We did not run in any events the past two weekends due to travel. Debi and I did a 10K in Marinella yesterday afternoon, and went on our first marcia in March :) this morning. The 16th Marcia Festa della Mimosa was held in San Terenzo, the next town over where we live. Today is also La Giornata Internazionale della Donna (International Women's Day)
which is celebrated more widely in Europe than the US. Maybe that's why the arrows marking the route were all in pink (and there were lots of arrows, making this a well marked route). The marcia included a competitive run, as well as the usual non-competitive run/walk 4, 8, 15 K. The weather was perfect, cool and sunny, we walked the 2K to San Terenzo, a seaside town (photo on right), joined by a friend, Angela. As suspected, there was a large crowd at the starting point.
The event was a "gita sociale" for other clubs and some groups came on chartered buses. The main roads were closed for the competitive race. We decided to do the non-competitive 15K. Most of the course was on paved roads, the first half of which was uphill. We passed through several towns, Solaro, Pugliola, Rocchetta, La Serra. Part way through the course, near Rocchetta, we encountered a man and his donkey who followed us part of the way. The unpaved path downhill towards the ocean was rather steep and rocky, but at least it was dry. The view of Lerici and Portovenere/Palmaria Island in the distance from La Serra was just lovely, deep blue sea dotted with sailboats out to take advantage of the great weather. The course from La Serra to Lerici were paved narrow walking paths through old stone houses (below right).
Because we walked most of the route, it was quite late by the time we got to Lerici which had filled up with people strolling along the waterfront (with many ladies holding bunches of the yellow mimosa). We had to dodge the slow moving masses to try to get back to San Terenzo. The goodies this time was a pair of white socks, not very exciting.
We did not run in any events the past two weekends due to travel. Debi and I did a 10K in Marinella yesterday afternoon, and went on our first marcia in March :) this morning. The 16th Marcia Festa della Mimosa was held in San Terenzo, the next town over where we live. Today is also La Giornata Internazionale della Donna (International Women's Day) 
which is celebrated more widely in Europe than the US. Maybe that's why the arrows marking the route were all in pink (and there were lots of arrows, making this a well marked route). The marcia included a competitive run, as well as the usual non-competitive run/walk 4, 8, 15 K. The weather was perfect, cool and sunny, we walked the 2K to San Terenzo, a seaside town (photo on right), joined by a friend, Angela. As suspected, there was a large crowd at the starting point. 
The event was a "gita sociale" for other clubs and some groups came on chartered buses. The main roads were closed for the competitive race. We decided to do the non-competitive 15K. Most of the course was on paved roads, the first half of which was uphill. We passed through several towns, Solaro, Pugliola, Rocchetta, La Serra. Part way through the course, near Rocchetta, we encountered a man and his donkey who followed us part of the way. The unpaved path downhill towards the ocean was rather steep and rocky, but at least it was dry. The view of Lerici and Portovenere/Palmaria Island in the distance from La Serra was just lovely, deep blue sea dotted with sailboats out to take advantage of the great weather. The course from La Serra to Lerici were paved narrow walking paths through old stone houses (below right).
Because we walked most of the route, it was quite late by the time we got to Lerici which had filled up with people strolling along the waterfront (with many ladies holding bunches of the yellow mimosa). We had to dodge the slow moving masses to try to get back to San Terenzo. The goodies this time was a pair of white socks, not very exciting.
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