Charity Race by the Turin Marathon

Just a brief personal post.

A non stop treadmill "charity marathon" was organized by the Turin Marathon crew in occasion of a fitness kermesse that took place from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening.

For each km the organization of the "Winter Park" would give 10 euros to a non profit organization that is involved in helping people who have special needs.

I ran from 6.30 to 7.30 am and managed to add 13 km to the total count, that at the end, with nearly 100 participants, arrived to 553 km.

Before me was a woman who ran 46 km from midnight! Impressive! I admired her "will power" and the enthusiasm she expressed

I'm not sure how effective these kinds of events are in promoting health. All the people, that I saw passing by where I was running, didn't really stop to check what was happening and why, just passed by. Anyways I managed to get involved a friend of mine, who is not into regular running. He signed up for and concluded 30 mins and it was a great success.

In the end it was a good experience. I got out of home at 6 am running in the dark with a temperature of - 9 °C and ice covering all the sidewalks and snow on the sides, which was really unique and will inspire me to run early in the morning also in the future.

Have you ever took part in sport charity events? (*)

(*) I've seen for example that the London Marathon has MANY organizations that offer a reserved spot if you are willing to raise money for them.