(ENG) Running...

As a member of #indivanados (#onthecouch) on Twitter, also jokingly known as “The Republic of the Couch”, I’ve always been more into reading and contemplation than into any physical activity.
However, I started running exclusively in order to survive a 5K race for charity. Surviving a race to raise funds to fight cancer: this was the goal.

How to reach a goal ? Without haste but without pause - Goethe

I started running one minute at a time … literally!
And finally ... after many attempts, I was able to relax and enjoy the running for what it is:

A time: a moment of mine, with my dreams… I still have many.
A place: a short nature trail hidden behind the traffic of Bologna, along the channel of the river Reno, between the trees, under the Colle della Guardia from which the baroque basilica of St. Luke watches over the city .
A metaphor: running toward a future with no cancer, with no risk of getting ill because of what we eat, drink, and breath...

What you get by achieving your goals 

is not as important as 

what you become by achieving your goals - Goethe

              

THANK YOU! Thanks so much to all the heartwarming people supporting my race, believing in this project to fight cancer.

All funds raised will be donated to LILT Bologna, an organization which has been fighting cancer for over 90 years.