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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