Stramilano is a story that continues. With the prestigious Alessi room of Palazzo Marino which houses the presentation of the 52nd edition, with the authorities, with the mayor, with the councilors and military authorities, with godmother, with speeches and applause. It is the repetition of a ritual that, in more than half a century, has consolidated a tradition of sport, costume, passion that has been handed down from generation to generation, without tiredness. Stramilano is the repetition of a ritual that is renewed and that becomes the beauty of a race that is obviously not only a race but now a social event, a city event, a great competitive challenge that over the years has brought on the streets of the Milanese center champions, Olympic medals, promises that then became king of the bottom and the middlefund.
“If you ask a Milanese what is the most important sporting event of the year will tell you the Stramilano- they tell with satisfaction Michele Abba And Andrea raisedPresident and deputy- President of Stramilano- a recognition that makes us proud and that rewards over fifty years of commitment and passion. Everyone, but everyone, from families to friends, from professionals to enthusiasts, every year they pour on the streets of the city to experience unique emotions, have fun and compete in the name of the healthy competition. We want to thank our sponsors and the hundreds of volunteers who help us offer this unique show of its kind year after year ». And the story continues.
It will continue on Sunday 26 March with the now classic three challenges: the half marathon reserved for agonists who will start at 8.30 from Piazza Castello; The 10km open Attutti which will start from Piazza Duomo an hour and a half later and the Stramilanina of 5k for children and families that will start at 10. We run in the most representative streets in Milan passing through Piazza San Babila, Corso Venezia and Piazza XXIV Maggio, the arch of peace. Last year 62 thousand enrolled were and this year the figure will be the same, more runner less runner, a river of fans who will peacefully take possession of the city for a Sunday morning.
CSharp years that mark the history of a city who learned to run with this marathon. And if you take a look at the numbers, you realize that many have run it. Almost three million people who (always in nose) are all the inhabitants of the city, each with their own story that tells how Milan has changed in all these years and as the race, which everyone today call running is now a phenomenon of costume and good living. Milan, with the Stramilano, has become the capital of the popular race but also of the competitive one.
From here, all the largest have passed since its historic “marathon” middle -family athletics: from ours Fava, Bordin, Poli, Cova, Pizzolato and Baldini to great foreigners like De Castella, Kedir, Tanui and Tergat. People who made the story of a sport that Stramilano has helped to make known. A list of unforgettable triumphs open in ’76 with the victory of Victor Mora, a Colombian who put ourselves behind us Pendant and fava. White and white photos. Like that of Gelindo Bordin who wins and embraces Salvatore Bettiol who arrives behind him in 1987 and those of “Diesel” Francesco Panetta He never won him that Stramilano even if he ended up on the podium twice. But the story is above all that of the 90s, of the six consecutive seals of Paul tergatone of the strongest Kenyan athletes ever who in 1998 signs the best world performance on the half marathon with that 59’17 “remained unbeaten and unapproachable until recently. And the legend continues.