After gym workouts, after pole dancing, after trail running in the city finally a run! Oh yeah! After all, we are preparing for We Own The Night, right?
And so: take a Milanese evening at the Nike Store in Porta Nuova and some friends, the relentlessly friendly coach Anita and off to conquer the city. To prepare to conquer it en masse on May 30. Because you have already signed up right?
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Where there is toil there is fulfillment. And there is also Chiara.
May 30 is approaching and we at Runiversity are doing our best to prepare, and to arrive perfectly prepared for the 10K challenge we have organized a run.
By now the body is starting to adjust and my lungs have resigned, but as a non-runner who claimed she couldn’t do it, I can now say I feel fully satisfied and it is indeed true that where there is effort there is fulfillment.
Every day I run is a filling my soul with positivity, and I thank Nike for immersing me daily in this rewarding world of running.
Eh yes… by now the countdown has begun and without wasting time my companions and I continue to train.
We start from the store in Gae Aulenti followed by our new Coach Anita, to arrive in Sempione and do some repetitions, which serve to gain more stamina. It was the end of a long university day and I absolutely felt the need to get my lazy legs going and fill my heart with new excitement.
And so it was: the busy Corso Como and the refreshing greenery of Parco Sempione made me imagine the enchanting experience ahead of me on May 30 that I have never experienced.
I was running while dreaming and it was the best thing that happened to me in the last few months.
I LOVE RUNNING and I think running one of the things that makes me the happiest person right now.
Claudia sees the finish line of 10k, and in the meantime has fun :)
Shattered legs but happy because We Own The Night is finally approaching!!!
The workouts are getting more and more intense!!!
Every day an hour devoted to myself … Spending time with my friends during training and as we support each other.
Weekly program full of new challenges!
When I fasten the laces of my beautiful Nike shoes, I think how lucky I was to be a part of this amazing project!
Nike is giving us new adventures every day.In general, I don’t take running seriously-I run simply because I love running! And I especially love running with other people. The nice thing about running in company is that time goes by faster and you feel like you’ve done less work…. That is until you get home and lie down on the couch aware that you can’t get up anymore!
If 10 km sounds like a lot to you, don’t worry…. it seems like a lot to me!!! But when I ran 9 and got to the finish line the feeling is great!!!
Milan will be Eleanor’s. And of a thousand others.
We Own The Night is getting closer and closer, the clock is ticking, and before long we will be catapulted into the midst of some 7,000 screaming women. The evening will be unique and special, unforgettable the adjective you will utter crossing the finish line, wonder woman the perception you will have of you, sparkling the atmosphere and incredible the whole thing! In these last few weeks we will have to give it our all to arrive supercharged on the magical evening of May 30.
Workouts continue for us at Runiversity with Coach Anita where fatigue and jokes mix well. At Simplon Park for example, he exhausted us with warm-ups, gait changes, shots (certainly fewer than Andrea took with the camera) relay and about 7 km of galloping with some daredevil friends who kindly accompanied us.
I look forward to being able to compare myself with many other girls with the same passion for running as me. I know that on these occasions you make friends with a lot of people, cheering each other on, joking, helping each other, and laughing molly. The excitement will be so strong that a smile will remain on my face even for the next few days along with a big load of adrenaline that will not want to leave me. I read some comments about last year’s We Own The Night and it is amazing how this non-competitive race turned into a party! Colors, shouts, music, cheering and tenacity will accompany us through this exciting experience. Even those who have not trained will not feel lonely. That night will be ours,we will conquer a city habitually overrun by cars and traffic, but which we will fill and make memorable that night.
Who stops Alessandra anymore?
May has arrived. And with him come warm days, blooming flowers, flying aspens, bike rides in the park, and … the We Own The Night!
Caught up in the recent vacations, upcoming exams, and our intense workouts, I didn’t even realize that the 30th was so close!
Only 3 weeks to go and if it were up to me I would run every day at every hour to get better and better!
I feel a mixture of enthusiasm and excitement because I want to be able to give it my all, make all the preparation work that has been there count.
I’m also quiet though because I won’t be alone, in addition to my fellow Runiversity members who always manage to dampen the fatigue of running, there will be 7000 other women!
And the crazy thing is that so many of them have never run 10k so they will feel the immense joy and satisfaction that I felt last year too!
Compared to a year ago, my way of running has changed so much, it has gone frombeing a simple activity to keep fit to a need I can’t do without, which simultaneously gives me energy, happiness and satisfaction.
I’ve gone from treadmills to parks; from a pre-set gait to knowing my stride; from running solo to friendships that bond people with the same passion; from stopping at 2km out of breath and then realizing how breathing the right way and moving my arms correctly is an immense help to my gait; from blasting music to the sounds of nature.
And there is nothing more rewarding than that.
I look forward to comparing last year’s timeline with this year’s.
I have already had a look at the route which has varied from the other edition, running in the Cathedral Square is sure to be a crazy thrill!
All that’s left to do is to choose shorts and shoes to match this year’s blue shirt, Nike’s got the kick-ass playlist!
