MARATONA DI ROMA
Michele Tagliati
Note: The runner with the white t-shirt right
in front of me is Umberto Risi, semifinalist in the
3000 steeplechase at the Olympic Games in Mexico City (1968) and living
legend of marathon running in Rome. As the story goes, Umberto
almost singlehandedly started what now is the Rome Marathon running
a 42Km course with a friend on January 10, 1965 and
starting a tradition. Now 60 years old, Umberto still enjoys
running and is an Olympic-level running coach. Imagine an Italian
Sid Howard ...
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