The Heroic Deeds. On Sunday the Black Knight and Sir Giorgio (with his obsequious page Massimo) marched to Ladispoli to free the people besieged by 94 barbarians who sacked the town with savageness and cruelty. The battle was engaged inside the industrial desert zone and in less than 30 minutes the enemy surrendered; no mercy, we didn't take prisoners. The 2 Knights fought heroically and the Sir Giorgio's obsequious page took the following pictures before and during the bloody battle:
(the Black Knight during the inspenction of the battlefield)
(Sir Giorgio and the Black Knight plan the right war strategy)
(The glorious arrival of the Black Knight)The Report. The race took place onto an undulating path totally under the sun and part through the country where we had to slow down to avoid injuries. As Sir Giorgio wrote, the Garmin fixed the distance in 5,8 km (3.6 ml) instead of the official 6 km (3.73 ml). After a control on the official web-site and a call to the organization, we can say that the Garmin underestimated the distance, so the scores are:
Sir Giorgio: 26'03" - 4'21"/km - 50/94 over all and 14/22 age group;
The Black Knight: 29'08" - 4'51"/km - 67/94 over all and 7/12 age group.
Tagged. The kind Lady Anne tagged me with the "I'll take that with a Cherry on Top" award. The deal with this award is you gotta do these 3 things:
1) Answer this question: if you had the chance to go back and change one thing in your life, would you and what would it be?
2) Pick 6 people and give them this award. You then have to inform the persons that they have got this award.
3) The third and the final thing is, thank the person who gave you the award.
So here we go: I don't have many regrets but if I could change something it would be to come back on that september 18, 2007 when I badly broke my leg in many parts. Well, I would take my car instead of the motor-bike!
1) Answer this question: if you had the chance to go back and change one thing in your life, would you and what would it be?
2) Pick 6 people and give them this award. You then have to inform the persons that they have got this award.
3) The third and the final thing is, thank the person who gave you the award.
So here we go: I don't have many regrets but if I could change something it would be to come back on that september 18, 2007 when I badly broke my leg in many parts. Well, I would take my car instead of the motor-bike!
Awesome RR.
ReplyDeleteI love the "stance" in photo #2. ;)
Glad to hear about another victorious battle. Thanks for not posting gory pictures.
ReplyDeleteOh I would punch someone if they took a photo of me leaned over like that!
ReplyDeleteHi Stefano,
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you on a great 6K race! It looks like the Black Knight Army had huge success!
Thanks for the tag:)
Have a great day Stefano!
Awesome RR!!! Way to head into battle and come out successful!!
ReplyDeleteI can deal with your kinds of battles. :) Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWell done! You really did well on that 6k! That is quite a strange distance for a race...?
ReplyDeleteWow well done on an awesome race. You are definitely back!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you write your race reports, so original! Well done on your time.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for the award, I'm honored.
you must have been running far ahead of everyone in that last photo. Good job!
ReplyDeletegood answer to #1.
Love your RR and all your pictures - nothing scream "love" more than race pictures :).
ReplyDeleteAre you sure the Black Knight and Sir Giorgio aren't discussing the trouble BK might be in with the Queen if he puts his stinky armour and shoes inside the castle?
ReplyDeleteGreat time on the race, and after all your troubles, definitely well deserved! A good quality race.
ReplyDeleteAh, the infamous 18th of September incident of 2007...
ReplyDeletegreat report, it's always interesting to read of your successful battles. No prisoners, huh?
ReplyDeletethanks for the tag! Yes, your leg injury would be something I would take back too!
ReplyDeleteGood job with the race. I love how everything is related to the battlefield.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can see how breaking your leg would be a regret.
We can all go back to one moment in time and remember it well. That's what makes life memorable. Good to see you're running again. Here in the new lands, the nay-sayers (that would be the party of no-way) are trying to beat the forces of progress down (hey, we now have health care, sort of, and financial reform, in a manner of speaking, and only one war instead of two, maybe, and no more harsh interrogations, I guess) and I think they may be surprised in November.
ReplyDeleteGood race report, it is detailed and entertaining. I want to read a race report like this. Good job!!!
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