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Francesco Puppi

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Biggest achievements of 2024: 1) the fact that I d Biggest achievements of 2024: 1) the fact that I didn’t get injured. Here are some thoughts and some of the things that helped me to NOT get injured this year (I have technically been injury free for almost 20 months now): - Consistent strength training, all year round. One of the few things where the science of training is clear: strength training improves performance and lowers the risk of injury. - Being ok with the fact that I was not going to run as much as I expected. By most people’s standards, I run a lot. But the running volume I have done this year is still less than what I would like to see on paper. I think that by just accepting the fact that I’m not going to be able to run as much as I think it’s required (by some self imposed standard? Yes I have struggled with it mentally) has allowed me to achieve a consistency that I didn’t have before - More aerobic training on the bike. About 25% of my total training time was spent pushing the pedals. When it comes cross training, runners usually have weird and polarized opinions (like “it works”, “it doesn’t work”, without considering the context). The body doesn’t differentiate so much between different aerobic stimuli at a metabolic level. So whether you are running or biking, for your metabolism - how you produce the energy to propel yourself forward - it’s pretty much the same thing. - Not having to prove myself in workouts. Just letting the workout come to me instead of trying to force some idea of workouts and splits into my body - Fueling enough, usually more than I thought I needed (both during training and normal life) - Not over racing. Competing is fun, but races are not just harder training sessions. They put way more stress on the body than probably any workout. By becoming more conscious in the way I compete and choose my races, I think I have reduced the risk of getting injured and made my training more effective - Just listening to my body and paying more attention to my inner voice telling me what’s ok and what’s maybe less ok to do. Risk evaluation is an individual thing, but the more we develop this sensibility, the better equipped we become with good tools to make good decisions
It’s hard to believe that the mere act of puttin It’s hard to believe that the mere act of putting one foot in front of the other has become something so important for me, in a way that defines who I am. Yet, I’m much more than just a runner. Out soon. EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME
Le persone si fissano sull’avere il setup ottima Le persone si fissano sull’avere il setup ottimale quando basta soltanto la voglia di uscire e di aprire #endure #runthedistance #niketrail #nikerunning #backsoon 🎥 @andre.ciotti
Raising the bar Upping my game Learning from the b Raising the bar Upping my game Learning from the best Never taking anything for granted As there’s no finish line That’s obvious #riding #running #endure #runthedistance #threshold #cycling #swatt #nofinishline 🎥 @mattia.gaffuri
I used to think that focusing on individual respon I used to think that focusing on individual responsibility was the number one thing when it comes to contrasting climate change. I have very much focused on my own impact, my carbon footprint (an invention of big oil), and encouraged other people to do so, trying to minimize it and to be virtually flawless in the way I consume, buy, travel, eat and recreate. By educating myself more, I have realized this approach is just wrong, and here’s why. Climate change is a systemic issue, where individual action definitely matters but at the same time we can’t expect to shift the tide if it’s not within a context of political and economic decisions. Our economy leverages systemic shame and puts pressure on individual action to greenwash its responsibility in the process. When we consider our impact on the world as individuals, many of us feel a great sense of shame. Everywhere we turn, there are messages encouraging us to behave responsibly and to address systemic issues by making the right choices. We view the apparent lack of progress as “not trying hard enough” as individuals and not behaving responsibly, while failing to recognize that we’re targeted at a systematic level. Companies tell us to shop sustainably, while continuing to sell products we don’t need (think about fast fashion for example). Governments tax individuals for recycling, then offer massive tax cuts and financial incentives to companies and super polluters. In @carolinegleich’s words, we need to stop shaming individuals for not being perfect environmentalists and start using that energy to hold corporations and governments accountable for their impacts on the environment. This is why the COP happening now is still important: because that’s where key decisions are taken, that’s where a small group of individuals holds the power to make things change. We need to hold these people and those organisations accountable for their action and make sure they don’t fail us. To the vast majority of the outdoor people and climate activists out there: we don’t need to feel ashamed of ourselves for any action we do. We’re not part of the problem, we can be part of its solution. #cop29 #climateaction
It’s contract season. Just a reminder that bei It’s contract season. Just a reminder that being a sponsored athlete doesn’t mean that you’re a great athlete, just like being unsponsored doesn’t imply that you are not a good athlete. Whether we like it or not, our marketing value as elite athletes is mainly defined by race results and performances. That should come in first place and should be at the center of our discussions. In short, run fast and opportunities will come. I often see athletes wanting opportunities, sponsorships and recognition before they even start running fast. Your goal as an athlete should not be to be sponsored, show how many brands want to work with you or put the tag “professional athlete” in your instagram bio. It should be to get the best out of yourself whatever your athletic goals are. I feel like we should not lose sight of what is important in sports at an elite level. If you’re negotiating with a brand, remember to stand up for yourself and ask for more. As @des_linden would put it, you don’t get what you’re worth, you get what you negotiate. A lot of times we see these things as personal relationships, but dealing with a brand that might be a large corporation is not a personal relationship, it’s a professional one. The sports marketing manager or the athlete manager talking to you is just representing it. Be kind, but don’t let personal stuff get in the way. Also, seek help: as athletes we expect ourselves to be good at everything (performing, storytelling, negotiating..) but the reality is that we’re not. The market dynamics in a system that lacks information (contracts are covered by NDAs, no one knows anything for sure, there are no stats, no minimum values of what athletes should get or anything like that) are quite strange and based on rumors, impressions and personalities. Hopefully that’ll change in the future, but for now, let’s do our best to elevate ourselves and the sport, while being honest about who we are and what we do. #trailrunning #professionalsports #contracts #performanceoverlikes Photos: @romainbourven @the.adventure.bakery @lisamisconel UTMB 2024
Un training camp è occasione di confronto e di sc Un training camp è occasione di confronto e di scambio. Roberto, Henri ed io ci arrivavamo da circostanze, condizioni fisiche e mindset parecchio diversi. Robi sull’onda della sua stagione migliore di sempre, forte dei suoi successi e dei risultati della prima metà dell’anno: tre vittorie nelle Skyrunner World Series, primo nella prova up and down del campionato europeo di corsa in montagna ad Annecy, uno stratosferico terzo posto a Mont Blanc. Henri con un infortunio rimediato nel fango di Annecy a interrompere una streak positiva che durava da anni. Io in caduta libera e con le sensazioni quasi peggiori di sempre. Difficile allenarci insieme in queste condizioni: forse è proprio questo che ha reso più forte il nostro legame al di fuori degli allenamenti. Abbiamo parlato e riflettuto tanto, ci siamo confrontati a lungo su tematiche complesse, che raramente si ha il coraggio di affrontare in gruppo. Il rapporto con i nostri allenatori. I RED-S, i disturbi alimentari tra gli atleti e quanto poco stiamo ancora facendo per prevenirli ed evitarli. La salute mentale, l’importanza di essere sereni per allenarsi ad alto livello. Le relazioni con sponsor e brand, i nostri contratti, “farcela” come atleti professionisti. Abbiamo pedalato insieme attorno al lago del Moncenisio, sul Col de l’Izoard e su quello del Monginevro. Abbiamo tirato tardi in riva al torrente della Valle Argentera dopo aver cenato seduti sul prato. Abbiamo camminato fino al bivacco Tornior in Val di Thuras, perché correre non era un’opzione. Siamo usciti con la pioggia e con il sole, siamo riusciti a dimenticare i nostri problemi e i nostri infortuni almeno per qualche ora, abbiamo sorriso, prendendoci poco sul serio ma nello stesso tempo cercando di fare le cose seriamente. Trust the process (ci tengo a specificare, il titolo non è mio 😁) - The Pill 68, Ottobre-Novembre 2024 ✍🏽 @francesco.puppi 🏃🏽‍♂️ @henriaymonod @roberto_delorenzi @francesco.puppi 📸 @denis_piccolo #whywerun #outsideisfree #trailrunning #anysurfaceavailable #runthedistance #sharethetrail
Leggo, scrivo, corro un po’ #november Leggo, scrivo, corro un po’ #november
Avendo perso le chiavi di casa quasi subito dopo l Avendo perso le chiavi di casa quasi subito dopo l’inizio del training camp, l’unico modo per entrare è scavalcare la ringhiera del balcone, che fortunatamente è al primo piano, e passare dalla finestra. Quando lui e Robi rientrano si buttano sul divano, si mettono a torso nudo, aprono una bottiglietta di succo di mirtillo e poi subito un’altra; probabilmente ne berrebbero sei di fila se non ci fossi io a impedirglielo per cercare di farle durare più di un paio di giorni. Poi attaccano il bluetooth della cassa portatile, sparano a tutto volume un’orribile musichetta da Gen Z finché prima o poi qualcuno prende l’iniziativa per il pranzo. Il Kangoo di Robi è messo così male che nel bagagliaio adibito a letto c’è un po’ di tutto, dai bastoncini da trail running al lavavetri antigelo per l’auto, insieme a mucchi di vestiti sporchi, integratori sportivi e al mazzo di fiori vinto all’ultima skyrace. In qualche modo è anche lui figlio di quella generazione di dirtbag e fricchettoni che ci ha fatto innamorare di questo sport, solo in una declinazione più moderna e meno western, direi europea. In casa c’è un disordine quasi raffinato nella sua trascuratezza: sarà il peculiare charme dei prototipi The North Face buttati in un angolo insieme alle mie Nike Zegama, a un guscio in Gore-Tex, degli Oakley da ciclismo, un pacco di gel della Enervit. Perfino le nostre bici addossate ad una parete in cucina acquistano un fascino da elemento di design ben studiato. Trust the process, The Pill 68, Ottobre/Novembre 2024 In edicola o su thepilloutdoor.com @thepilloutdoor ✍🏽 @francesco.puppi 🏃🏽‍♂️ @henriaymonod @roberto_delorenzi @francesco.puppi 📸🤳👨🏼‍🍼 @denis_piccolo
WE’RE SOOO BACK 👋🏾 Although we never left WE’RE SOOO BACK 👋🏾 Although we never left. Still me and that dirt path. No noise, no judgement, no attention seeking, no pressure. No matter how much it has been layered on it, at its core it’s a release, a test of the self and a pursuit into the unknown. Most simply, an expression of who I am. Year xxxx of my running career We go 🤟🏾 Run, Francesco @nikerunning @enervitsport #runthedistance #dirthpath #niketrail #basetraining #artistic #selflove #onemoremile Video: @loid___ / @andre.ciotti
Les vacances sont finies (abundant quantities of Les vacances sont finies (abundant quantities of Orangina were consumed) #indiansummer #outsideisfree #mercantour #swissalps #toutlemonde #orangina #wandering #showerspots #thesedays
Still going on dates like on day one 🍂 #werunt Still going on dates like on day one 🍂 #werunthings #basetraining #runthedistance #astroloop #sharethetrail
I social invasi dalle immagini dei flash flood di I social invasi dalle immagini dei flash flood di Valencia e forse ancor più dal fiume di parole, foto e commenti che sembrano quasi amplificare la forza distruttiva del fango e dell’acqua, mi riportano a una sensazione simile a quella che ho vissuto pressapoco l’anno scorso, dopo il femminicidio di una ragazza di ventidue anni che immagino tutti qui si ricordano. Quasi una milestone, un evento spartiacque che segna un prima e un dopo, una presa di coscienza collettiva, un episodio che scuote nell’animo moltissime persone, mentre per tante altre è solo la continuazione di una storia ben nota. Non so voi, forse è la bolla dei media, dei profili e delle persone con cui parlo, che seguo o con cui mi confronto. Sento un peso dentro, mi sento come allora sopraffatto dai pensieri, scosso dagli avvenimenti e dalle reazioni di alcune persone. Esterrefatto che come società non siamo più in grado di affrontare argomenti che sono alla base della nostra stessa esistenza, che la nostra organizzazione sociale non sembra più avere gli strumenti adeguati per affrontare quello che succede, che il migliore sistema di conoscenze che come esseri umani abbiamo a disposizione, la scienza, venga costantemente delegittimata, sminuita ed evitata in maniera bigotta, ipocrita e irrazionale dal negazionismo scientifico. Che mi verrebbe voglia di urlare contro noi stessi “basta, svegliamoci dall’oblio, torniamo tutti quanti in senno”. Quanto ancora dobbiamo veder passare sotto i nostri occhi per capire che we should fucking care, perché questi temi siano finalmente in cima alla lista delle priorità, affinché la politica e il sistema economico se ne occupino per davvero, perchè governi, aziende e corporazioni smettano di far leva sulla responsabilità individuale per fare greenwashing delle loro azioni e inizino ad agire sulle cause sistemiche di questi problemi, per continuare a vedere persone comuni ma soprattutto chi si trova nei luoghi di potere decisionali negare la scienza, negare che il clima sta cambiando, negare la responsabilità antropica, perdere tempo, ritardare azioni fondamentali per mitigare la crisi climatica e proteggere le persone e la terra che sta letteralmente morendo?
2024, a crazy year, maybe one of my best ever, in 2024, a crazy year, maybe one of my best ever, in true madness fashion. Ten races in ten of my favorite pictures 16.03 | Chuckanut 50k (Bellingham, WA, USA) – 1° and CR 3:26:31 @chuckanut50 13.04 | Lake Sonoma 50 (Healdsburg, CA, USA) – 1° 6:30:17 @lakesonoma50 01.05 | European Mountain Running Championships Uphill Trials (Fenis, ITA) – 1° and CR 38:31 @verticalfenis 31.05 | European Mountain Running Championships – Uphill Race (Annecy, FRA) 16° 46:23 @europeanathletics 30.06 | Marathon du Mont Blanc (Chamonix, FRA) – 8° 3:42:25 @marathondumontblanc 10.08 | Sierre-Zinal (Sierre, SUI) – 15° 2:38:03 @sierrezinal_officiel 29.08 | OCC – UTMB (Chamonix, FRA) – 2° 5:14:46 @utmbmontblanc 15.09 | National Mountain Running Championship – Uphill Race (Casnigo, ITA) – 3° 51:44 21.09 | Julian Alps by UTMB (Kranjska Gora, SLO) – 1° 4:31:15 @julianalpstrailrun @utmbworldseries 12.10 | Ultra Trail del Lago d’Orta – UTLO 75km National Trail Running Championship (Omegna, ITA) – 1° 6:21:03 @ultra_trail_lago_orta I poured so much into getting here, and it’s not only about this season. It’s all the years, the miles, the struggle, the fears, the broken bones, the adventures, the joy and despair I have gone through. It gives me a feeling of depth and profound sense of worth. There are some special people to thank. We did this. No need to add much more than this right now. Just a feeling of gratitude and appreciation for what has been @nikerunning @enervitsport @corositalia @corosglobal @atletica_valle_brembana @vert.run @protectourwinters @protectourwintersitalia #2024 #thatsawrap #offseason #trailrunning #runthedistance #anysurfaceavailable #justtryingmybest #gratitude Photos: @somerrunner @shitinthewoods @rising.story @mathisdecroux @the.adventure.bakery @sportograf @claudiobellosta
After sharing some thoughts on the ITRA performanc After sharing some thoughts on the ITRA performance index the other day and receiving quite a few reactions and comments, I realized that there is a little bit of misconception on what the ITRA performance index is, what’s used for, how it’s calculated and what are the factor affecting it, and also its relationship with the UTMB index. So I thought a little bit of education might help. There’s definitely a lot more to say and to reflect on, but I hope to have made some clarity and shared some useful ideas. I hope the right people at the right time will take care of these issues. Thanks for reading! I will probably turn this into an article.. #utmb #itra #trailrunning #rankings Cover photo: @utmbmontblanc
@festival_des_templiers was my first long ultra la @festival_des_templiers was my first long ultra last year, and it opened me a whole new range of opportunities. It’s crazy to think how the perception around myself and what I can do has changed in such a relatively short time, and to this day I feel so grateful for the experience. I remember the 5:15 am start, the rookie mistakes I made with the headlamp and at the aid stations, the beauty and the colors of the dawn above the Grands Causses plateau and its canyons, the mix of fast and technical trails, looking at my watch and seeing a 3’20km after 55km and thinking “oh my god”, the depletion and pain I felt in the last hour of racing, and maybe most fondly the excitement and the community around the race, which is truly special. I finished second in 6:49 for 80.2km and +3490m, sharing the podium with @jonalbon and @ben_dhiman Good luck to everyone racing in Millau this weekend! October 22nd 2023, the day I went into the unknown #templiers #grandtraildestempliers #millau #aveyron #runthedistance #ultrarunning #trailrunning #niketrail #anywhere #lalégendedutrail #lestempliers Video: @moussfilms Cover: @margauxlemap
How to refill at an aid station / how to crew some How to refill at an aid station / how to crew someone efficiently 🤟🏾 @glo_87 Also taking off your headlamp at ~9:30 in the morning 🤌🏾🤌🏾 @enervitsport @nikerunning @ultra_trail_lago_orta #crewing #aidstation #trailrunning #aidstationfireball #utlo #ultratrail #ultrarunning #runsteeogethigh #lagodorta #whywerun #teamsport #niketrail #runthedistance #crewlikerita Videos: @ul_fabius + @trailaddicted
Just me, doing what I love ☺️ @ultra_trail_la Just me, doing what I love ☺️ @ultra_trail_lago_orta 🥇 75km +4000m 6:21:04 and national trail running champion. 2024, that’s a wrap! See you in 2025 👋🏾 @nikerunning @enervitsport @corosglobal @corositalia @vert.run @atletica_valle_brembana @atleticaitaliana #utlo #lagodorta #runthedistance #fallvibes #trailrunning #speedcrossing #niketrail #trailaddicted #sharethetrail #offseason #justrun Photos: @claudiobellosta
I’ve made it no secret, taking care of my mental I’ve made it no secret, taking care of my mental health is probably the best decision I’ve ever made, the single most important aspect of my life I’ve really worked on in recent years. Surprisingly (because for me it’s something now almost 100% normalized) there’s still a lot of social stigma and misunderstanding around mental health. Seeking help is still seen as a sign of weakness and something we should feel somewhat ashamed of. Systemic shame acts in a way that we view our problems as personal failures and makes blaming ourselves and other people really compelling, for things we’re not really in control of. I used to think I didn’t deserve to be happy, I didn’t deserve good things, and whenever I succeeded at something or received positive attention, I couldn’t help but think about all the people I know and love who deserve it more than I do. I still do sometimes. I still feel limited by negative believes about who and how I “should” be and fear of other’s judgement sometimes. But I’ve grown more aware of these dynamics and I don’t feel completely at their mercy. It’s hard to define exactly what taking care of my mental health means to me. I think it starts from an act of self-love and from a place of acceptance and awareness. The mere fact of being able to express and talk about our emotions, give them a name and a form, is huge. In a society where there’s virtually no sentimental education and where we’re taught since we’re kids to hide our feelings, to be “tough” and to feel responsible for many structural issues that we experience, that the only way to lead a worthwhile and meaningful life is through a ton of willpower, perfection and personal responsibility, because any problem can be overcome individually with just enough grit and hard work, this is everything but trivial. I feel incredibly grateful towards the person who’s helped me through this journey that still continues. I feel I’m in a much better place now compared to a while ago, and this is thanks to what we did together. (Continue in comments)
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