TRAVERSATA dei COLLI EUGANEI

Posso dire con certa fierezza di essere stata alle Terme Eugenee e di aver fatto tanti fanghi a costo bassissimo, ma poi ho capito perché: i fanghi erano disposti su sentieri irti e sconnessi, lunghi 42km; in più punti ci giocavano degli scherzetti perché le scarpe rimanevano appiccicate nel fango e a malapena riuscivamo a recuperare il piede e la scarpa per fare il passo successivo; abbiamo dovuto salire e scendere l’equivalente di 2 Maddalene bresciane (+2000m) e infine fare penitenza di tutti i nostri peccati sull’ultima salita e discesa tra il 32°e il 38°km :il Monte…dellla Madonna, non a caso.

Insomma un “pacchetto weekend” alquanto depurativo.

E pensare che avevo scelto i fanghi per rigenerarmi prima della Maratona di Boston, lunedì prossimo. Se non altro non mi farò intimorire dalle salite, nemmeno dalla temuta Heartbreaking Hill. In fondo, è una conferma che nulla è meglio dello YOGAXRUNNERS per rigenerarsi. Oggi, post gara, resterò a lungo in Viparita Karani, Posizione Sdraiata A Gambe in Su.

www.traversatacollieuganei.it
42km, +2000m
5 ore 20′
6a donna

ENGLISH VERSION

Within my “Spring Cleaning” program, I headed to a beautiful area of Padua region, where since Roman times, natural spas and hot water springs and muds , rich in minerals and salts, are used to cure many skin and bones ailments, from arthritis to psoryasis. After more than 5 hours I can say it works, but I also realized why all these treatments were so low cost. The spa was placed on bristly and rough trails, 42km long. In many cases some tricks were played against us as our shoes got stuck in the mud, and we barely managed to recover the foot and the shoe to take the next step. We had to get up and down 3 3hills, 600m each, and finally, to cleanse from all impurities in our minds and not only in our bodies, we faced the last hardest climb (and descent) between 32 ° and 38 ° km: they call it Mount Madonna, maybe because you can have mystic visions in the effort to reach the summit.

In short, it was a perfect cleansing “weekend package”.

The only thought that bothers me know is that I had chosen it to taper before the Boston Marathon next Monday. If nothing else I will not be intimidated by the climb, even the dreaded Heartbreaking Hill.

In the end, nothing is better than YOGAXRUNNERS as restorative practice. Today, I will stay long in Viparita Karani, lying down with legs up. (www.yogaxrunners.com