Patience if it rains, indeed. And so it started the Stramilano Number 52 More than half a century of traditions, of small rites, of generations who have passed not only symbolically the bib, finding themselves at the start first children, then parents and sometimes grandparents at the start. The difference is all here with the other challenges. Stramilano is a piece of history of the race, of running as they say today, of sport and of a city that like all century has changed, has become another city, cosmopolitan, digital, modern and contradictory and that, nevertheless, continues to get in short braggi and finds himself for a morning together with all his differences. Stramilano is the glue that holds Milan together. It rained this morning on the over 55. thousand who gathered Piazza Duomo and Piazza Castello. The first to leave were the athletes of the half marathon. The record of participants beaten: 9,000 champions and amateurs challenged each other on 9 pm of one of the fastest tracks in Italy. To win among the men was the Kenyan Mwangi Simon Waithira with a time of 1h 54 “, followed by the Rundese Yves Nimubona who ran 1.01’18 ″ and from the Kenyan Yosey Charles Mneriagiunto At the finish in 1’02’08 “. All Kenyan podium also for women: in first place Gestare Morine Michira in 1h 08’47 “followed by Chebet Stella Mateiko (1.11′.19 ″) e Chebet Monica Chepkwony (1.11.25 ″). Among the Italians to report the performance of Stefano Massimi, First of the blues to reach the arrival with 1.04’51 “, while in the women’s field among the Italians he first crosses the finish line Rebecca Lonedo (1.12′.08 ″) followed by Giovanna Epis with 1.12’17 ″. Space then to the big party in Piazza Duomo. The traditional blow of the historical cannon of the artillery regiment on horseback, the show of the fans of the army, the carabinieri and the command of the Air Team-1a region of the Air Force. Then it was the turn of the small runners of Stramilanina, the 5km race, accompanied by parents, grandparents, friends, masters and teachers. All this is the Stramilano who has been putting all this magnificently together for 52 years …