Novi Sad Marathon, 2009

Uspesno smo tata i ja zavrsili i Novosadski polu-maraton, 29. Marta 2009.

Moja passion za trcanjem je i pocela trcanjem ovog maratona pre 15 godina! Bio je to prelep uspeh i lepo iskustvo koje nas je opet na neki nacin priblizilo (tatu i cerku).
Moram samo da dodam da sam bila sva najezena od srece dok sam trcala kroz Dunavsku i Zmaj Jovinu Ulicu!! Kakvo predivno iskustvo... utrcavati na cilj pored Miletica :))

Inace, sta reci o fantasticnoj poseti kuci i porodici do da su mi se baterije napunile, da je srce vece i da zdravije kuca, i da je dusa mirna!!

Ljubim vas i volim, dragi roditelji, sekice, i svi ostali koji ste se potrudili da me razmazite za vreme moje posete kuci! Hvala vam!!!

Marcus Aurelius Medal!! Rome Marathon, 2009

Crossing the finish line means triumph to every marathon runner.

All the runners who finish the Maratona di Roma XV edition received a medal carved by Master Alfiero Nena, Chairman of the Italian Sculptor's Association: the medal portrays Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who was also a stoic philosopher.

Stoicism teaches the development of self-control and detachment from material things, as well as keeping passionate emotions and pain under control. In a similar way, runners have to overcome difficulties and endure pain using their perfect knowledge of their body and its own limits if they want to cross the finishing line.

Stoic philosophers maintained teat succeeding is an individual task, but helping out people in trouble is highly recommended. This should be every runner's motto!

The slogan of the social anti-racism campaign, which has been associated to the Maratona di Roma for years is carved on the medalČ
'Vinciamo ogni disciminazione' ('Let's beat every discrimination')

My relative Dimitrije, a lawyer in Belgrade, knows how much I enjoyed reading about Marcus Aurelius and the philosophy of Stoics during my studies in Law School. :))

DIMITRIJE: See you in a few days in Belgrade!

Veni, Vidi, Vici!!!

Maratona di Roma was a success, with close to 15,000 participants!!  

It was my 2nd International Marathon and I accomplished my Personal Best running time! :)))

I wasn't the fastest but I had the best tan! ;))) 

Paul (Italy) was my pacer from mid-way on, and then I finished with Massimo (Italy).  

The route of the marathon was truly spectacular!! Magnifique!!!

We started at the Colosseum and ended at the Colosseum.  Everything was well organized - sponge stops, water, gatorade and food stops on every 5 km or so. But the most spectacular side of the marathon was definitely the scenery of the eternal city of Rome!

...more to come... 

Abebe Bikila: my hero (after my dad, of course!!) :))

Abebe Bikila: Barefoot in Rome, 1960

A few of the other runners sniggered when they saw Abebe Bikila turn up at the start of the Olympic marathon with no shoes.  As a television camera scanned the  scrum of athletes readying themselves for the starter's gun, a commentator asked: "And what's this Ethiopian called?" 

It was 1960, Rome.  Africa was just shrugging off the weight of colonial rule and some sporting officials still doubted Africans were ready for the big time.  A little over 2 hr. 15 min. later that myth lay shattered by the slight man wearing number 11, a member of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Guard and a proud African whose gliding, barefoot run through Rome's cobblestone streets announced his continent's emergence as a running powerhouse. 

Bikila's triumph was all the more stunning because it happened in the capital of Ethiopia's former military occupier.  Legend has it that he made his decisive move in the race just as he passed the Axum Obelisk, a towering stela that Mussolini had brought back from Ethiopia as war loot. 

Four years later in Tokyo, Bikila won gold again, the first man to defend Olympic marathon title. This time he wore shoes. (times mag online)

Mia aka Abebe Mikila is no Abebe Bikila, but she is ready to run the Rome Marathon tomorrow!!! and yes, she will be wearing shoes! :))

 

Benvenutinella Roma dei record! Welcome to Record-Rome!

A shortened message from the Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, for the Marathon:

"...Maratona di Roma is the sports' event with the largest number of participants in Italy (15,000 runners registered), moreover, it ranks third on the list of international marathons with the largest number of disabled participants.  Thanks for its route, which runs across the most beautiful places of Rome, the foreign press unanimously chose Maratona di Roma as the most scenic marathon in the world. 

...This year, we hope to see 85,000 runners at the Roma Fun Run (64,000 in 2008), in order to set the all-time record of 100,000 people running Maratona di Roma! This is an ambitious yet achievable goal, which will make Rome the capital of sports! 

I hope that the streets of our city will be full of people of every age and background, willing to run and to spend a day doing sports in the streets of Rome.  Enjoy your run! " 

Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno

Abebe Mikila: bib+chip = check! Maratona di Roma!

Maratona di Roma, XV, is in 2 days - Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 8am! 

The motto of the marathon is: Start Your Dreams! 

I have my bib number: 3292 and a shoe-chip, and Abebe Mikila is ready to start running ;))

SPRING / FALL is in the air! :))

Happy 1st day of SPRING to the northern hemisphere and 1st day of FALL to the southerners!! :))

Sto bi moja mamica rekla: Danas je prolece, zao mi je onih kojima to nije vazno! 

ROMA, Italia

Mia arrived in Rome circa 17:45pm!

Larisa & Albert: Thank you again for your hospitality in Naples!! I had a wonderful time and I hope to see you again soon! Have a great time running the Lisbon marathon - I will be cheering for you from Rome!!

Life - Vita - Vie - Zivot

A quote from A. Einstein instead of a 'good morning note' :

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." 

"La vie, c'est comme un velo, il faut avancer pour ne pas perdre l'equilibre." 

"Zivot je kao voznja bicikla. Kako bi odrzali razvnotezu moramo uvek da verglamo."

Ciao for now!

mama i tata (familia)

Cao mamice i tatice! 

Samo da vam se javim da krecem za Rim i ostajem do ponedeljka ujutru. Od Rima idem do Ancone, nadam se da cu uspeti da nadjem voz, i onda od Ancone imam ferry za Split u 9 uvece. 

TATA - bon chance sa treniranjem!! bice nam super zajedno u nedelju, nemas brige. Vidim da ti je vreme bilo ocajno za trcanje, ali znam da smo mentalno spremni (10% sport i 90% um). Ljubim te i jedva cekam da te vidim! Cucemo se iz Splita!

MAMA - sjajno sam. Spakovana sam i krecem. Hvala ti oko rasporeda buseva i naravno oko organizacije sa Nikolom i Dragicom. Jedva cekam da ih upoznam (naravno i Draganicu i ostale!).  Ti si moja glavna evropa-point person! I naravno merci za svakodnevno pisanje! Volim te i ljubim.