Treviso Marathon, not only competitive spirit and figures: it is the great celebration of sports volunteering

TREVISO. The Treviso Marathon is not just competition, numbers, kilometers, times. The Treviso Marathon also tells stories of generosity, stories of people who give themselves, for others.

Come Francesco Sartoriwhich over the years has made a long journey (more than 42.195 km) to go from volunteer to president of the asd Tri Veneto Run, which on Sunday 27 March will organize, with the technical support of the Treviso Marathon, the seventeenth edition of the Treviso marathon.

The history of Sartori began several years ago. It was 2008. And, for the first time, a marathon offered a unique initiative, three different departures, as well as from the historic Vittorio Veneto, also from Vidor and Ponte di Piave. And it is there that the two destinies, those of the organizing staff and Francesco Sartori, now sixty-seven, meet.

«I still remember very well 2008, when for the first time a marathon proposed three different starts – comments the Vidorese – it was a unique, exciting, goosebump thing. A unique choreography, the planes to fly over with the tricolor fumes and the big hug on the Priula Bridge, with a stadium cheer. That time I was responsible for the departure from Vidor and the route to Susegana. In the following editions I held the role of arrival manager. Then, at the same time, I was also involved in the triathlon events organized by Silca Ultralite Vittorio Veneto ».

Since last year president of the Asd Tri Veneto Run which in December 2021 has already organized, in collaboration with Silca Ultralite Vittorio Veneto, the Prosecco Run, a unique marathon in the world that passes through 16 cellars of Prosecco Superiore Conegliano Valdobbiadene Docg.

His love for running goes back a long way, since Sartori had been a runner. Then injuries and ailments forced him to give up this great passion.

“But I didn’t want to give up the world of athletics, running in general – remember – an incredible environment, which from a human point of view can give a lot. And so I went from user to organizer, proposing a non-competitive race in Vidor ».

Now Sartori is very much involved in the Treviso Marathon number 17. A recovery, after two years of hiatus due to Covid.

“The world of long races is changing, the landscape has changed compared to when the Treviso marathon was born in 2004 – he explains – we have to deal with these changes in the sector and with two years that, due to the pandemic, have changed perceptions about activities in general which include socializing and also the way to approach sport. But there is great enthusiasm around this edition which marks the return of the Treviso Marathon, by all the volunteers and all the members of the organizational staff who will have to face further efforts to propose, as always, a high-level organizational competition. All that remains is to give to everyone the appointment on Sunday 27 March».

On the last Sunday of March it will start from via IV Novembre in Treviso (with the passage in cwithin historical), to then cross the municipalities of Silea, San Biagio di Callalta, Roncade, Casale sul Sile, Casier.

Finally the return to Treviso, with the last kilometers in Restera, up to the arrival in the Parco Fiera. In less than a month, the Brand will be able to enjoy the competitive content of the Fidal marathon, the queen of road racing, but also a series of collateral promotional races.

Thanks to the collaboration with the Sphera Holding Group in Treviso, the Radio Company Ten Miles and the Radio WOW Run! two races really open to everyone.

Those who already run will be able to try their hand at Ten Miles, a 16-kilometer proposal that will take the participants for the first kilometers inside the capital, then towards Silea to return to Prato Fiera along the Restera.

Also for them, at the finish line, waiting for them, there will be the finisher medal. The WOW Run! on the other hand, it is a 7-kilometer suburban area open to everyone, young and old, parents and children, friends and friends, grandparents and grandchildren.

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The “Lepri Strache” when passion produces talents

Vidor’s amateur group competes and organizes races with passion and a spirit of friendship

The love. Passion. The desire to share. The desire to give oneself for others. I’m so many volunteers engaged in the Treviso Marathon. Which along the 42.195 km are “made available” to athletes.

Many groups in the countries affected by the race are busy. Among them, there are Vidor’s Strache Hares, the group from which Francesco Sartori “was born”. A group of friends, passionate about running, which already in the Eighties had a permanent presence in the area.

Originally they start their business by participating in the “non-competitive” of the area, and then broaden their horizons by organizing also mountain-bike excursions the Corsa del Ciclamino, one of the oldest non-competitive ones in the Marca Trevigiana.

With passion and a spirit of friendship, the group grows over the years. And he also decides to give himself a real name. On the occasion of an edition of the Transcivetta, a name must be found for the numerous members of Vidor.

To launch the idea, it is Marino Fuson, “running mayor” and one of the twenty-three senators of the Treviso Marathon, who invents this name, thinking in a witty way of the age of their members rather than the competitive spirit.

The Strache Hares participate in numerous national and international marathons. The consecration of the group takes place on the occasion of the first edition of the Treviso Marathon with the three starts: the group takes care of the departure from Vidor and five years later, with the second edition.

As part of the collaboration with Silca, the group is involved in organizing the Prosecco Run.

He also resides in Vidor Ivana Zilli, sports walking, Nordic Walking and Workout instructorwho years ago approached Nordic walking and was soon involved by her friend Fernanda in the world of triathlon, one of the many activities carried out by the Treviso Marathon, with one of the partner companies, Silca Ultralite Vittorio Veneto.

A really great passion for multidiscipline, which also led her to become, in 2018, regional judge of Fitri, the Italian Triathlon Federation. Then the contact with Francesco Sartori and the beginning of the collaboration with the asd Tri Veneto Run, co-organizer of Treviso Marathon. –

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