The Run for the Whales ended with a record number of participants, which last night animated the cycle/pedestrian path of western Liguria and the athletics field of Sanremo. In fact, a total of 765 registered for the three scheduled races: half marathon (Fidal), non-competitive 10 km and Family Run (around 3 km). An event that brought many runners from all over Italy and abroad to the Riviera for a day of sport, entertainment and fun in the open air.
There Half Marathon it started from San Lorenzo al Mare and affected (it will cross the municipalities of San Lorenzo al Mare, Costarainera, Cipressa, Santo Stefano al Mare, Riva Ligure and Taggia) the cycle path in a westerly direction up to the finish line at the Sanremo athletics field . There 10 km it affected the cycle path, almost up to the beginning of Tre Ponti where the halfway point was located. Along a similar course, on a development of about 3 km, also the Family Run. The races are handled from a technical point of view by the Asd Pro San Pietro.
The chronometric results are also of technical importance.
Half Marathon (379 registered)
Men’s Ranking:
1) Patrick Francia – Atl. Reggio in 1h10’56”
2) Julien Gueydon – France (+ 0’07”)
3) Carlo Cangiano – Cambiaso Risso Running Team Genova (+4’10”)
Women’s Ranking:
1) Giulia Sommi – CUS Pro Patria Milano in 1h22’27”
2) Laura Restagno – Atl. Mondovì (+0’20”)
3) Bianca Frasso – Runaway Milano (+3’35”)
10 km (294 registered)
Men’s Ranking:
1) Alessandro Castagnino in 34’09”
2) Mickael Bontemps (+1’17”)
3) Giovanni Tornielli (+1’55”)
Women’s Ranking:
1) Silvia Nunnari in 40’45”
2) Laila Hero (+1’09”)
3) Mathilde Joly (+1’59”)
Family Run (92 registered)
Men’s Ranking:
1) Nicolò Romeo
2) Teo Castellar Duque Estrada
3) Sebastian Garziano
Women’s Ranking:
1) Greta Pedemonte
2) Ilaria Suppa
3) Elena Del Vecchio
The victory of Giulia Sommi, Italian marathon champion in 2022 and bronze medalist in 2024, was a prestigious victory in the half marathon. The complete rankings can be downloaded on the website www.cronoimperia.it while they will soon be available for free on the Run for the Whales Facebook page. photographs of the races. The interim President of the Liguria Region was present at the awards ceremony Alessandro Pianathe councilor of the Municipality of Sanremo Silvana Ormea and the delegate of the CONI of Imperia Alessandro Zunino. “The great participation of sports enthusiasts and members marks the importance of an event like Run for the Whales which crosses many pearls of the West – said Alessandro Piana – An event that generates a positive impact for a series of municipalities both on the economic front and on the valorization of the beauties of the territory”.
The arrival area was enlivened by a live music concert by the group “Lost in Blues”, which performed in Pian di Poma immediately after the awards ceremony.
SOCIAL REALITY
Results also obtained for the four athletes who participated in the Sanremo Marathon Social Reality this year, under the guidance of a staff made up of the technician (Roberto Giacopelli), a nutritionist (Matteo Rondelli from Stefano Beschi’s staff) and a mental coach ( Cesare Zanotto). Alessandro Pizzi (Milan) and Magda Sabbatino (Nice) participated in the half marathon, while Chiara Fossati (Sanremo) and Barbara Ribolla (Paratico-Brescia) competed in the 10 km. Their approach to the race was experienced online, through the publication of photos and videos on the Run for the Whales social networks: Facebook (@runforthewhales) and Instagram (sanremo.marathon). Applications for the new Social Reality will be launched soon in view of the Sanremo Marathon scheduled for 1 December 2024.
PLOGGING CHALLENGE
Yesterday morning opened with the first Plogging Challenge of the Run for the Whales organized by the Sanremo Marathon Committee in collaboration with the I Deplasticati association and the intervention of some volunteers from the BioDesign FoundaIon. This event was part of the “Sportspeople for Nature in the Riviera” project, the project that won the tender promoted by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, which aims to combine the importance of environmental protection with the benefits of sporting activity.
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