We did it!

Cristian and Alessandro running Pino.

Last Sunday was the Bavisela and Cristian and I and a team of five others ran it together pushing our friend, Pino, in a wheelchair (we each pushed one kilometer at a time and rotated). He was the technical director of the Bavisela and had a stroke two years ago. His wife helped us plan it all (actually Cristian was the captain of the team and organized it with Pino's wife). We did one practice run before the race and then decided to just wing it on race day.

I was the slowest one on the team, but I didn't care, they let me set the pace, which was good because we all finished together. In the end, Pino crossed the finish line himself with his wife on one side and us on the other. Pretty impressive and moving.

The other moving thing was coming back to the finish line after lunch and waiting for the final person to come in, a woman who finished in 6 hours on crutches after getting lost (!!) somewhere in Aurisina towards the beginning of the race. Sandra (Pino's wife) and I unrolled the ribbon and let her walk through it.

She got the loudest applause of all. That is what is great about running.