energy gels left in your pockets
- stop in front if the refreshment table and ask yourself “and now what!?”
- without hesitation, kneel down, open the tap and let the water flow into your throat

#madness #trailrunning #thisishowyoudoit #mountainrunning #backpack #refreshment #chiemgau #germany #goldentrailseries #niketrail #expert #softflask #trailbelt #alps #summit #endurance #endurancesport #energygels #foodporn #ultramarathon

Yelling all the madness out of me! Today I took s

Yelling all the madness out of me!

Today I took second at the 5th stage of Golden Trail World Series at the beautiful @chiemgau_trail_run. A race that has the potential to be come a great classic.I fucked up my race a bit around km 10, when I accidentally lost a shoe in the mud 😂 but in the end, it only made things more fun. Delighted to share most part of the race with @b.przedwojewski who demonstrated once again how strong he is!
Fast trails, forest roads, mud, grass, technical sections, there was a bit of everything in today’s race, as it is the style of @goldentrailseries races. In the end, a solid performance which hopefully will secure a ticket to Gran Canaria next month!

@nikerunning @corosglobal @corositalia @goldentrailseries @chiemgau_trail_run @bayern @chiemseechiemgau

#goldentrailseries #cowmadness #stickymud #laimpenniamo #runningloops #chiemgau #madness #sub3 #downhillmadness #alps #germany #niketrail #unbounded

Photos: @philippreiter007 and @jsaragossa 🤟🏾

As weird as this season has been for me, I’ve ac

As weird as this season has been for me, I’ve actually enjoyed running very little over the past few weeks. Not that I trained up to the point where running was starting to feel like a burden, but it feels good to spend the little amount of energies that I have left over a reasonably low amount of training with mostly easy runs, cross training and simple workouts. I probably got the chance to run the most weekly mileage ever with @glo_87 - we actually trained pretty much the same 😂 and no, I am not afraid to go too slow (even if @glo_87 is super though and can give you a pretty hard time if you are not on your best day!). I don’t care if my easy runs have mostly been in the > 4’30/km zone while during the winter they used to be < 4’00/km on a regular base. I just do what is good for me!

So 30’ after 30’, we’ve got to @chiemgau_trail_run - a taste of the ultra world with its 44.6km and 2600m of elevation - the 5th stage of 2021 @goldentrailseries. I’m sure the course and scenery won’t disappoint, even though I really missed @runpikespeak this year.
I am quite familiar with the beautiful Chiemgau area, being the setting of Hochfellnberglauf, which most of the mountain runner geeks will know - a milestone, legendary race that has made the history of mountain running (and that I ran 4 times).

Catch the live action on Golden Trail Series social media and YouTube channel - I will update my stories with the links. Start is tomorrow, Sept 4th, at 8 am CET.

All the love!

#running #chiemgau #benessere #germany #goldentrailseries #niketrail #alps #chiemsee #hochfelln #marquartstein #alpinerunning #ultra #marathon #trailrunning #mountainrunning #madness

Photo: @theoutdoorfeeling

The highlight of the weekend was me and Andrea May

The highlight of the weekend was me and Andrea Mayr reading the Bible. Period.

#holybible #holyshit #challengestellina #6times #thequeen #costarossa #madness #holyspirit #runforgelato #unmotivated #corricamminale #utmb #thepartizan #unattached

Photo: @damianobenedettophoto

Smiling on the start line.. I hope that’s someth

Smiling on the start line.. I hope that’s something I will never cease to do

even though I have been through some sadness recently..

even though it’s hard sometimes, and you don’t understand why..

I just hope to retain that smile forever, because WE choose to be happy and to be the people we are

#running #trailrunning #mountainrunning #why #startline #summertime #alps #hiddenthoughts #trailaddicted #sharethetrail

Photos: @martiskka x @goldentrailseries

I bet you looked!! 👐🏾😜 #sierrezinal #pos

I bet you looked!! 👐🏾😜

#sierrezinal #postrace #finishline #alps #goldentrailseries #utmbmaybe #swissalps #valais #wallis #niketrail #rita #madness #bikepacking #surviving #stillinchandolin #trailaddicted #sharethetrail

Photos: @trailaddicted 💙

We’ve been mostly cycling recently Madness Tour

We’ve been mostly cycling recently

Madness Tour ©

#goodforyou #ride #rideanywhere #cycling #madness #hardskin #milesformiles #ridefast #ridewithstyle #ridewithcare #unbounded #rita #specialized #ultegra #alvento #endless #venianoloop #cyclinglife #ride100percent #bikepacking #notraining #goodforus

#easyrun @sierrezinal_officiel @nikerunning @coro

#easyrun

@sierrezinal_officiel
@nikerunning
@corosglobal
@goldentrailseries

📸 @trailaddicted

Ho sempre pensato che di atletica ci capisco poco

Ho sempre pensato che di atletica ci capisco poco e dopo oggi, credo di poter dire di capire ancora meno

Ricapitolando:
7/08 Sierre-Zinal conclusa con un deludente 14esimo posto
8/08 9km hangover run in Zinal
10-13/08 Madness Tour by bike with @glo_87 - 4 giorni e 610km di AlVento
14/08 campionati italiani di corsa in montagna only up - 2°

A parte gli scherzi e la #madness ever present: dopo Sierre Zinal avevo già deciso che avrei staccato decisamente la spina e mi sarei preso un periodo di riposo o comunque senza allenamenti, dopo una prima parte dell’anno a dir poco intensa. Il 31 luglio 2021 i km di corsa dall’inizio dell’anno sul mio GPS erano circa 4100, tanto per dare un’idea. Oggi ho corso esclusivamente per due motivi: per dovere di squadra e per onorare una gara di campionato italiano che reputo in ogni caso importante. Il risultato non è niente di straordinario - ho semplicemente messo in campo ciò che c’era oggi - ma il modo in cui è arrivato mi ha comunque fatto piacere. E mi ha dato qualche indicazione e conferma utile. Come scrivevo nelle stories, non sposta di un millimetro le considerazioni fatte riguardo a Sierre-Zinal: è stata un’altra gara, un altro giorno e un’altra esperienza

Ps no non faceva caldo
Pps per fortuna c’era la mitica @fedecasari11 a darmi la motivation
Ppps @cecemaestri a quanto pare bene

@nikerunning @atletica_valle_brembana @atleticaitaliana @corsainmontagna.it @atleticacortenova @affari_sport @affariesportlecco

#run #madness #mountainrunning #knowtheway #madnesstour #everywhere #piandellebetulle #niketrail #valsassina #runforgood

Photos @marcogulberti.it

Happy birthday Riiiita!! It’s like teenage love,

Happy birthday Riiiita!! It’s like teenage love, except we’re not teenagers anymore 🤗 @glo_87 💙

#madness #rita #shesdilaniata #madnesstour #stayhuman #staysafe #check #leclerc #tourdefrance #jordanstateofmind #piculina #happybirthday #sempreingiro #summer2021 #injury #goodforyou #madaiiii #vacation #everywhere #allovertheplace

I will keep trying and trying and trying, because

I will keep trying and trying and trying, because it’s my favorite race in the world and I believe I can run it at my best.

Today I just didn’t have it more than a 2:38’59 and 14th place finish. Disappointing? Yes, totally. This is everything but what I came for. I feel broken, I have put in so much good work to come here in great shape and run well. There’s no solace, no reward for a bad performance, it’s just between you and yourself.

It’s easy to feel the impostor syndrome and let everything go. But this time I won’t, I will try not to. I strongly believe I am a better athlete than what I used to be 4-5 years ago, even though some of my results used to be better back then. I will keep striving, and finding solutions, changing what didn’t work and insisting on my weaknesses. Even on a bad day, I tried to honor the race and dive down into the pain until the finish line.

Thanks to everyone supporting me, it’s truly amazing to feel you close despite I somehow let you down.
Thanks for everyone who was here and shared the race with me, from the first @kilianjornet to the last runner. It feels good to be part of a common journey and shared passion.
Super congrats to @fatsimpson and @cecemaestri, you two are among my favorite runners out there and a true inspiration. What a race today, with different strategies!
Last, thank you @glo_87 for dealing with my #madness everyday. One day I will heal from it, I promise..but please, let me try one more time 🙏🏾😘

See you next year Sierre-Zinal!

📸 @martiskka x @goldentrailseries

@nikerunning @corosglobal @corositalia

#sierrezinal #finishline #tough #traverse #alps #niketrail #anysurfaceavailable #trailaddicted #sharethetrail

Approaching Sierre-Zinal in @worldathletics style

Approaching Sierre-Zinal in @worldathletics style 🤟🏾

(For a serious pre race average post check my feed tonight before dinner, they say the engagement is higher 🤯)

📸 @martiskka 🙏🏾

#madness #sierrezinal #mountainrunning #trailrunning #whatthefuck #tokyo2020 #trailrunningolympicgames #howthefuckcanistayfocusedonmyrace #4x100 #tortu

Esaltatevi, piangete, saltate, ridete. Fate atlet

Esaltatevi, piangete, saltate, ridete.
Fate atletica. Amatela

Grazie ragazzi 💙 non potete capire quanto riuscite a trasmetterci

#trackandfield 📸 @olympics

My training is finally over. VKs are the most igno

My training is finally over.
VKs are the most ignorant race ever.
Malonno’s @flettatrail is a helluva race.

Fun day watching these two guys from behind. I had the privilege to see their incredible battle on the final walls of Piz Tri. Yes I was quite in control, but still not good enough to push further than a 6th place today.

Pay attention to Henri’s moves, he has the genius inside. You can see his talent from the way he interacts with the environment and how he’s able to introduce the unpredictable in training. I look up to him, even though I know he looks up to me as well.

Road to sleeping at 9pm! 😍

Ps today I also thought what’s the point of racing now that there’s the Olympics?? Everything seems so pointless 🙈 all my attention is there

Pps I only breathed with the nose

Ppps that’s not true but it could fit in this random caption

#malonno #niketrail #piztri #vertical #ignorance #henriaymonod #flettatrail #grade #runnable #whatgoesaroundcomesaround #tapering #work #altitude #totalcontrol #endurance #summit #finish #goodforyou #madness #rita #iloveher

Photos: @corsainmontagna.it / @giacomo_meneghello_clickalps @marcogulberti.it

I think I am fit, but not extremely fit. Next wee

I think I am fit, but not extremely fit.

Next week is @sierrezinal_officiel and I believe I know the type of fitness that is needed to win that tremendous 31k - 2200m competition. I have raced there four times now - my best results in 2016 (3rd) and 2018 (4th in 2h35’). I have witnessed Kilian’s record, I have known the athletes, the trails, the peculiarities.

This is the time of the year when I look for small signs in training: a certain type of strength in the legs, easiness in the transitions, reactivity in the feet. I think I have some, but not all what it takes to be extremely sharp and competitive. Because, I won’t hide it, the goal is to possibly win the whole damn thing.

I’ve always thought that the mind has a minor impact on performance, especially in a race. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very important, but I think the physical prerequisites behind are much more substantial (and often not highlighted enough). My mental strength comes from the goodness of my training. If I know I have done everything I could to be the best athlete I can on that start line, I have already done what it takes. But to get there, you need to do a crazy amount of work, suffer a fair amount of pain and endure the challenges and unexpected things of every preparation.

I think that being extremely fit is only possible 2 or 3 times in an athlete’s career at a high level. I am not sure I have already burnt my possibilities, but thinking back I think I have some chances left. Maybe not this time, but who knows. There’s a few more days to discover

#run #niketrail #sierrezinal #madness #mountainrunning #trailrunning #anysurfaceavailable #fitness #nonsbaglia

Oggi iniziano le Olimpiadi. Probabilmente per la

Oggi iniziano le Olimpiadi.

Probabilmente per la prima volta ho diversi amici e compagni di gare, allenamenti e raduni che vi parteciperanno, Atleti poco più grandi o più giovani di me che si sono guadagnati con merito la qualificazione. Mi sentirò coinvolto anche emotivamente dalle loro gare, le attese, le speranze, la tensione, la gloria olimpica. È stato incredibilmente bello e fonte di ispirazione seguire la loro crescita agonistica e personale, culminata quest’anno con il minimo olimpico, una performance che certifica l’eccellenza nella specialità senza sconti e senza scuse. Alcuni ci sono arrivati molto vicino a hanno accarezzato la possibilità di diventare olimpionici, mancando lo standard di partecipazione di pochissimi centimetri o secondi.

La specialità in cui sono più vicino a un minimo olimpico è la maratona, ma anche lì mi mancano 4’48” per ottenere lo standard di partecipazione. Sono tanti oppure relativamente pochi, a seconda della prospettiva da cui si valuta il mio risultato di quest’anno. Invece la mia specialità principale, il mountain running, non è ancora parte del programma olimpico. Lì probabilmente avrei maggiori chances di partecipazione anche se non sarebbe per nulla scontata una eventuale qualificazione. Per anni ho sperato, e anche provato a sbloccare alcune dinamiche a livello istituzionale e mediatico, che la corsa in montagna o il trail potessero entrare a far parte del programma olimpico. Ora non sono più così certo che questo approdo sia ciò a cui il nostro sport deve ambire. Le idee e le speranze cambiano e si evolvono nel tempo, e di certezze ne ho comunque poche. Un interessante esempio da seguire sarà lo sci alpinismo, entrato a far parte del programma tecnico di Cortina 2026 pochi giorni fa. Sono curioso di vedere quali dinamiche e sviluppi questo importante traguardo porterà alla disciplina.

Agli atleti olimpici volevo augurare il meglio, di vivere questa esperienza che nell’atletica è il più grande traguardo agonistico nella maniera più intensa e completa possibile.

#olympics #tokyo2021 #maybe2020 #olimpiadi #olympicgames #trackandfield #mountainrunning #trailrunning #fromwhereirun #athletesunfiltered #goodluck

Home for another week Uncommon location for an al

Home for another week

Uncommon location for an altitude training camp - a short one, just two week of acclimatization- but just what I need now to recover my running mojo and hopefully get into that sweet spot where training feels the most natural thing. Ready for some good work 🤟🏾

Spot: Saint-Barthélemy Valley, Nus, (Aosta Valley), 2000m - rifugio Magià

#fromwhereirun #altitudetraining #aostavalley #vda #madness #elevationgain #strengthtraining #endurance #oxygen #gravel #summit #goosvibestrailcrew

It’s a story of uphills and downhills, of summit

It’s a story of uphills and downhills, of summits and valleys, of confidence and fears, reflections and thoughts. La Montée du Nid d’Aigle included all these emotions, for me, and in the end it was extremely rewarding to finally feel in tune with my body and the mountains surrounding me.

From a technical point of view I think we (with Xavi and Henri) ran fast, all three of us being under the old course record, objectively approaching the race in a very competitive way from the start. In the final part, a steep and almost skyrunning style of climb, I struggled a bit keeping the concentration and pushing as I should have, but the first 1h20’ of competition was really good. Xavi didn’t let me catch him, always keeping me as close as 10-20” for most part of the race. Henri managed to bridge a good part of his gap during the last 20’ but it wasn’t enough to catch me.

I hope this race will give me some answers that I have been looking for over the last few months, now that we are really close to the main goal for this summer. It almost seems like things are starting to come around and I hope to treasure this feeling.

@montee_du_nidaigle is 100% one of the best races I have ever done and I’m so glad the organizing committee had the will to invest on athletes and become a Mountain Running World Cup stage. I would like to thank with my warmest thoughts @poncet_elise for such a great work. Many races, organizers and athletes should look at her example to keep growing the sport.

Thanks to my adventure mates @xavidecoursa and @henriaymonod for the nice push push and to Paoli for resetting my crooked body.

Three more weeks.. until then.. Montée du Nid d’Aigle 2021, 2nd place - 1:45:49 19km - 2000D+

@nikerunning @corositalia @corosglobal @wmramountainrun @worldathletics @corsainmontagna.it @saintgervais_montblanc

#mountainrunning #worldcup #niketrail #endurance #uphill #kindlethefeeling #fromwhereirun #vertrun #montblanc #trailaddicted #sharethetrail

Pictures by @marcogulberti.it and myself and someone else I don’t remember who was super kind to send me a few!

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