RUN ROME Magazine 2023 EN

ROME AN ETERNAL RACE MAGAZINE

MARCH 19th, 2023

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nclusion and equality, sustainability and participation in the name of sport values and a more and more healthy lifestyle.

This is Acea Run Rome The Marathon. Thousands of runners are back to compete along a path that winds through the streets, the squares and the monuments of Rome: a unique race, rich of beauty and emotions, which connects enthusiasts who come from all over Italy and from all over the world with lots of Roman men and women of all ages, who have always engaged with plenty of enthusiasm in this extraordinary event.

With the thousands of athletes who participate every year in the race and in every initiative that follow it, especially this year, this sport event aims to be a vehicle for unity in the name of sport. Today more than ever it is important to believe and to reinforce these feelings of sharing that are the essence of sport. Therefore, Rome Capital supports this great event that has helped us for years in the development of community networks, wellness and hope.

ROBERTO GUALTIERI

Mayor of Rome Capital

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This sport event aims to be a vehicle for unity in the name of sport.

W ALESSANDRO ONORATO

Councillor for Sport, Tourism, Major Events and Fashion of Rome Capital

e are pleased to present 2023 edition of the Acea Run Rome the Marathon, one of the most beloved running events amongst runners from all over the world. Running through the streets of the capital, full of charm and culture, is an experience that goes beyond sport. A big event that combines the international character of the competition and the sense of participation widespread amongst thousands of enthusiasts.

An occasion that alone is worth a trip to Rome, that generates positive effects on the touristic encouragement and economy.

We will be expecting you in large numbers in the picturesque setting of the starting and finishing point in Via dei Fori Imperiali. Have a good race and a great stay in our Eternal City!

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Running through the streets of the capital is an experience that goes beyond sport.

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GREETINGS

ALESSANDRO GIACOMINI

Managing Director Infront Italy

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e are entering the third edition of Acea Run Rome the Marathon, organized by Infront, as parent company along with Corriere dello Sport, Atielle, Italian Marathon Club, that worked together with the aim of amplifying the past successes, with the organization of a competitive event: not only is it competitive in racing terms, but also from the inclusive and participating point of view of the community. In fact, we are turning a sport competition into a real party for both the community and the tourists.

We see an enormous increase in participation every year, and this year we believe that we could set a new record of the number of runners: in addition to the usual 42195 km, in this edition there will also be the relay and the Stracittadina. Although they used to be side activities, these two events are becoming more and more popular, thanks to the involvement of the Charities in order to raise funds for good causes and to encourage citizens to enjoy a day of celebration together.

For the first time in an Italian marathon, as an outstanding and memorable for everyone who will be at the starting point, there will be an air show of Frecce Tricolori; they will lay the world’s most beautiful and great tricolor in the Roman sky, a trail that will accompany the marathoners for the entire race. An appointment with the Military Aeronautics, that will bring the show to life with its acrobatic patrol, guiding thousands of participants from about 110 foreign countries.

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We are turning a sport competition into a real party for both the community and the tourists.

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DANIELE QUINZI

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Marketing Director Corriere dello Sport – Stadio

he Acea Run Rome the Marathon is growing more and more, and it can be acknowledged in the many active true and concrete projects. First of all, thanks to an important collaboration with the Military Aeronautics, there will be Frecce Tricolori, that will be the great added value of this edition, a unique emotion that we want to offer to every runner. Then sustainability, solidary, the mural, the photographic exhibition, the events with Athletica Vaticana and the Coppa degli Ultimi, the Stracanina and much more. The number of The Rome Marathon’s followers and lovers, and of those who interact with social media is growing; social media where, so to speak, in the last month almost a million people on Instagram alone have seen our posts, 57% of which are foreigners.

T-shirt and medal in front of the Colosseum, symbol of our city, seen from above, from a new and different perspective. The City of Rome and its marathon enter the houses of all the runners of the world, every day. 19th March will be a great day, but neither the beginning nor the end of something, nothing ends after 42195 km, Rome is Eternal! Have fun, Rome is waiting for you.

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ROBERTO CIANCI

NICOLA FERRANTE

Italia Marathon Club President

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cea Run Rome the Marathon is back in 2023 on Father’s Day, 19th March. In addition to the traditional marathon (42195 km) the third edition of the relay and the popular Stracittadina will take place. A lot of musical events will try to accompany the marathoners on the race path, as it has always been, and the citizens will take to the streets and cheer so as to push the marathoners towards the finish line of Fori Imperiali. Over 13000 have subscribed to the 42195 km that they chose to run in the world’s most beautiful streets and squares of the world, from the Colosseum to San Paolo, from the Synagogue to San Pietro, from the Olympic Stadium to Piazza del Popolo, from Piazza di Spagna to Piazza Navona, in an unrivalled scenery.

The organization of Acea Run Rome the Marathon will express as its best, as always, in an unparalleled atmosphere where the marathoners will try to reach their goals inside an accurate technical offer of services that will be provided. At the end of the marathon the athletes will have to say “we will be back next year”: this is the only way they can give the right tribute to us organizers for the perfect organization. Nicola Ferrante Italia Marathon Club President.

Atielle President

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oIt is with great pleasure that I address my affectionate greetings and wish good luck to those who will take part in the great ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON on next 19th March.

For 28 years I have had the honor of welcoming all the participants of this unique event that opens the doors to the big marathons season; this event is one of a kind, as it runs within the antique City of Rome: it’s just like running in an open-air museum that the whole world envies us.

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Thanks to the partnership with the Military Aeronautics, for the first time in an Italian marathon, Frecce Tricolori will leave in the Roman Sky the biggest and most beautiful tricolour, a trail that will accompany the marathoners throughout the race.

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SEBASTIAN COE

World Athletics President

have the pleasure of welcoming you to the 28th edition of the Marathon of Rome, the greatest mass participation sport event in Italy. Few places come to mind that are more exciting to run a Marathon in that are better than Rome, the eternal city. In fact, this city holds a special place in my heart, since I have lived here for several years when I was young.

This weekend, about 15000 runners from over a hundred countries will come to this historical city to take part in a race that literally makes you travel in time. From the starting line at Roman Forum, through its legendary squares and streets, all the way to the ending, outside the Colosseum: The Marathon of Rome really is a one-of-a-kind competition.

I would like to thank the organizers for the work they have done, realizing another edition of this legendary competition and I wish good luck to everyone who is participating in this year event and I hope they can reach their personal goals. Have a nice running day!

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STEFANO MEI

Fidal President

ow can you not love Run Rome the Marathon? A charming path, surrounded by a thousand-year history, monumental and colored by a river of participants by the shade of the Colosseum. An event as the Rome marathon is pride and joy for the whole Italian athletics, that must be more and more, so that it can be on par with the other great European marathons from a sportive as well as an economic income point of view. The wish for this edition, after passing through the most difficult phase of the pandemic, is that the numbers can be closer to the pre-Covid ones and even overcome them, knowing that this event really represents motivation for the entire running movement. My greetings go to the organizers and to all the enthusiasts who will enjoy the beauty of the capital, living a unique experience in the city that the whole world envies us.

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GIOVANNI MALAGÒ

Coni President

n the heart of the capital, through the most iconic and exclusive places, unfolds the magic of the Rome marathon. From the Colosseum to Circo Massimo, from Fori Imperiali to Castel Sant’Angelo and Piazza Navona, passing through San Pietro and along the Lungotevere, 42195 km in contact with the history to write a new page of emotions and performance. This race is an ode to sport and it has solidary aims as well, in the spirit of participation and love for sport. A combination that promotes the values on which the movement is founded and that renews the topics of an event that has reached its 28th edition. In my personal name, and of the Italian Olympic National Committee, I give my most sincere thank you to the organizers and a wholehearted encouragement to all the participants, with the certainty that they will live another daydream.

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VITO COZZOLI

Sport e Salute President and CEO

he Marathon of Rome is one of a kind, with a breathtaking and suggestive path. A time travel that starts and ends at Fori Imperiali, passing through squares, monuments and iconic spots of the city, a city that stands more and more as the Capital of Sport. Ace Run Rome the Marathon is un unmissable appointment for the citizens, the tourists, the athletes, the amateurs and enthusiasts of sport.

A great inclusive, sustainable event, that is a driver for the economy and driving force for the growth of sport practice. On the occasion of this edition of the Marathon, Sport e Salute will actively participate alongside Sport Senza Frontiere: we will form various relay races and there will be the special participation of our Legend, our champions who are ambassadors of the inclusive values of Sport. We will join the fund raise of the JOY project which was designed by Sport senza Frontiere, that organizes Summer Camps for children, teenagers and families who live in fragile social situations or who are affected by emergencies. Here, Sport e Salute, also in the occasion of great events, wants to let sport and sport practice grow and spread the correct lifestyles in every occasion. And the Marathon of Rome is one of these for sure.

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LORENZO BENFENATI

Project Manager Acea Run Rome The Marathon

hird Acea Run Rome The Marathon, growing bigger and bigger. The Marathon of Rome is something great, complicated and supplemented in the city. Throughout the year we constantly use a team of about 30 people, who have become about 100 in the last two months. A mix of professionals and great enthusiasts of the field. We can count on the support of over 2500 volunteers who become, during the days of the event, fundamental figures, and we share with them a year long path that leads up to organize many propaedeutic meetings coordinated by four big companies: Infront Italy, Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, Italia Marathon Club and Atielle, that few years ago worked together bring Acea Run Rome The Marathon to life. An ambitious project that today involves about 30000 runners with a lot of news: from Frecce Tricolori to the Expo Village, full of entertainment and fun topics, from the mural made of anti-smog paints to the partnership with Athletica Vaticana and Sant’Egidio’s community, from the round table inside Aula Magna of Sapienza University to our new mascot (Vittoria), the turtle designed with the help of WWF in order to support an endangered species. Have a good run and let everyone enjoy a Good Event!

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LUCA PANCALLI

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he Marathon of Rome is an event that has entered the hearts of sportspeople from our country and from all over the world. It really is a party about sport, inside a unique and suggestive surrounding, that was capable, through the years, to become not only a great agonistic appointment but also a valuable occasion to promote values such as loyalty, solidary and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Moreover, The Marathon of Rome has always sent a very strong message of inclusion thanks to the participation in the competition of paralympic athletes. A partnership that, in my opinion, has contributed through the years to the civic growth of our society and to change the perception of disabilities. So, I wish my best luck to this new edition, which I’m sure will bring once again the enthusiasm and the passion for sport in the streets of the eternal city.

Acea President

lso this year, we are proud to support one of the biggest sport events in Italy, a competition that takes place in the wonderful scenery that is Rome, the city where ACEA was born in 1909 and where it has had the privilege to operate for over a century.

In its long story ACEA has always encouraged and promoted the values of sport, mostly the values of the marathon, such as sustainable discipline for the excellence, which also represents a way of living the city, including not only thousands of professional athletes, but also amateurs, paralympic athletes, as well as citizens and families, always respecting the environment.

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BARBARA MARINALI

SANDRINO PORRU

Fispes President

ot only is the Marathon a race to win, goal only for a few, but also an important aim that many can accomplish. An ending line that can be reached only with training soaked with determination, effort and perseverance; these are all elements that characterize one’s emancipation journey, through sport, in life, of which paralympic athletes are the first witnesses. With a new strength and enthusiasm, FISPES is ready to be at the forefront in order to offer to anyone, alongside FIDAL, the opportunity to run together in this big sport and cultural event, showing how important it is to do things together and color and characterizing them with everyone’s unique and diverse abilities. Everything will make this experience extraordinary and more and more appealing for running enthusiasts. I hope that every runner manages to improve, but above all, to enjoy the unforgettable experience of the beauty of being all together

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NEWS

FRECCE TRICOLORI ROME TAKES OFF

In collaboration with the Military Aeronautics, Frecce Tricolori will fly for the first time over an Italian marathon during the start. An new show for the 30 thousands participants of Acea Run Rome The Marathon.

19th March 2023, Rome, Colosseum, 30 thousands people lined up, ready to start conquering Acea Run Rome The Marathon, as well as the solidary relay Run4Rome and the Stracittadina Fun Run 5k. The music, the speaker, the great champions who are ready to win and thousands of runners behind them, the Tenor singing the National Anthem and then everything stops. Still. The silence, the pounding heart.

Here we are. It’s a lightining, an adrenaline shock that speeds quickly over the Roman sky: it’s Frecce Tricolori, for the first time in an Italian marathon will roll out in the Roman sky the world’s greatest and most beautiful tricolor. Green, white, red, a lot of pride, a lot of Italy for a trail that will accompany the marathoners for the entire race.

Yes, it is confirmed, thanks to the partnership with the Military Aeronautics, on Sunday 19th March 2023 right before the start of Italy’s most attended sport event, the National Acrobatic Patrol will fly over Fori Imperiali and the 30 thousands participants, about 60% of which are of foreign nationality, from about 110 foreign countries.

An Italian excellence that is worldwide famous exhibits in the year of the Centenary of Military Aeronautics, for the marathon, it will be a unique, strong, waited moment, that will make a day that is about sport, competition, health

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and solidary, also into an unforgettable day of a historical importance. This is Rome, this is Run Rome The Marathon, an edition not to be missed, the one of next 19th March, a giant box of emotions and content that fill the city with joy.

The marathoners who will cross the city in a path that sees over 30 cultural and historical monuments following one another, a pride that no other city in the world can boast of.

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THE MEDAL

IT’S THE COLOSSEUM

THE MEDAL FOR EVERY FINISHER Un traguardo epico, coronato da un oggetto che racconta una storia lunga 1945 anni

It is dedicated to the Flavian Amphitheater, better known as the Colosseum, symbol of an ancient civilization that has continued its consolidation through the centuries, the medal that will be given to Acea Run Rome The Marathon finishers. Open in 80 A.C., it is the world’s biggest Roman amphitheater, it has been UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980 and it was listed as one of the 7 Wonders of the world in 2007. A price for the effort of the 30 thousands runners, much more full of meaning for the history it evokes and that will be the indelible memory passing along the historical streets of Roma Caput Mundi.

RELAY RACE A golden rose that, in pendant with the t-shirt, narrates the route of the event, a circle that connects the historical attractions, Colosseum, Thermae of Caracalla, Piramide Cestia, Basilica di San Paolo, Tiber Island, San Pietro, Castel Sant’Angelo, Foro Italico, Ponte Milvio, Parco della Musica Auditorium, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna and Via dei Fori Imperiali, represented in a stylized form.

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MEDAL CUSTOMIZATION SERVICE To make every marathoner’s achievement even more special and truly unique, it will be possible to customize their own medal (only for the athletes who will have submitted to Acea Run Rome The Marathon) by carving their name/surname and the stopwatch time, a symbolism that takes on a much more epic meaning in a city like Rome.

STRACITTADINA For the runners of SN4IFUN Run, a golden rose in pendant with the t-shirt, represents a geometrical picture that represents the Colosseum. The name of the event is written on the whole medal.

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THE SHOE

JOMA SUPERCROSS 6, THE NEW SHOE

OF ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON

On the occasion of the 28th edition of Acea Run Rome The Marathon Joma has chosen the Supercross model to facilitate cushioning and recover.

Joma Supercross 6, the official shoe of Acea Run Rome The Marathon changes its looks and technology. Unique style, thanks to the colors of the flag of the city of Rome: Pompeian red from the emblem and golden yellow from the Byzantine cross, that both appear in the symbol of the city of Rome, the union of history and tradition in order to achieve a completely modern aesthetics; once the cushioning is optimized , the stability and comfort in order to make recovery after the marathon even easier.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - The Supercross shoe is prepared to withstand the rhythm that is required by long and medium distance competition thanks to the FULL DUAL PULSOR technology in the midsole, a double intensity system, composed by the revolutionary lower REACTIVE BALL that absorbs the impact of the steps and presses the exit. In the upper part it has been inserted a high density phylon, which provide stability and avoids deformation during the support and push for a faster recover.

Moreover, the upper is realized with a light and flexible fabric, along with VTS ventilation technology. The JOMA SPORTCH that was inserted in the upper without any seams optimizes the wearability and the support without adding extra wight.

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Another feature of Supercross shoes is the sole: realized with DURABILITY rubber with high resistance to abrasion on the asphalt, placed in the areas that can have close contact with the ground.

In the same way, the FLEXO lines facilitate the naturalness and the transition of the step. The Supercross model is designed for runners who have a rhythm of over four minutes per kilometer, training from 3 to 6 times a week and running long or medium distance races. It is equipped with DROP10, which is higher than the priori Storm Viper shoe, and weights 265 grams.

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THE T-SHIRT

A PIECE OF ROME

ON THE TECHINCAL T-SHIRT, TO EACH THEIR OWN

Colosseum for the marathoners, a series of historical attractions for the relay teams, “Run, non verba” for the SN4IFUN Run T-SHIRT – For all the participants of all three Acea Run Rome The Marathon the marathon there will also be the memory t-shirt of the technical partner Joma, breathable, elastic and made of micromesh in order to guarantee wide movement freedom.

On the back there are the technical partner Joma’s logo and the name of the event, complemented with a message that is full of meaning: the Frecce Tricolori that are celebrating their centenary this year and for which the logo was created, a logo that is capable of tell their story and patriotism, thanks to the representation of the stylized tricolor inside the number.

SN4IFUN Run runners will have “ben” two options. A geometrical design splits the t-shirt into four sectors, allowing play of colour. Light and dark grey are on opposite sides on one side and on the other side there can be fuchsia or red in order to suit all tastes. The motto “Run, non verba” is printed on the chest to give the right energy to all the participants.

For the marathoners, the t-shirt is bright red and includes the Colosseum on one side, represented on the medal, anticipating the emotions of the finish line. A dive into the history of Rome and that will become part of the runner’s own story, one to remember through this elegant t-shirt.

Yellow T-shirt for Acea Run4Rome Relay Race, the relay race designed to share effort and emotions, a warm color that celebrates the joy of a team challenge. On the front, next to the technical partner Joma’s logo, there is the logo of the event narrated by a line that connects the historical attractions, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Thermae of Caracalla, Basilica di San Paolo, Piramide Cestia, Isola Tiberina and San Pietro, that seam to slide along the path.

FINISHER T-SHIRT – The sign is right there on the chest: finisher. Repeated many times, like it is forever. A unique piece, to be displayed in the open and with deep eyes scratched by effort and happiness. This is a t-shirt to collect, want, dream and yearn. A must have. And Rome always rhymes with Eternal, because the Eternal City become Eternal during the perfect marathon. It is black and made of technical fabric of Joma sponsor, a must have and collect t-shirt, just like the medal. It must be proudly worn everywhere. Always.

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YOUR EMOTIONS, YOUR RACE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE. Make your Acea Run Rome The Marathon official t-shirt unique too! In Expo in the days of the race come to the stand of IL NEGOZIETTO CUSTOMIZE. Il will be placed near the pickup point for the race material and t-shirts, in just a few minutes you will be able to print whatever you want at the cost of 5 euros. You can purchase them on the submitting site of the Endu marathon.

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LA MARATONA THE MARATHON

NUMBERS AND STORIES OF A GREAT SHOW ON FATHER’S DAY

There will be 30 thousands hearts of marathoners, walkers, families, adults of all ages, children and furry friends who will be ready to step in unison from 8.00 am when Rome will start an ‘all running’ Sunday, to live a whirlwind of emotions. At the start of Acea Run4Rome hundreds of solidary relays with many chances for runners to do the right thing thanks to the 15 charities that have enthusiastically joined to the event.

The values of sport in a photographic exhibition by the great artist Fabio Lavino. The sport event gains a big value thanks to this initiative, that was chosen by World Athletics to choose who will manage the emergencies of the mass events tomorrow.

About 7500 foreigners from 110 Nations of the world will attend together this heart beating show that is filled with generosity, also thanks to 175 pacers, 61 foreigners, who think about having fun with the group and the ticking of the clock. Some will run barefoot in honor of the great Abebe Bikila, “the man who still has a long way to go” Sammy Basso, the “senators” who never lost even one of them, the ucrains Nicola Taran who comes back with his fund raise for the war-maimed and Viktoriia Gudyma, who come back to visit the Athletica Vaticana and will be assisted by Suore Adoratrici del Sangue di Cristo. They will run for the first finish line of the marathon or for a crazy finish line, there will be “real” athletes jostling to leave on the sanpietrini the trace of a new story and common people, those who will enjoy the show.

Giorgio Calcaterra, the King of Rome, will be back, who has run over 330 marathons after the first one, where he debuted very young, right here in his ‘Roma’. And then there is the couple Paolo + Sara Vargetto, father and daughter, who are ever present when the starting whistle is the one of the world’s most beautiful marathon. 19th March is Father’s day and it will be a special day for a lot of people, many will find the energy to arrive to the end thinking about their children who will be waiting at the finish line.

28 editions, three by Acea Run Rome The Marathon, two have already offered us the precious gift that the environment is with 6 thousands new trees in the Acea Run Rome The Marathon forest in Guatemala and with the infinite value of life, thanks to the commitment of Associazione Banco Alimen-

Some will run 5 km or to meet a friend to pass the baton to, there will also be who will run fast and who will foretaste the finish line for longer. The sure thing is that the reasons to be there are infinite, or at least as many as the emotions of those who will be lucky to say they were there.

Acea Run Rome The Marathon has a thousand faces and a thousand meanings, the imperative is to be there and live the moment. Musica, dances, shows, the attractions will be over 40 along the path, one for every kilometer of the race, if the Tenor singer and the Frecce Tricolori at the beginning of the race and the public’s finishing applause are counted in. A whole city to be moved with, a whole city to move by running and enjoying this great show, where the new meets the ancient and the traces left by the marathon will also be the ones of a mural about social redemption and that cares about the environment too, with its innovative color that is able to absorb pollutants.

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tare Roma ODV, that will not leave anything to chance when talking about helping those in need avoiding food waste.

TOP RUNNER

THE TOP RUNNERS OF ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON, THERE ARE NEKA CRIPPA AND STEFANO LA ROSA FOR ITALY

The start list of the élite athletes has been announced, 12 men and 8 women. Tefera from Etiopia is back, winner and record holder of 2022. In the women section there is complete African dominance. Four ‘azzurri’ for national glory, there is Giorgio Calcaterra, the “King of Rome” ROMA – It will be a much more emotional edition the one

by Acea Run Rome The Marathon that will start Sunday 19th March 2023 from 8.00 am with the first of 3 starting waves.

The next two will be at 8.04 am and 8.10 am. As scheduled, the Acea Run4Rome relay will follow at 8.15 am and the Stracittadina SN4IFUN Run at 8.30.

A big style start thanks to the Frecce Tricolori flight that will follow to the notes of the National Anthem and of Nessun Dorma by the tenor Carlo Assogna, a tradition that has been carried on for several editions and that complements the traditional parade of fearless legionaries of Gruppo Storico Romano. Competitions for everyone with Acea Run4 Rome, the relay that accompanies the charity program and the SN4IFUN Run, Stracitaddina, that will be accompanied this year by the Stracanina to live a family experience and to enjoy a Sunday of sport and health on the streets of the most beautiful city of the world.

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MEN TOP RUNNERS – almost 15 thousands runners will enter the field. Among them there will be a group of great athletes with the dream of conquering Rome and gaining a spot in the hall of fame of Acea Run Rome The Marathon.

Thirteen are the men who can aim to a cover worth result, Africa prepared with ten athletes, four Ethiopian, three Kenyan and a Moroccan, for the Azzurri who will have to defend the national pride.

In the starting list with a personal record that was set in Marrakech marathon in 2020, where he reached the eighth place with 2h08’47’’, Alemu Gemechu from Ethiopia.

At a distance of slightly more than one minute from his compatriot Berhanu Heye 2h09’53’’ that made him win the last edition of La Rochelle Marathon.

TOP RUNNER

MEN LAST NAME FIRST NAME BIRTHDATE NAT IN 2022

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2 CALCATERRA Giorgio

11.02.1972

ITA

02:36:13

02:13:15 - Ferrara 2000

4 GEMECHU 5 HEYE 6 KIMUTAI 7 KIGEN

Alemu Berhanu Nicodemus Wilfred

10.12.1995 21.05.2000 04.04.1994 21.01.1986

ETH ETH KEN KEN

2:23:07 02:09:53 02:11:55 02:10:51

8° con 2:08:47 - Marrakech 2020 1° con 2:09:53 - La Rochelle 2022 8° con 2:10:00 - Praga 2019 6° con 2:10:26 - Ljubljana 2014

8 LA ROSA 9 ALLAM

Stefano Taoufik

28.09.1985 30.04.1989

ITA MAR

02:11:24 02:11:30

7° con 2:11:08 - Sevilla 2018 1° con 2:11:30 - Dublino 2022

HONOURS

Tre volte campione mondiale 100 km 12 volte vincitore 100km Passatore 6° Maratona di Bali 2022 1° La Rochelle 2022 - 3° Wuxi Marathon 2019 1° Maratona di Ravenna 2022 1° Maratona di Kigali 2022, 2° Nairobi 2022 8 titoli nazionali (5000 e 10000m nei primi 8 ai campionati europei 10000m) 1° Dublin 2022 - Campione nazionale 10000m 2022

10 BERHANU Sisay Fekadu

15.05.1995

ETH

02:12:03

3° con 2:12:03 - Zaragoza 2022 1° Maratona di San Sebastian 2022

11 KEROR

02.02.1994

KEN

2:12:34

6° con 2:12:34 - Monaco 2022

6° Monaco 2022

12 GIACOBAZZI Alessandro

01.02.1996

ITA

02:17:52

1° con 2:15:25 - Torino 2017

1° Torino 2017 - 4° Ravenna 2022

13 CRIPPA

16.09.1994

ITA

4° con 2:21:17 - Verbania 2016

4. Verbania 16

Rogers Nekagenet

WOMEN LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

F2 GETACHEW F3 KIPRONO F4 AMID F5 AMBI F6 SHURE F7 SHUKE F8 CHEPKWONY

Zinash Debebe Brenda Fozya Jemal Mulugojam Jemila Denbeli Chefo Betty

F9 EZHIW

Etsegenet

BIRTHDATE 12/10/96 25/05/97 11/10/98 26/07/01 18/05/86 17.07.1996 26.04.1995 12/11/97

NAT IN 2022 ETH KEN ETH ETH ETH ETH KEN

02:28:27 02:28:30 02:28:59 02:30:52 02:38:15 02:37:08

ETH

Other 4 athletes between 2h10’00’’ and sub 2h12’00’’, first of all Nicodemus Kimutai from Kenia who set hit best time at 2h10’00’’ in Prague in 2019, scoring the 8th place. Following in this little group of chasers there is Wilfred Kirwa Kigen from Kenia, thanks to the personal record of 2h10’26’’, by which he scored the 6th place od Ljubljana marathon in 2014. Stefano La Rosa (Carabinieri) will try to keep up with him; he can count on a personal record of 2h11’08’’ that was set in Seville in 2018, which was recently approached again in Seville in 2022, when the chronometer stopped at 2h11’24’’. Few seconds separate him from the winner of the Dublin marathon 2022, Taoufik Allam from Morocco, who adds the title of 10000 m national champion 2022 and a 2h11’30’’ record.

PB

2^ con 2:27:15 - Guangzhou 2018 7^ con 2:28:27 - Enschede 2022 5^ con 2:28:30 - Lisbona 2022 1^ con 2:28:59 - Beirut 2022 6^ con 2:29:11 - Lisbona 2021 3^ con 2:29:51- Dublino 2019 8^ con 2:30:28 - Istanbul 2021

HONOURS

2^ Maratona di Guangzhou 2018 5^ Munster 2022 5^ Lisbona 2022 1^ Beirut 2022 4^ Castellon 2022 3^ Dublino 2019 - 1^ Maratona di Torino 2018 2^ Maratona Varna 2021

Debut

King of Rome, the beloved and stainless Giorgio Calcaterra (Calcaterra Sport): it will be sort of an honorary degree for the ultramarathoner, more than 20 years after the debut on the queen distance right in his beloved Rome where in the last edition he reached the 24th position among all and fourth among the Italians with a time of 2h38’00’’. During his career he has run over 330 marathons, he won three times the World’s Championship of 100 km ultramarathon and he is famous for his 12 consecutive wins in Passatore’s 100 km, the world’s most famous ultramarathon.

The third little group guided by Sisay Fekadu Berhanu from Ethiopia with a time of 2h12’03’’, followed by Rogers Keror, 6th place in the Monaco marathon 2022 where he set his record at 2h12’34’’. The ‘azzurri’ Alessandro Giacobazzi (Military Aeronautics) ready to lower his record of 2h15’25’’ with which he reached the highest step of the podium of the Turin marathon in 2017 and Nekaget Crippa (Army) in perfect shape as he recently proved at the Napoli City Half Marathon where he was first among the Azzurri.

WOMEN TOP RUNNERS – Africa’s complete dominance deplys eight women, six under 2h30’00’’, one debuting, six Ethiopians and two Kenyans. On paper Zinash Debebe Getachew own the victory thanks to her best time of 2h27’25’’ recorded in Guangzhou in 2018. Less than a minute se capable of 2h 28’27’’ in Enschede in 2022; she is also approached by Fozya Amid Jemal from Ethiopia, who scored the fifth place in Lisbon in 2022 with the time of 2h28’30’’. From Ethiopia is also the winner of the Beirut marathon in 2022, Muluhojam Ambi, with a personal time of 2h28’59’’ followed by her compatriot Jemila Shure, sixth in Lisbon in 2021 with the time of 2h29’ 11’’.

It will sort of a second debut for Nekagenet Crippa since he participated, without the right and true preparation, in the only Verbania marathon in 2016 when he concluded his effort in 2h21’ 17’’. An extra chapter must be dedicated to the

There will also be Chefo Shuke Denbeli who can count on a time of 2h29’51’’ recorded in Dublin in 2019, when he arrived to the finishing line in the third place, and Betty Chepkwony, eight in Istanbul in 2021 in 2h30’28’’. Etsegenet Ezhiw will be debuting.

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THE PATH

THE PATH

STREETS FILLED WITH HISTORICAL SCENT Over 30 monuments and historical and cultural sites along the 42 km of the Acea Run Rome The Marathon. Only in Rome the marathon brings the runners into a dive in the past over 2500 years long.

Running the marathon is without a doubt a big emotion, running it without leaving our own traces in a city that has an epic history is an even more big one. There is no path in the world that could narrate a city as beautiful as Rome, a time travel that can be tasted step by step. Acea Run Rome The Marathon is the occasion to meet the glories and tragedies of an empire that has changed the history of the world, a pleasant distraction that will help the runners to distract from the fatigue and multiply the emotions. They will pass by over 30 monuments and historical and cultural sites; this is the only marathon in the world that can claim such an abundance. The marathoners are not the only ones who will enjoy such a shoe: in fact, the participants of the solidary relay Run4Rome will.

PATH/3 KM The first kilometer starts from Via dei Fori Imperiali, because of the presence of the Fori, a great political, administrative and judiciary monumental center from the Roman times, filled with citizens. The area was urbanized in the Middle Ages, but still today it narrates the history of Rome from a 10 meters depth. You look out right away on the Altare della Patria, whose decorations symbolize strength, action, sacrifice, thought and harmony. On the left, the Ara Coeli Insula, placed at the bottom of the stairway of Ara Co-

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eli on Via del Teatro di Marcello, a four-storey building that has been revised with the realization of a church dedicated to Santa Rita. The attention is immediately captured by Campidoglio, where the most famous anecdotes of Roma history happened, followed by Teatro Marcello, a unique ancient theatre that was used as a model to build the Colosseum in Rome. This can be all observed from the start at the first kilometer where Portuno’s Temple and Winning Ercole’s Temple appear, headquarter of the first market of Rome. Through Via dei Cerchi you will be able to admire the majesty of Circo Massimo, the chosen place for the chariot races in the Roman times, 600 meters long, 140 meters wide with a seating capacity of about 150000, outstanding numbers for another symbol of the city!

Once arrived to the third kilometer the majestic Cestia Pyramid can be observed, which was then became a bastion of the Aurelian Walls.

LUNGOTEVERI 4/15 KM The run will take place along the streets that coast the river, result of the construction post-unity walls that were buit to defend the city from the multiples and disastrous floods that had devastated the city in the past centuries.

Lungotevere Aventino, where Remo and Romolo were collected from the water of River Tiberis, Lungotevere de’ Cenci, places between Isola Tiberina

THE PATH and Campidoglio and Lungotevere dei trabordi will follow one another. This is one of the most beautiful riversides of Rome that connects ancient architectures and naturalistic charm, with the facing Gianicolo hill and the suggestion of platans, in a sort of continuity between the modern Lungotevere and Via Giulia.

KM 16/HALF MARATHON At the 16th kilometer there is Via della Conciliazione, born from the “small fascist” and then named after this to remember the Patti Lateranensi. On the right, on the opposite side for the entire itinerary there will be the “coridore”, the Passetto di Borgo, built to connect the Apostolic Palace with Castel Sant’Angelo, an escape for Popes when attacked. Heading for the Colonnato and the Basilica di San Pietro, an adrenaline shock with its majestic beauty, arriving to the half marathon in correspondence of of Ponte Cavour, built to connect Campo Marzio and Rione Prati.

KM 21/30 you go through the places that once were property the Olympic village, Piazzale dell’Acqua Acetosa, Via dei Campi Sportivi, Via dell’Agonistica, where Abebe Bikila, at the bottom of Arco di Costantino, wrote a new chapter of the marathon…barefoot!

Beyond this point the paths goes toward northern Rome and it is the biggest praying center of Italia, the Moschea that can be host up to 12000 believers.

KM 30/FINISHING LINE And here it is! Via del Corso! The most famous road of the city owes its name to the famous races, during carnival period, with the Berberi horses, that were forced to run sicked with pitch balls that were hit against their back. Their race was unfortunately stopped by a sort of wall composed by a hanging drape where those poor animals often impacted and died. The street is part

of the Romano Trident whose peak is in Piazza del Popolo, characterized by a magnificent obelisc and two twin churches that should have been perfectly symmetrical, but that really are not, but was a place made for executions and hangings until the first half of Nineteenth Century. Proceeding to Piazza di Spagna, captured in Vacanze Romane that began the myth of the eternal city; it is amongst the places which the myth of Rome has the most powerful bond to. It is very famous due to its stairway composed by 136 steps, at whose feet lies Barcaccia Fountain.

On the right of the stairway is placed the “Casina Rossa” that hosted the poet John Keats, among others. Through Piazza di Tor Sanguigna you will enter Piazza Navona, the “good” living room of the city, amongst the most famous squares of Rome thanks to its typical baroque style it has always been considered uno che most joyful historical sites of the capital. Originallly, it used to host Domiziano’s stadium that is placed about 10 m below the actual level of the street, the square took shape only in he Middle Ages, around 1400, when people started caring about the market that gained historical importance. After several urbanistic relocations Palazzo Pamphilj was realized, that today is headquarter of the Brazilian Embassy, then the Four Rivers Fountain and Chiesa di Sant’Agnese in Agone’s a Borromini.

KM 42 Arriving at Largo di Torre Argentina, on the right the Area Sacra di Largo Argentina, also known for the cat colony that lives there where Giulio Cesare was assassinated. Right in the center of the Foro Romano there are the remains of Tempio di Cesare, wanted by August. Piazza Venezia and Via dei Fori Imperiali are surpassed once again in order to reach the finishing line at the bottom of the Colosseum, symbol of Rome that has observed for over 2000 years, witness of all the upheavals of the city that survived two thousand years of history and stories almost unscathed, years that you have walked century by century in you stratospheric race!

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THE PATH

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LA MARATONA

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THE MARATHON

PROGRAMMA ORARIO

LIVE ON SKY SPORT UNO AND SKY SPORT ARENA SUNDAY 19TH MARCH FROM 7.55 AM ORARIO VENERDÌ 17 MARZO 2023 09:00 Expo Village opening – Palazzo dei Congressi – Piazzale Kennedy 1 – Roma 10:00 music by Radio 105 12:00 opening ceremony 12:45 People With Disabilities’ Helpers Inix Sport Group introduction 13:00 Luca di Capua’s introduction 13:00 1st charity moment – Airc and Sport Senza Frontiere 13:30 Talk: Environmental Sustainability – Dignity and Equality – with Andrea Pesce, founder of zeroCO2, Sustainability & Partnerships Strategist of ARRTM 14:00 explanation of the path 15:00 music by Radio 105 15:20 Waidy WOW, the app that is friends with water and environment - Patrizia Spisso Strategic Marketing Analyst – COO Acea Spa Area 15:45 Talk – Scientific Divulgation Event – Bite and Sports Performances with professor Michele D’Attilio, orthodontics and gnathology professor at Chieti – Pescara University 16:15 TALK - Acea Run Rome The Marathon, the Marathon that runs with Sapienza 16:45 TALK – a virtuous model of sanitary management with World Athletics – with Dr. Paolo Emilio Adami Health And Science Department Medical Manager 17:00 Paolo Venturini, the ultramarathoner, Record man and author of extraordinary ventures, tells us about MONSTER FROZEN, the docufilm about running in the colder place of the world!

17:30 music by Radio 105 20:00 Expo Village closing and race numbers withdrawal

SATURDAY 18TH MARCH 2023 SCHEDULE 09:00 Expo Village opening – Palazzo dei Congressi – Piazzale Kennedy 1 – Roma 10:00 music by Radio 105 11:00 explanation of the path 11:30 Athletica Vaticana presents Coppa degli Ultimi 12:00 Ethiopian Ermias Ayele runs barefoot in honor of Abebe Bikila

12:30 People With Disabilities’ Helpers Inix Sport Group introduction 12:45 explanation of the path 13:00 2nd Chariti Moment: Theleton 13;30 TALK – Un Sogno Nel Pallone – Aned + Special Olympics 14:00 the Italian marathons, how the skyline of these disciplines is evolving in our country. We will talk about it with some organizers.

14:30 TALK: Banco Alimentare – With Antonio Daood, President of Banco Alimentare Roma Odv Association 14:45 explanation of the path 15:30 2 different generations of marathoners compared: Alessandro Giacobazzi (Military Aeronauthics) and Giorgio Calcaterra (Calcaterra Sport) 16:15 dance groups show 16:30 introduction of the Top Runners 16:50 introduction of the race assistants: the Pacers 17:30 introduction of the Senators 18:00 music by Radio 105 20:00 Expo Village closing and race numbers withdrawal

SUNDAY 19 MARCH 2023 SCHEDULE 07:00 music by Radio 105 07:20 Ylenia e Pizza Animation by Radio 105 07:59 Frecce Tricolori show – Military Aeronautics 08:00 Start of the Marathon – 1st wave, yellow and orange race number 08:04 start of the marathon – 2nd wave, green and blue race number 08:08 start of the marathon – 3rd wave, white race number 08:15 AceaRun4Rome Relay start 08:30 Stracittadina SNaIFUN RUN 5km and Stracanina start 10:05 winner finish line of Acea Run Rome The Marathon 10:25 winner finish line of Acea Run Rome The Marathon 10:40 Male Podium Award Ceremony 10:50 Female Podium Award Ceremony 14:00 space under the stage dedicated to dance shows 14:45 time limit for marathon and relay finishing

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CORRIERE DELLO SPORT - STADIO

SPECIAL EDITION CORRIERE DELLO SPORT - STADI0 On Monday 20th March 2023 Special Edition Corriere dello Sport - Stadio Roma-Lazio On Monday 20th March 2023 the names of all the marathoners of Acea Run Rome The Marathon will be on the special edition of Corriere dello Sport – Stadium edition of Roma-Lazio.

A special insert is dedicated to Acea Run Rome The Marathon, to be preserved with the medal and the race number. Just like in the greatest marathons of the world the official classification of the marathon will be published with all the names of the finishers and the times of this great race.

Every team will be there on the classification, in order of arrival, with the four surnames of the participants of Acea Run4Rome relay.

A strong will of Corriere dello Sport – Stadium that appears among the organizers of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, one of the most prestigious Italian newspapers that writes about sport since many years ago, suports and loves the runners of the marathon of Rome and writes about running throughout the year with many articles on both the printed newspaper and the online pages of corrieredellosport.it/running.

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WWF

WWF AND TURTLE “VITTORIA”

THE MASCOTTE OF ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON WAS BORN WWF – It is the biggest world organization for Nature conservation, attending over 100 countries of the world where, thanks to the support of over 5 million people, it pursues more than 2000 projects for the protection of biodiversity.

In Italy WWF is operating in every region through a network of volunteers, local organizations and Guards who help managing over 100 Oasis.

WWF will run the solidary relay Run4Rome for Climate and Nature, in order to focus the attention on the urgent needs of defending and protecting nature by building a new relationship with the Planet, that provide us with all the resources that are necessary to life and because climate crisis and biodiversity loss are two sides of the same coin.

Two crisis feeding one another that together have a deep impact on the quality of our lives, on our safety and on the world we are building for the new generations. WWf Italia will participate in the relay race with 25 teams that will run with the panda shaped symbol.

SCOPRI L’AMPIO ASSORTIMENTO RUNNING

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Scarpe, abbigliamento e accessori dei migliori brand

Symbol of the synergy between “Acea Rome Run The Marathon and WWF will be the mascotte of the event, a Caretta caretta sea turtle: endangered species and protagonist of a “marathon” in the Mediterranean Sea that is full of menaces caused by mankind. First of all global warming, that raises the temperature of the seas and compromises the survive rate of sea turtles, altering the gender of the newborns and so the structure of the whole population.

In fact, temperature of sand that are higher than 29°C mostly originate females, with the risk of causing – in the long term – a scarcity of male individuals.

Then there is the rubbish: every year, 570 tons of plastic end up in the sea.

Western fishing, bycatch9, is a relevant threat to the species as well: it has been estimated that every year about 150 thousands sea turtles end up being accidentally captured by the fishing tools in the Mediterranean Sea, 40000 of which die.

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HISTORY

RECORD, PEACE TO UCRAINE, THE POPE: THE HISTORY OF ROME MARATHON

Name and stories that in the years have made the marathon of Rome a much more exciting event, worth of the history of the Eternal City DORANDO PIETRI - The queen distance in the Italian capital has a strong tradition. We could go over a century back, to 2nd April 1906, when the Emilian Dorando Pietri won the marathon reaching the finish line in Siena square.

ABEBE BIKILA - We could go back to 60 years ago, to that magic night of Roma Olympics of 1960, when the Ethiopian Abebe Bikila started the period of African marathoners, running barefoot for the whole race. He became a myth, his ride on Appia Antica, enlightened by torches is pure history of athletics, just like his winner picture as he arrived to Arco di Costantino.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - More golden medals, this time we are talking about World campionships, on 6th September 1987 with the victory of Kenyan-Japanese Douglas Wakiihuri, huge icon of world foot racing.

YESTERDAY AND TODAY - The marathon that we all know today originates in 1995 with Italia Marathon Club and in 2011 it is awarded the prestigious award Iaaf Gold Label. In 2019 the organization was entrusted to Fidal, from 2020 there is a new organizing committee formed by Infront, Corriere dello Sport – Stadium, Italia Marathon Club and Atielle Roma, because of Covid-19 the edition of 29th March 2020 unfortunately could not take place, a few weeks from the start the world had to stop for a global lockdown that did not allow the holding. New energies and a new edition in the Alba Edition Special Race of last 19 September 2021, the marathon of revival, resumption, come-

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HISTORY back dreaming a big international event in the Eternal City. Starting at dawn, with the rays of sunshine enlightening the monuments, Rome thanks to the marathon has had a new start and is back to running.

THE ITALIAN ACHIEVEMENTS In the last editions there were over 115 countries participating, while the male hall of fame there are 7 victories from Ethiopia, 14 from Kenya, 3 from Italy with Stefano Baldini, Ruggero Pertile and Alberico Di Cecco. On the female side we can find Russian victories, but also from Estonia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Algeria. There are also lots of people thanks to the victories of Franca Fiacconi, Maura Viceconte, Maria Guida, Maria Cocchetti, Gloria Marconi and Ornella Ferrara.

A RECORD-BREAKING 2022!

The male race of 2022 has recorded a new path record. The author was Bekele Fikre Tefera from Etiopia who wont in 2:06’48’’, breaking the previous record belonging to Benjamin Kiptoo Kolum from Kenia in 2009: 2:07’18’’. Record improved again by the second and third place of this edition, respectively the other Ethiopian Mamo Tadesse Temechachu (2:07’04’’) also the Moroccan Othamane El Goumri (2:07’16’’). 9 athletes have reached the finish line before 2h10’. For women is even more valid the record by Kebede Megertu Alemu (Ethiopia) who in April 2019 ran in 2h22’52’’ 2022 FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE Amongst the thousands of foreign participants there was the 30 years old Ukranian Viktoriia Gudyma, who came in Italy with her 10 years old child, directly from Varsavia where she sheltered right after the start of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Landed with no luggage in Fiumicino, thanks to the action of Athletica Vaticana, Viktoriia and her child have been hosted for a few days in the Institute of Suore Adoratrici del Sangue di Cristo in Via Labicana. The organizers of the marathon of Rome provided Viktoriia with new running shoes and a technical t-shirt and

shorts kit.and she thanked them in the best way, with that smile and that finish line in 3:28’19’’. These are her words: << I am very glad to be in Rome and about my race today. I ran for the Ukranian people, with my Country in my heart and the flag on the shoulders, with that blue representing peace.>> 2022 SPECIAL PACERS Annalisa Minetti and Sara Vargetto are two incredible women.

Minetti, paralympic athlete, with the determination and the attitude that characterizes her, has managed to reach her goal: to bring the marathoners and reach the finish line in 4 hours. There will be a Roma teenagers who is affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis, disease that forces her into move on a wheelchair. She shares with her father Paolo the passion for running and it was him that accompanied her in this adventure of 4 years and 10 minutes.

WITH THE POPE On the occasion of the Jubilee there was a run on 1st January 2022, a historical date. Giovanni Paolo II in Piazza San Pietro gave his greetings to all the participants lined up on the starting line of the marathon. In 2022 Pope Francesco greeted during the Angelus in Piazza San Pietro: “I greet the participants of the marathon of Rome, this year as an initiative by Athletica Vaticana several athletes have being involved in solidary projects. Congratulations.”

BAREFOOT The Kenyan Siraj Gena’s success in 2010 is unforgettable: he reached the finish line barefoot in honor of Abebe Bikila. The Ethiopian in 1960 was the first African to win in Olympic gold and ran the entire marathon barefoot, he had new shoes that were given to him just few hours before the beginning of the race, he preferred to be barefoot. Half a century after Siray Gena took her shoes off, about 500 meters from the finishing line from the arrival where one of Bikila’s kid was.

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PACER

READY TO TAKE OFF 175 BALLOONS OF THE PACERS GENEROSITY AND PASSION FOR 15 THOUSAND RUNNERS Great party also thank to the 175 Pacers, big-hearted runners from all over the world.

THE PACER - The balloons are ready for the 175 pacers that will escort about 15 thousands AceaRun Rome The Marathon runners.

HOW MANY - Thanks to the effort of Federica Romano, 175 pacer have been selected: 114 italian pacers, 61 foreign pacers of 15 nationalities (besides Italy): Belgium, Cheque Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Philippines, Ireland, Latvia, Holland, Norway, UK, USA. MISSION - To be a Pacer is a vocation where responsibility and satisfaction combines, becoming one, the aim is to run a marathon with the effort of conducing a group to the finish line in a determined time.

The pacers are always ready to give advice, to reassure, to set the constant rhythm, to keep the moral up in difficult moments, to prepare their fellow companions for their next turn or to collect the public’s cheers. It is a role of great generosity that ends to the hall of the stopwatch., when the effort of every runner turns into joy and the effort of pacers turns into the hug of those who thank them for making it, for living a wonderful dream with the group.

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30 TIME SLOTS After 2h50’-3h00’, 5’ split from 3h to 4h30 then a split every 10’ from 4h30 to 5h30, the a split every 15’.

- 2h50’ - 3h00’ - 3h05’ first wave alone - 3h10’ - 3h15’ - 3h20’ - 3h25’ - 3h30’ first and second wave - 3h35’ - 3h40’ - 3h45’ - 3h50’ -3h55’ - 4h00’ - 4h05’ - 4h10’ - 4h15’- 4h20’ - 4h25’ - 4h30’- 4h40’ - 4h50’ - 5h00’ second and third wave - 5h10’ - 5h20’ - 5h30’ - 5h45’ - 6h00’ - 6h15’- 6h30’ third wave alone Pacers and fit walking instructors will bring the enthusiasts of this discipline in 5h30’00’’ or 6h30’00’’.

PACER WHERE TO FIND THEM – The runners who want to establish an emotional bond before the race will be able to meet the pacers at the PACER stand in the Expo Village and during the official presentation that will take place in Expo on Saturday 18th March in the afternoon.

VARGETTO - Pushed by her father Paolo, the young Sara Vargetto will be in the Pacer team 2023, a girl affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a inflammatory disease that leads to the degeneration of the joints and that appears at an early age by alternating recrudescence and remission phases and that forces her to use a wheelchair. Her energy and her smile will be fundamental for the group that will follow her.

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THE RELAY

ACEA RUN4ROME, THE RELAY RACE A 4 PEOPLE’S JOB FOR SOLIDARITY

Shared commitment, guaranteed fun, solidarity and a dive into the magic of Rome, all this is Acea Run4Rome relay race THE RELAY – In Acea Run4Rome Relay the team is the important thing. A team who is capable of accomplishing an achievement, of winning, of finishing the marathon with 4 people and doing the right thing because the soul of Acea Run4Rome is deeply solidary. To define Acea Run4Rome 5 words do the trick: solidarity, freedom, friendship, health, teamwork.

project. The fun is guaranteed, the excitement is multiplied by four because next to you there will be you teammates, who run for and with you, to win together. About 10 km each, it takes very little and it can be done also because 19th March 2023 party will even bigger compared to the past, more music, activities in the exchanging point.

To Acea Run4Rome means to the right thing for ourselves and for others and to really feel marathoners. But it is not just about running 10 km each. This is not just a race against the stopwatch or the opponents. It is more about supporting the No Profit Organizations that have joined the project and believing together, working as a team, in an ethical, social and concrete

Tu run Acea Run4Rome is an important goal but it can be done because divided we fall, united we stand, in order to follow your dreams, in one of the most suggestive paths of the world, starting and finishing at Fori Imperiali, passing by Vittoriano ad Piazza Venezia, Circo Massimo and Lungotevere, Castel Sant’Angelo, Viale della Conciliazione ad Basilica di San Pietro.

You are here, do it for yourself, for your teammates, for those who need it

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THE RELAY

Changing point Location

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Start

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Via dei Fori Imperiali

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Piazza Azeglio Ciampi

Km 13,000

Km 13,000

2nd change S2

Lungotevere Oberdan

Km 24,800

Km 11,800

3nd change S3

Via XVII Olimpiade

Km 32,000

Km 7,200

Finish S4

V. dei Fori Imperiali

Km 42,195

Km 10,195

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CHARITY

CHARITY PROGRAM

RUN4ROME RUNS WITH 15 ASSOCIATIONS On Sunday 19th March along with Acea Rome Rome The Marathon there is Run4Rome solidary relay. 15 associations joining the solidary system.

THE ASSOCIATIONS – To submit and participate means to support the following realities and their projects, described below: Lorenzo’s Star by Onlus, Sport City Foundation, Airc, Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus, Ey Foundation, Matteo’s World Onlus, Rotary District 2080, Alzheimer Marathon Foundation, Banco Alimentare Roma, Operation Smile Italia Ets Foundation, Telethon ETS Foundation, WWF, Associazione Italiana Progeria Sammy Basso Aps Onlus, Aned e Special Olympics Italia.

LORENZO’S STAR

ROTARY DISTRICT

Onlus was born at the end of 2012 at the wish of Lorenzo Fabbri’s parents, suddenly passed away in the night of 29th September of the same year after a fatal arrhythmia, caused by an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, a pathology unknown to everyone in the family. In fact, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is a genetic degenerative pathology that has no cure at the moment, that is very often asymptomatic, and it is one of the most common causes of sudden death of youngsters; in Italy, about 4 youngsters every 100000 citizens are affected by it every year. To raise awareness among families on the importance of prevention when talking about heart diseases with a focus on dangerous arrhythmias at young ages, Lorenzo’s Star by Onlus conducts ECG screening campaigns in preschools, elementary and middle schools, in partnership with Baby Jesus Pediatric hospital and Niguarda hospital; until today over 20000 children and teenagers have done an electrocardiograms, free at no cost for families, thanks to the funds allocated

by Onlus. Donations are included in this project too: of medical equipment such as electrocardiographs and holters to hospitals; defibrillators to schools. Within the framework of research of a medicinal product that might cure this pathology, stopping the course, Lorenzo’s Star by Onlus funds the experimentation conduced by the Biology Department of University of Padova. info@lastelladilorenzo.org

We thank you for the kind gesture that you are about to make and for joining us in this campaign to eradicate Polio, for contributing in writing together the world “END”, that is the next one.

Uno of the most important projects by Rotary International is the fight against poliomyelitis, supported by PolioPlus project, born in 1985. If over 30 years ago 350 thousands cases were recorded every year in the world, last year only seven new cases were recorded and now poliomyelitis is confined to only two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. For many years now the Rotary District 2080 has pledged in Rome, Lazio and Sardinia to raise funds for vaccination all over the world, participating in various sports events. Support our solidary race! Along with the runners, the relays, the walkers of the 5 km Stracittadina (Fun Run Rome The Marathon), we are happy to have you by our side. Distretto2080maratonaroma2023@gmail.com

WWF It is the biggest global organization for Nature conservation, operating in more than 100 countries of the world where, thanks to the support of 5 million people, pursues more than 2000 projects for the protection of biodiversity. In Italy WWF is operating in every region through a network of volunteers, local organizations and Guards who allow to manage over 100 Oasis. WWF Italia will run Tun4Rome solidary relay for Climate and Nature with 25 teams who will wear the Panda shaped logo to focus the attention on urgent need to counteract global warming and protecting nature by building a new harmonic relationship with the Planet, that provides us with the resources that are necessary to life, and to show that climate crisis and biodiversity loss are two sides of a coin. Two crisis that feed each other and that together have an enormous impact on the quality of our lives, on our safety and on the world we are building for the new generations. Read more on wwf.it

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ALHEIMERS MARATHON FOUNDATION It generated from the solidary sport event Alzheimer Marathon, with the aim of establishing and spreading the culture of human rights of people who suffer from dementia, improving their lives and the lives of their families, merging the topics of cure and support and those of prevention and scientific research. Run with Alzheimer Marathon Foundation to dive a voice to over a million people who summer from dementia. segreteria@fondazionemaratonaalzheimer.it

CHARITY

AIRC

MATTEO’S WORLD BY ONLUS

From 1965 fighting with courage against cancer, AIRC Foundation for cancer research supports innovative scientific projects thanks to constant and transparent fund raising, spreads scientific information, promotes the culture of prevention in houses, squares and schools. It can count on 4 million and a half supporters, 20 thousands volunteers and 17 regional committees that guarantee that over 5000 researchers – 62% of which are women and 55% under 40 – have the necessary resources to bring the results from the laboratories to the patients as fast as possible. In 55 years of efforts AIRC have distributed over 1 billion and seven hundreds thousands euros for cancer research funding (the data are updated to 20th January 2022). run4.roma@airc.it

This association was born from the will to spread sports paths, everyday life, experiences that allowed Mateo to grow up in a very particular world. Matteo was diving and life champion. Despite the many difficulties he had to bear, he taught everyone what is like to live your life with a smile on your face. So, become solidary champion and submit now! To run for Matteo’s World means to support scholarships for oncologic research, to donate equipment for pediatric oncohaematological departments, to bring the magic of Christmas to the little ones in the oncology wards of Baby Jesus’ pediatric hospital of Rome, to realize the project “Teach me how to smile” for those young patients with language disorders. mmarchetti17@gmail.com

OPERATION SMILE ITALIA ETS FOUNDATION It is part of an international Organisation that cures children and adults who were born with facial deformities such as labiopalatoschisis, trains local medical staff, supports research activities on pathologies, provides patients and their families with care thanks to highly specialized staff, thousands of volunteer doctors and students from all over the world, it promotes sensibilization and fund raising initiatives.

Moreover, it collaborates with other non profit organizations, with governments and local sanitary systems in order to guarantee every child and person’s right to have access to free, secure and quality cures, anywhere in the world. From 1892, Operation Smile has cured more than 340000patientz all over the world and today it counts on a global network of 6000 volunteer doctors and healthcare professionals, 100 of which are Italian, with the aim of improving quality and access to surgical treatment and multi-disciplinary medical care for patients with facial deformations in low and medium income Countries. prenotazioni@operationsmile.it THELETON FOUNDATION One of the main Italian biomedical charities. For over 30 years it has been working every day in order to find new cures against rare genetic diseases and to make them affordable for patients, to diagnose unknown pathologies and to give back a concrete hope for life to those who have to deal with these pathologies, that in 70% of cases affect children in the earliest years of their lives, compromising their chance to have a future. From 1990, Telethon Foundation has invested over 623 million euros in research, funding 2804 projects, involving 1676 researchers and has studied more than 580 diseases. We have achieved unique results, creating Strmvelis and Libmeldy, therapies that cure the children who are affected by ADA_SCID and metachromatic leukodystrophy. 4 extra therapies are today in advanced clinic experimentation. aziende@telethon.it

ANED National Emodialized Dialisis and Transplant Association – from 1972 deals with nephropathic people. It has contributed to the improvement of the life of dialyzed and transplanted patients, working in order to guarantee them civic, sanitary and social safeguards. For 20 years our Association has promoted sport as a powerful mean of redemption from illness and of active witness of will to live and health of dialyzed and transplanted patients. ANED SPORT Committee is now a very active section of the Association and includes a wider sport representation, consisting of people who have immediate dialysis or transplant of every organ or tissue. Our sport activity aims to promotion and organ donation as well and to sensibilization of public opinion. Aned Sport organizes every event on a national level that include the participation of Athletes from every part of Italy and who fraternally compete in various discipline in the spirit of friendship. segreteria@aned-onlus.it

SPORT SENZA FRONTIERE The mission of Sport Senza Frontiere is social inclusion of children though sport, who live a social or economic distress. Participating in Run Rome The Marathon to support the summer project Joy: the educational summer project by Sport Senza Frontiere, that includes the residential summer camp (JOY SUMMER CAMP), food education and healthy lifestyles workshops, educative-creative workshops and digital workshops (JOY-LAB), summer sport center (JOY_POINT) and mini camp in the middle of nature (Joy Nature).

With these activities Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus aims to help children to live a peaceful summer, in the spirit of fun, of living together and friendship. These are children who, at the end of school, have no alternatives. To run with Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus means to help children who live a social and economic distress and risk social exclusion. (corripernoi@sportsenzafrontiere.it)

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EY FOUNDATION ONLUS

SPORT CITY FOUNDATION

This foundation was instituted in 2012, wanted by the Italian entity of EY network dedicated to professional services of revision and accountability organization, fiscal and legal assistance, transaction and consulting. EY Foundation Onlus is the operating arm of the planning and implementing of Corporate Responsibility programs and projects of EY network in Italy and the planning and realization of projects for social solidarity. The projects are mainly addressed to teenagers who want to achieve professional formation goals, or who are expected to deal with a disease or a home-based aftercare or a difficult situation. The mission: to create a new system of participative relationships in order to open the possibility to new life paths, also for those who do not believe it is possible, to build a sustainable future. Fondazioneeyitalia@it.ey.com

It enters for the first time the Charity Program of The Marathon of Rome, with the aim of promoting and supporting the ‘sportivisation’ of Italian cities. The city parks and squares become place for sport, ready to host sports activities that can be attended by the whole community. SportCity Foundation brings free sport into Italian cities on the occasion of SportCity Day and it will form SportCity trainers in every city that will be a hosting location who are able to teach how to play a sport in the urban areas in complete safety and with the best result. Let us improve the ideas for the city where people train every day. presidenza@fondazionesportcity.it

PROGERIA SAMMY BASSO APS ONLUS ITALIAN ASSOCIATION Association born in 2005 that since its foundation looks after the promotion of studies on progeria, from its scientific aspects to the most human aspects connected to patients’ everyday life experiences. It particularly deals with fund raising for research; mediating true scientific information to specialists and Universities, to schools and to the big public; to promote scientific partnerships between researchers, doctors and specialists from different equipes and different countries of the world; supporting families with progeria in whatever involves the choice of a path to follow and dealing with everyday life challenges; being a trustworthy high level interlocutor to whom Italian, European and Foreign Institutions can speak.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ITALIA For the first time Special Olympic Italia will participate in Run4Rome charity Marathon, the relay race in world’s most beautiful and suggestive city, involving its athletes, in order to promote the inclusion of the people who suffer from intellectual disabilities. By joining their team you will be definitely provided with effective support and you will realize of the dream of the athletes who were invited in June to World Summer Special Olympic Games in Berlin. You will run to improve society, tearing down every barrier and prejudice towards those who are often marginalised. staffmarketing@specialolympics.it

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BANCO ALIMENTARE ROMA For over 30 years, Banco Alimentare Roma is a moving point in the fight against food waste and in food recovery to give it to those in need. Thanks to the involvement of Banco, the marathon will be in the name of food waste reductions: every alimentary good that might remain in refreshment points along the path will be retrieved by the loading agencies without any profit, in order to be virtuously used for food assistance of those in need.

An important partnership that shows how even in the most challenging routes towards big achievements we can assure that nobody is ever really left behind. ufficio@bancoalimentareroma.it

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RUN4ROME WELCOMES SAMMY BASSO’S BIG GROUP AND HIS GLADIATORS

The relay is painted with passion for life and love for sport with Sammy Basso and the Sammy runners.

At the start of Run4Rome the special team of “the man who still has a long way to run”, Sammy Basso. Sammy was born with progeria, a rare genetic condition characterized by early ageing that, despite the difficulties, has never stopped him realizing his several goals. Sammy is the President of Progeria Italian Association (A.I.Pro.Sa.B) founded by himself in order to inform about progeria and raise funds for research about diagnosis and cure of this rare genetic condition. He has been usually hosted in many events, and he will be in Rome Sunday 19th Match with his special wheelchair and his Sammy runners.

He has a Natural Sciences and Molecular Biology degree and he was knighted by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Sammy has traveled many times to USA to contribute to the studies on his genetic condition and to take part in therapeutic journeys, with the aim of slowing down the course of progeria, a path that represents a small success in his longevity, Sammy is in fact the world’s oldest subject with of progeria. Among all these

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things, the love for sport and for running, a social mean of the extraordinary power of reaching every runner’s heart and informing about progeria. In 2016 the participation in Venice Marathon with the special Joelette and all the enthusiasm of the Sammy Runners, a journey that went on to Milan Marathon in 2020 and 2022, before coming back to Laguna in October. In the middle of February Sam took part in Giulietta&Romeo Half Marathon as a step towards Run4Rome.

HYSTORY/BAREFOOT

FOLLOWING BIKILA’S STEPS, AFRICA’S FIRST TIME.

ERMIAS AYELE, BAREFOOT AT ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON In honor of the Olympic marathoner Abebe Bikila, Ermias Ayele will run barefoot

A race inside Rome’s thousand-years history, this is a special achievement why for an Acea Run Rome The Marathon marathoner, one to live with even more intense emotions, between the antiquity of world’s most beautiful city and the river of runners.

Next 19th March there will also be the Ethiopian Ermes Ayele among the characters chosen by Rome to run in history, to tell and make its story and to remember a magical history, Abebe Bikila’s.

the African continent, the first one by a black person in a marathon, and improved the Olympic record (2h15’ 16’’), all this barefoot, as he was used to inflaming, dusty and stone Ethiopian roads. He outdid his opponent barefoot, right under the Axum obelisk, stolen by Mussolini in 1937 as a trophy of Italian colonialism in Ethiopia, and run to win in the dark under the Arch of Costantino and then said “I run barefoot to better hear what the road whispers to me”.

ABEBE BIKILA - Just pronouncing his name you can get ERMIAS AYELE - In honor of the Ethiopian Lion there will goosebumps; the modest and proud-eyed Ethiopian, the be the Ethiopian Ermias Ayele, ex race director of the noOlympic marathoner with a past as a farmer then be- ble Great Ethiopian Run organized by the champion Haile Gebreselassie. come the emperor Hailé Selassié’s personal bodyguard, a simple man who “inspired by the figure of Abebe Bikila, Volevo che il mondo is able to bare every effort. In 1960 he I started running barefoot, finishing arrived to the Olympics in Rome thanks the 10 km Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian sapesse che to the insistence against the Ethiopian Run in 2021 and in 2022 in 44’53’’ and il mio paese, government of his trainer Onni Niska44’27’’, just like Hawassa Half Maranen, a Swedish man with Finnish orithon in 1h42’00” – said Ayele. “my bigl’Etiopia, gins, but also thanks to Abebe Wakjera’s gest dream is to run the World Major ha sempre vinto injury, who has qualified before him, Marathon barefoot, Bikila started but who irresponsibly played a football with the Olympics in Rome in 1960 con determinazione game the day before leaving for Italy. about 62 years ago and I want to ed eroismo Bikila, invisible to everyone, was the only start my long journey at Acea Run one really conscious of his strength, and Rome The Marathon 2023”, he conAbebe Bikila he won the first Olympic gold medal of cluded.

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THREE STORIES OF ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON: THE DOCUSERIES

Paths, motivations, training and dreams of three runners who chose Acea Run Rome The Marathon The protagonist of the first episode is Maty Fuczylo, a Polish runner, who lives in Warsaw. Rome will be his first marathon. He works as a speaker in one of the main polish radios and has a passion for Italian language and culture, so big that he has a lesson a week…

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The protagonist of the second episode is Walter Giangiuglio, 41 years old, he lives in Rome, near the sea. He started running after the lockdown to lose wight and now he has become a runner. Acea Run Rome The Marathon will be his first marathon, in Roma, his own city, among the monuments that he sees while he is working as a driver and on Father0s Day. He will run for his daughter too and he will reach the finish line with her…

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The protagonists of the third episode are Brian Williams and Steve Cudd – a couple of friends, the first is 77 years old and South African, the second is English and almost 70 years old. They both live in Ginevra where they have worked for almost 20 years. They have already run some marathons together, but for both of them it will be the first time in Rome.

The run to finish the marathon before 6 hours and qualify for Comrades Ultra Marathon, race that takes place in South Africa, the country where Brian had to run away from during apartheid as he was a State enemy.

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SN4IFUN, FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND TO DO THE RIGHT THING

SN4IFUN Run is the Stracittadina bond to Acea Run Rome The Marathon on the 5km distance. To walk, run, be together, live the city in a spring Sunday morning, to feel freedom and lightheartedness on your skin.

Starting from Fori Imperiali and arriving to Circo Massimo, fun, innovative and sustainable, with a lot of music and surprises. Every person of all ages can participate, there is no need to present a competitive medical certificate.

Those who subscripted will have: • The free memorial t-shirt, made of runners’ technical fabric, signed by the technical partner Joma.

• The prize medal (reserved to under 18 people).

• The Gym Bag with eventual sponsor products.

SOLIDARITY-SN4IFUN RUN has a strong solidary soul, as always in the history of this event. The effort and collaboration of CSV Lazio (Voluntary Service Center) partner of SN4IFUN Run are fundamental, partner that will organize a new edition of “Together for the Common Good – Good Deeds Day”, the big event dedicated to volunteering. A partnership that stands while time passes, to share and approaching the different associations on the territory of Rome and Lazio that treat social and

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FUN RUN/STRACANINA sanitary assistance, protection of the environment, culture, sport, and much more. For every Association this becomes a chance of visibility, presentation, of recruiting new volunteers and fund raising because on the occasion of the Stracittadina the Associations can collect the subscriptions to the event and keep a part of the income to invest in projects that each of them is constantly developing.

GREEN - SNA44IFUN RUN launches an important project that must be supported, named Zero Co2 that envisages the planting of a tree for every one of the first 3 thousands who will subscribe and the chance of doubling the plant-

ing thanks to the possibility of leaving an offer when purchasing the race number.

SUBSCRIPTION - It is possible to subscribe to SNAIFUN Run with the following options through the official website of the event www.runromethemarathon.com with the following costs: • Individual young (0-8 years) € 3,00 – just race number + medal • Individual adult (more than 8 years old) €13,00 - race number + race kit + medal (if applicable) • Groups of 4 people or more (over 8 years old) €10,0 – each from the 4th who subscribes - race number + race kit + medal (if applicable).

STRACANINA Stracanina is the six-legged event connected to SN4IFUN Run, the 5 km Stracittadina that will take place along with Run Rome The Marathon, the great and international Marathon of Rome. There is room for everyone, adults and children and their dogs too, of every size and breed, either to run o to walk, and it will start at 9.15 am from Via dei Fori Imperiali and will finish 5 km later, at Circo Massimo. A big news, not to be missed, at the beginning od spring, to rediscover a Roman Sunday morning, thinking about health, fun, music and the unresolved bond between pet and owner. The love that runs equally.

The subscriptions for Stracanina Sn4iFun Run are open at the cost of €3,00 for your furry friend. The harness will be available for every participating dog and there will be many activities at Circo Massimo.

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SN4IFUN RUN IS WITH CVS LAZIO Stracittadina DN4IFUN Run has a strong solidary soul; as it has always been in the history of this event the partnership with CSV Lazio (Voluntary Services Center) is fundamental, partner that will organize a new edition of “Together for the Common Good - Good Deeds Day”, the great event that promotes solidarity end the practice off good actions, as volunteering has always done: together for the common interest.

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ciding with the Fun Run, and on 15th April concomitantly with” Rome cures Rome”, another event that is promoted by community Roma dedicated to the citizens’ active participation to social life.

Come to its Eight Edition in Rome, “Together for the Common Good - Good Deeds Day” is an event of social activation at an international level taking place in a hundred countries of the world with Four million subscriptions. It is promoted in Italy by CSV Lazio, Volunteering Service Center of Lazio.

On Sunday 19th March about 100 of Associations that joined the event will wait for the participants in the amateur race at the 5km finish line: Circo Massimo. The concerned area will be prepared with stands of the associations that will have the role of presenting themselves and involving the citizens in games, sports and cultural activities, preventive healthcare initiatives and much more. A day of 360 entertainment for both adults and children, and for your furry friends too.

Good Deeds Day is characterized by solidary initiatives and interest in the common good, spread in the city of Rome, thanks to the widespread presence and activity of volunteers associations. This is why it has received for two years in a row the medal of the Presidency of the Republic. This year the GDD is taking place on Sunday 19th March, coin-

As every year whoever wants to run can subscribe at the Stracittadina also thanks to the volunteer organizations that join the Good Deeds Day, providing their activities with a small contribute. Along with the voluntary support program implemented by Fun Run in partnership with CSV Lazio, the associations can collect the subscriptions and

STRACITTADINA keep part of the outcome to invest in developing the several work in progress projects.

Together to… realize our dream at Acea Run Rome The Marathon. In 2023 the special group of helpers for people with disabilities is back again.

Acea Run Rome the marathon is an event for everybody, marvelous mean of inclusion and sharing. As it has happened in Rome for many years, there is room and cheers for the helpers who report to INiX, that stands for ‘Insiemeper...’ it is a title to be completed and continued with ‘realizing our dream’, but it could be anything. The important thing is “Insiemeper…”, that is officially a sports club affiliated with EPS (UISP); INiX has in

its DNA the purpose and the possibility of doing, that can and must meet with the opportunity of doing.

Chaired by the engineer Guerrino Fosca, ‘Insiemeper…’ will be realizing a dream at the Marathon of Rome for and with others. Francesco D’Andrea, one of the five funding members, defines it: “We are here for others, for whoever wants to realize their dream - says an enthusiast Francesco - to let a person with disabilities to run a marathon in their wheelchair is the combination of two dreams: the helpers’ the helped ones’.

At Acea run Roma the Marathon there will be helpers and helped ones in the usual proportion 1:1. The group will be formed by 21 kids in their wheelchairs and the same numbers of helpers.

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SUSTAINABILITY

Since 2021 Acea Run Rome The Marathon has applied an important sustainable development policy for Italy’s biggest and most attended sports event. An Iso20121 certification has already been obtained, and the reaching goal is more and more ambitious.

ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON SPORTS EVENT MORE AND MORE SUSTAINABLE

During the last two editions, thanks to the help of Banco Alimentare Roma, 64 tons of materials were collected; it equals the weight of over 30 cars ROMA – Ever since its debut in 2021 one of the greatest challenges of Acea Run Rome The Marathon is to become a more sustainable marathon, and it is not easy to achieve the final result for Italy’s most attended sport event, that will include about 30,000 subscriptions including the marathon, the solidary relay Acea Run4Rome and the Stracittadina SN4I FUN Run. Several goals have already been achieved, others are even more ambitious and require more time, but the challenge and the final aim are as important as possible. For the next edition on 19th March 2023 the organizers of the event, Infront Italy, Corriere dello Sport – Stadium, Italian Marathon Club and Atielle, In partnership with Sustainability Partner Circularity - Benefit Society operating in the world of circular economy - are taking auction in order to reduce the environmental impact of the marathon.

“Sustainable management”, certified ISO 20121 - the organization has adopted a sustainable management system that allowed it to obtain ISO 20121 “Sustainable Event Management” certification, released by Ente Certificatore Rina. The starting point to define the sustainable development policy of the event has been about evaluating

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economic, social and environmental impacts of the event with clear and pragmatic objectives: economically, to reduce, reuse and recycle in order to limit waste; socially, to promote and adopt ethical behaviors and record the environmental impacts in order to reduce the negative ones and optimize the positive ones.

The management of the organization, basing on the indications imposed by the ISO 20121 international standard, has so defined a formal document of “Sustainable Development Politics”, in accordance with the objective of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, shared with its stakeholders. Particularly, the main stakeholders have received a picture of evaluation of their respective goals and contributes, regarding sustainable development goals, in accordance with the Indication of 2030 Agenda written

by United Nations: our system of guidelines with the aim of meeting the demands of constant improvement of the management system of Acea Run Rome The Marathon.

2021 AND 2022 RESULTS Among the results there is the reduction of food waste, a more sustainable mobility, compensation of CO2 emissions, a better use of resources and waste.

Running is sustainable: it requires passion, perseverance and persistency. Who runs knows that everything depends on the impact with the ground and to speed up you need to be light. This is how Acea Run Rome The Marathon with his circularity partner, zero CO2, Banco Alimentare Roma, Rina and Plastic Free Odv Onlus, wants to be: light on the impact, quickly reaching the finish line.

A goal that sees a reduced environmental impact in 2023, mostly in the reduction of food waste, sustainable mobility, compensation of emissions a better use of resources and waste.

In the past editions, thanks to the active contribute of Banco Alimentare Roma ODV Association and to the initiatives that were organized with circularity and sustainability partners, among others, 40 tons of water where collected, 16 tons of isotonic beverages, 170 kg of oranges, 950 kg of apples, 328 kg of food, 90 kg of bananas, 100 kg of snacks, 3920 T-shirts and 2400 bags for a total of 64 tons. This is a contribute that assumes a social value as well, because the network provides with assistance and over 100,000 indigents in the city of Rome and in Lazio.

Trees are considered as the most efficient and cheap technology that is able to compensate greenhouse gasses: Acea Run Rome The Marathon, in partnership with zero CO2 and thanks to the contribute of the participants of the marathon, has created, between 2022 and 2023 a forest of 6000 trees in Guatemala that allows to absorb 3870 tons of CO2.

The attention is also particularly focused on the means of transport that are used during the race, for the mobility of the athletes and their equipment: the existent fleet has been supplemented until it reached a donation of up to 60% of the means of transport that use hybrid or completely electric power supply. In the past two years, Acea Run Rome The Marathon has also improved its circularity level, selecting and collecting waste that was destined to recycling. The waste generated from the marathon have been 13,910 kg, 1670 kilos of which consists of plastic and 1740 kilos of paper.

The activity of collecting and selecting has allowed the start of recycling 54% of plastic, almost equal to 902 kilos, and 85% of paper, equal 1479 kg of retrieved paper.

The organization of the Marathon of Rome has put in effort so as to make it one of Italy’s most sustainable events, thanks to our strategy and our development plan that includes the effort of the organizers of the event, along with the stockholders and the involved partners. The model of sustainability that the Marathon of Rome has been implementing can become the best practice to replicate on the occasion of the big sports and cultural events in Italy, such as football games or concerts – comments Camilla Colucci, founder and CEO of circularity.

THE NEXT GOALS AND NEWS OF 2023 EDITION Circularity assists the Marathon of Rome in its sustainable journey and deals with estimating and recording the emissions of the event to identify solutions of reduction and compensation that are more and more efficient. It also accompanies the marathon towards the goal of becoming “plastic free”, beyond having contributed to an important news of this edition: thanks to G-Tech partner, two eco-ecompactors will be installed, that select plastic waste reducing their volume, that will be placed inside the Expo area of the event.

Acea Run Rome The Marathon commits to planting over 3000 trees in this year edition (in addition to the three thousands of last year) in Guatemala, Pèten region, with the

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double aim of absorbing CO2 emissions and supporting the economy and the nutrition of local farming families. All the participants can contribute in the moments of the subscription to Acea Run Rome The Marathon forest by purchasing one or more trees in order to fight against CO2 emissions.

Moreover, circularity has realized formation activities and workshops about specific needs of the Organization in order to supplement the principles of sustainability and circular economy inside their organizing strategy. Furthermore, SDGs (sustainable development goals) were identified, that are connected to the virtuous initiatives that are implemented.

The ambitious aim of Acea Run Rome The Marathon for the next years is achieving carbon neutrality. In order to efficiently and concretely respond to the challenges that are necessary for a more sustainable marathon, circularity has in fact structured a road map on a long term started in 2021 edition, introducing a path of sustainability with the aim of recording - with transparency and constant improvement - the carbon footprint of the most impacting activities of the event, supplementing virtuous initiatives of sustainability and circular economy that allow the reduction of the measured emissions.

On the website of the marathon (https://www.runromethemarathon. com/sostenibilita/#popmake-5963) there is the Vademecum of sustainability for every enthusiast and participant to read it, with the sustainability policy of the event.

The turtle is the new mascot of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, in agreement with WWF, it was chosen as a symbol of support for the endangered species.

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Every advertisement banner in TNT(fabric not fabric) placed on the day of the race on the fences that indicates the path are made of recycled materials, in the spirit of supporting our growing attention on the topic of environmental protection, including the delivery processes and in general in the whole organization of the sports event.

CIRCULARITY - Circularity is an innovative startup with 100% Italian funding, supported at 20% by Innovatech, leader company in the clean tech sector, market-listed every next growth Milan of Italian Stock Exchange (already AIM Italy). The startup, founded in June 2018, is captained

by Camilla Colucci, cofounder and CEO of the society.

Circularity is a benefit society, meaning it supplements its social objectives, besides profitable objectives, with the aim of having a positive impact on the society and on the environment. The innovative startup has developed the 1st and unique platform for industrial symbiosis of Italian companies, that puts online the advocates of the production, transformation and waste and materials management processes, in order to start paths of sustainability and circular economy. Thanks to its team of professionals and sustainability and materials engineering experts and thanks to its qualified Partner Network, Circularity also develops apps and manages consultancy projects aimed to accompany the companies along the path of integration of sustainability and circularity inside their business model.

Website: www.circularity.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/circularity-be-circular/

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MUSIC, DANCE AND A LOT OF JOY, ROME ORGANIZES A PARTY FOR EVERY KILOMETER OF THE MARATHON A lot of fun to lighten the runners’ effort A lot of emotions, it is party time

Almost 40 different activities in 42 kilometers of ground and sampietrini, of monuments and magical places that are famous all over the world. For the 15,000 marathoners, the relay runners of Acea Run Rome The Marathon and also for the participants of the Stracittadina SN4IFUN Run, but also for the entire city of Rome there will be a lot of emotions.

A marathon is made of running and cheering, but Acea Run Rome The Marathon is also made of live music, DJ sets, dances, sports, radio 105 music and the tenor singer Carlo Assogna, music bands of every genre, drum shows, Original Brazilian Samba, drums and drummers, cheerleaders, in short, color and warmth.

The new meets the ancient thanks to Gruppo Storico Legionari, the social and environmental participation with the artists that will perform the mural and then dancers, sound and light games, many side events of an international marathon, the biggest marathon in Italy and one of the most awaited marathons of all time. The warm greeting of Rome organizes a joyful show to approach the finish line.

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FOR ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON 5 trainings to leave the group emotions of the preparation for the race.

The trip towards Acea Run Rome The Marathon starts many months before Sunday 19th March, it is an itinerary whose extraordinary emotions can be shared thanks to the group trainings. At the beginning of September the calendar of the five group trainings by Get Ready was written, trainings that were realized thanks to the effort of Federica Romano with the renewed participation of the Olympic Andrea Giocondi, the official coach of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, that will guide the training.

It is an unmissable occasion: every training is a real event, with radio 105 music, with the distribution of gadgets and the presence of selected official Pacers of the event. Every Get Ready is a party full of fun and adrenaline, and it is the occasion of meeting new friends and to learn something either theoretical or practical about running and to be at the center of everything in order to arrive prepared and happy, to realize the glorious dream of reaching the finish line in Fori imperiali, right in front of the Colosseum.

THE DATES Sunday 20th November, Villa Borghese Pincio terrace, fit walkers 7’ and 5’ tests Saturday 10th December 2022, , Villa Borghese Pincio Terrace, alternating paces; Saturday 14th January, Ponte Milvio Ponte Milvio, 22 km; Saturday 11th February, Ponte Milvio Ponte Milvio, the objectives of the marathon, 27.5 km; Saturday 11th March, Vaticano - Piazza San Pietro hundreds of athletes and poor people of Sant’Egidio’s community will be involved..

And to let us all live this magic, the Get Ready trainings are going “on tour”, are becoming itinerants, spreading all over Italy and abroad.

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GET READY ON TOUR

ROME(AND ITS MARATHON) IS LIMITLESS Acea Run Rome The Marathon doubles its effort with the group trainings adding to Get Ready in the city of Rome, an on tour program has been activated with 18 appointments in Italy and abroad.

ROMA – Roma Caput Mundi. And the runners from all over the world know it well, those who are already training for Acea Run Rome The Marathon of 19th March 20223. As it has already happened in the past editions the Marathon of Rome has traveled with 18 appointments of Get Ready On Tour, as the Marathon of Rome is too big and beautiful to be limited inside the edge of city, an emotion that can’t be limited.

Besides the programmed Get Ready in the city of Rome in Ponte Milvio on Saturday 14th, January 11th February and in San Pietro - Vaticano on the 11th March, all guided by the official coach Andrea Giocondi, always with the organization and the supervision of the runner Federica Romano, group trainings will be activated in Italy and abroad. Training together sharing smiles and fatigue, joys and dreams of glory is without doubt a good reason to participate and go down the street and walk for kilometers.

Get Ready On Tour are simply possible thanks to the passion and the will of all the 175 pacers that will be at the race on the 19th of March at Acea Run Rome The Marathon. Their willingness and love for the Marathon of Rome have written a calendar filled with appointments both in Italy and abroad.

From Digione to Bitetto (Ba), from Rome to Belvedere Marittimo (Cs), from Vicenza to Verona and then from Barletta, Florence, Mestre, Amsterdam, Grave (Holland), Monza and Treviso, Acea Run Rome The Marathon is ON TOUR.

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MERCHANDISING

OFFICIAL MERCHANDISING ROME IS FOREVER

To make Acea Run Rome The Marathon Special and to always remember it, with its path, its monuments and history, the organization with the agency AironeGifts have thought about an official merchandising line composed by 11 memory objects.

ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON FOREST Acea Run Rome The Marathon puts effort into planting 3000 trees in Guatemala, in Pèten region, with the double aim of absorbing CO2 emissions and supporting the economy and the nutrition of local farming families.

Products that always respond to the demand of sustainability and that are already pre purchasable on the subscription platform Endu such as a 500 ml thermal bottle, available in different sizes, the ‘Dermasphere’, designed for muscular relaxation and the official mug.

You too can contribute to Acea Run Rome The Marathon forest by purchasing one or more trees to counteract CO2 emissions!

Rome with its marathon, its path, its monuments and its history will always be with you. They will accompany you for months and for years, you will feel the scent, you will remember the joy every time you will use them it will be a caress for your heart.

Discover and purchase the products of the official merchandising of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, produced by Airone, always take them with you and buy a present for your loved ones. Rome is forever.

THE OFFICIAL BACKPACK - It was requested a lot and finally it is here, thanks to the technical sponsor Joma, it is the official backpack of Acea Run Rome The Marathon. But watch out, it is collectible: only 3000 pieces are available, better not to waste time.

It is a wonderful object in memory of the most beautiful marathon in the world, for yourself or to give to a friend. You can use it in your next group trainings or in the marathons all around the world, but also at the gym, in the pool or on vacation.

Everybody can purchase the official Acea Run Rome The Marathon backpack on the subscription platform Endu, either if already subscripted to the marathon or if you still have to register.

It will be possible to purchase it while stocks last, in the Expo Village during the days of the marathon.

PURCHASE HERE

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APP

BY YOUR PHOTO KIT Sportograf is the official photographer parter of Acea Run Rome The Marathon and it will be close to you for the entire race, from start to finish! Your ups and downs, your smile and the difficult moments will be captured in a series of memorable pictures. At the end of the event, these multimedia contents will be professionally elaborated and put online as soon as possible, ordered by race numbers.

Use the promo price of €34.99 in pre-sales only.

POST EVENT PHOTOS WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE

JOIN THE MARATHON PARTY, ARE YOU READY FOR THE MEDAL PARTY? On Sunday 19 March, the running day signed by Acea Run Rome The Marathon 2023 will continue with Marathon Party in these 6 places in Rome, in piazza del Fico area, starting at 18.00!

All the places are affiliated and ready to welcome runners (marathon, relay or stracittadina Fun Run) with special promos.

Just show the Medal or Bib of any of the 3 races, the discount is also available for their companions!

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Corsa, rugby, volley, trekking, arrampicate, ciclismo e mountain bike, equitazione e rafting, vela e surf, parapendio e deltaplano, nuoto e immersioni, golf e tanto altro.

Scopri tutte le esperienze sportive che puoi vivere su visitlazio.com

EXPO VILLAGE

THE EXPO VILLAGE, THE HOME OF ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON AND OF ALL ITS RUNNERS 22 hours compressed in two days of training, sports activities, sponsor stands and running specialized brands.

Open to all participants but also to those who like the world of sport, of running and wellness. Expo Village is not just the location where to pick up your race numbers and race kit but it is much more.

It is the right place where participants from all over the world can meet at the eve of the big event, maybe tasting the “Expo Village Food&Beverage”, and where it is possible to meet the dynamics and the mission of the charity program connected to the marathon, relay Run4Rome, SN4IFun Run. On Saturday there will be the unmissable presentation of the élite Runners, the start champions, the “Senators” of Acea Run Rome The Marathon and of the Pacers, the race assistants who will bring the marathoners to the finish line. In the 3200 square meters there will be 82 display stands, 15 of which are foreign, ready to watch about 55,000 people passing by in the weekend of the race.

A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN: ●O asis Park area for children entertainment with magicians and bouncy castles ●O utside Red Bull area with entertainment activities ● Outside food and beverage area ●n side food and beverage area ● AInside Stage area with meetings, activities, presentations and much more ● Outside Military Aeronautics area with Flight Simulator ● Outside Honda Drive Test area with motorcycles and cars ● Hyrox inside area ● Area Personalizzazione maglie ● Area interna Hyrox ● Several activities of involvement from single display stands ● Charities area ● -Stand RRTM_24 where it will possible to purchase the race numbers for next edition (17 march 2024), in partnership with Jampo Group partner The true big driving force of Acea Run Rome The Marathon are the 2500 volunteers that will be for three days the face of Rome and of its marathon, their assistance and professionality combined with the smile and the enthusiasm that is typical of them will be fundamental. There are many associations on the field to help them, like the ever-present Roman Historical Group of Legionnaires, a cultural association that has been active for more than 25 years in the field of cultural divulgation and as in every other edition, it will be the main attraction on the starting and finishing point with the commemoration of ancient Rome, the world’s only accredited reality.

EXPO VILLAGE 2023 IS AT

FREE ENTRANCE

Piazza John Kennedy, 1, 00144 Roma - RM

HOW TO GET THERE From Stazione Termini: line B of the subway towards Laurentina.

Stop EUR Fermi (10 stops from Termini Station)

PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI – EUR

OPENING TIMES Friday 17th March – 9.20 Saturday 18th March - 9-20

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EXHIBITION

“PORTRAITS OF SPORT”

PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT DEDICATED TO SPORT AND ITS VALUES From 11th to 19th March in Palazzo Merulana there will be the exhibitions of the masterpieces of Fabio Lovino, ODE to the spirit of sport. The exhibition is dedicated to the football player Gianluca Valli who recently passed away.

Acea Run Rome The Marathon Is ENRICHED with a new experience by joining “portraits of sport”, the photographic project by Fabio Lovino, who is famous for having portraited many movie stars from the national cinematic industry and Hollywood and who has the intention here to acknowledge the values of sport, beauty, talent and strength of its protagonists. The exhibit of the masterpieces of the great photographer Fabio Lovino will be inaugurate on Saturday 11th March at 6:00 pm in Palazzo Merulana and it will be open for visits until Sunday 19th March; it includes 35 portraits that were inspired by the Italian world of sports. Lovino wants to narrate talent and charisma with which the athlete manages to reach the public and to transmit the values and the ideals that make sport one of the greatest means of innovation, social inclusion and health. The goal is achieved with “Portraits of sport”. Among the pictures there is a beautiful series dedicated to Gianluca Vialli, an ode to the author of the great football scene who recently passed away and to whom the exhibit is dedicated. The subjects of the exhibits are the boxing champions Roberto Cammarelle and Roberto Blandamura, the swimming champion Federica Pellegrini, the canoeist Josefa Idem, the former athletics star Fiona May, the swimmer Luca Dotto and the tennis player Matteo Berrettini. And then the ‘Azzurre’ worlds and Olympic Champions Rossella Flamingo, Rachele Bruni, Maria Marconi, Edwige Gwend, Odette Giuffrida

and Simona Quadarella, Tania Cagnotto. The former glorious biker Max Biaggi, the basketball player “the magician” Andrea Bargnani and the Tokyo 2020 golden medal winner Luigi Busà. the initiative is organized with the legal aid of CONI by Sport Senza Frontiere, charity partner born in 2011 in Rome with the aim of counteracting poverty and social differences through projects that use sport as a mean of inclusion, peaceufl growth and emancipation of minors at risk and/or who live a situation of poverty and social exclusion, whose activities can be supported by participating in the buying auction of pictures or through the donation (€30 minimum) to this link that directly gives the participation to the extraction of a personal or family portrait realized by Fabio Lovino (€600 economical value).

35 portraits that were inspired by the Italian world of sports

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APP

WITH THE APP OF ACEA RUN ROME

THE MARATHON THE MARATHON IS A CLICK AWAY For iOS and Android devices the new app of ‘Run Rome The Marathon’ has been created. It is useful, easy and fast to use, essential to live a unique experience before, during and after the marathon. Many opportunities are inside the application, everything is just a click away.

NEWS – Find all the news to always be adjourned of every news as fast as possible.

LIVE TRACKING - The marathoner well be able to directly track themselves and other athletes during the race. In the same way, anyone, from home or from the path or waiting at the finish line, will be able to follow the athletic gestures live during the event.

Everyone will be provided with the insights on the performances of the athletes they will follow, as well as themselves’.

A .GPX file of the path will also be available to keep the best performance possible.

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PERFORMANCE - It will be possible to analyze and compare the statistics of the personal performances during and after the event and compare them with the other participants’.

‘REAL TIME’ LEADERBOARDS” – the app will allow to visualize the characteristics in real time; in fact, already during the race a real time leaderboard will be visualized, based on the speed and the arrival time calculated for the runner you are tracking.

In this way everyone will be able to follow the live performances of their favorite athletes.

SELFIE - The app will be useful and important both before and after the event thanks to the different widgets that will be activated. There will be time for fun with the selfies that can be shared on your social networks. Selfies with colorful and special frames, to share our own victory, satisfaction, the tears of joy of having the desirable medal hanging from our neck right after reaching the finish line with the Colosseum in the background.

Frames for selfies with different times are already available now to share, for example, every training.

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ONTHE ROAD

BUSFORFUN, DESTINATION: FUN, ROME’S NEXT STEP

BusForFun is the new mobility partner that allows the runners to travel in a rapid, comfortable and pleasant way to the biggest events.

Thanks to the partnership with the most important society of buses in Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland, technology, software and innovation have united unique international operator that stops at Acea Run Rome The Marathon, offering the lowest prices on the market, leaving directly from home and with the possibility of purchasing the race number for the participation in the event at the same time.

BusForFun respects the environment: in fact, the buses are very efficient in terms of fuel consumption and emit an extremely low level of greenhouse gasses. Thanks to the partnership with Treedom, BusForFun plants a tree for every trip to compensate CO2 emissions that will be calculated based on distance, with the exact number of kilometers and the number of passengers of each trip.

Thanks to the voluntary contribute of the passengers, since 2016 BusForFun has supported projects in Malawi, Kenya, Cameron and Haiti for the planting of over 150 trees, therefore called BusForFun Forest.

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SUSTAINABILITY

NotPla ED ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON, THE FUTURE OF PLASTIC FREE STARTS HERE It will be the first Italian race to test waterballs.

Finally, the NotPla Ooho waterballs take the field in Italy, edible balls made of seaweed that revolutionize the way in which liquids are stored by substituting the necessity of disposable plastic. Naturally biodegradable, 100% without plastic and vegan, they contain 50 cl of water and they can be eaten right away without leaving any waste nor thrown in the compostable waste, when disposing, where they would deteriorate in a few weeks. The waterballs are therefore the solution to hydration while moving during the big mass events where they are a good substitute to disposable plastic glasses and bottles, also reducing the necessary effort for the afterwards cleaning.

The waterballs are easy to manage and to transport to refreshment points in terms of the volume of the materials, and have had an enormous success in the London Marathon in 2019.

Acea Run Rome The Marathon will be the first marathon to test 5000 waterballs that will be placed at the refreshment point of the 15th kilometer.

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ATHLETICA VATICANA

THE HUG WITH ATHLETICA VATICANA IS MORE AND MORE TIGHT THERE IS THE COPPA DEGLI ULTIMI

There are several initiatives and meeting chances among the marathoners, Athletica Vaticana and the poor hosted by Sant’Egidio’s community. Coppa degli Ultimi is born and there is the Open Letter to the Marathoners ROME– The bond between Acea Run Rome The Marathon and Athletica Vaticana, the sports club of Città del Vaticano. is increasingly stronger and more important. In order to prepare physically and spiritually, to the programmed edition for the morning of Sunday 19th March 2023, starting at 8:00 AM, several initiatives were programmed to give a unique big hug to the marathoners from all over the world and to the poor hosted by Elemosineria Apostolica and by Sant’Egidio’s community in Palazzo Migliori (next to Piazza san Pietro). These will be moments of true sport, friendship, inclusion and mutual enrichment.

We also expect to have a meeting with the Santo Padre who has always proved himself to be a great lover of sports and of the marathon. So Papa Francesco cheered the marathons in 2022 during the Angelus in Piazza San Pietro: “I welcome the participants of the Marathon of Rome this year; thanks to the initiative of Athletica Vaticana several athletes have been involved in solitary projects. Congratulations. “ The first appointment is on Thursday 9th March at 6:00 PM at Dispensario Pediatrico “Santa Marta” in Vaticano.

Suora Anna Luisa Rizzello, Manager of the Dispesary, Athletica Vaticana will be participating, with the representants of Palazzo Migliori, a Reception Center for the poor, opened by Elemosineria Apostolica and entrusted to Sant’Egidio’s Community.

FRIDAY 17TH MARCH – 6.30 PM -Dinner with the poor in Palazzo Migliori with the organizers of Acea Run Rome The Marathon for an important hug and greet in the days of a big international sports event.

ATHLETICA VATICANA IS WITH THE PPOOR: COPPA DEGLI ULTIMI Coppa degli Ultimi is born and there is the Open Letter to the Marathoners.

GET READY - On Saturday 11th March Get Ready, the last group training for the marathon will exceptionally take place in Vaticano - Piazza San Pietro and it will involve the poor of Sant’Egidio’s Community, by the side of hundreds of athletes

The important news of this edition of Acea Run Rome The Marathon is Coppa degli Ultimi, prepared - in Papa Francisco’s style –

by Erwin Alfredo Bendfeldt who lives in a shelter of Roman Caritas. He has had a particular life: he ran away from Guatemala when there was dictatorship, and he was shot in the head. Believed to be dead, he was thrown in a mass grave where he was found by a priest that arrived there to bless the corpses. Now he lives in Rome, helped by Caritas and some good friends. This prize will be donated to the last pacer who will pass through Piazza Pio XII – Piazza San Pietro, as a symbol of perseverance, strength and equality with the first winners. For Coppa Degli Ultimi there will be a landmark and a symbolic finish line in Piazza San Pietro, with the presence of the Vatican Gendarmerie Music Band and of the poor who will deliver the monthly “Osservatore Romano di Strada”.

GRACE OF THE MARATHONER According to tradition, on Saturday 18th March at 6:00 PM in Chiesa Degli Artisti (Piazza del Po-

The sculpture has a base made of recycled wood, the center is made of tuff while the figure has golden details

The title of the night will be ‘sport as light, life and redemption”, and in order to bring their witness of life and sport there will be the athletes Annalisa Minetti, singer, actress, model and, marathoner and Paralympic athlete, the marathoner of Athletica Vaticana Sara Vargetto, the ultramarathoner three times world champion Giorgio Calcaterra and the journalist and writer Roberto Di Sante.

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polo) the Prayer of the Marathoner will take place. The cardinal José Toletino de Mendonca is chairing, prefect of the Dicaster for culture and education and the choir of Roman diocese will animate the celebration. At the end of the celebration the Prayer of the Marathoner and the blessing of the athletes will take place, with a particular prayer for peace, also through sport experience.

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and was blessed by Papa Francesco just like the medals of the marathon.

LETTER TO THE MARATHONERS - On March number of the monthly magazine “L’Osservatpre Romano di Strada” - entirely dedicated to sport seen from the excluded and the last ones’ point of view - the open letter has been published: the poor right to the marathoner, with the title ‘Dear friend who runs on the same streets as us”, attaching thank you from the poor who live in the streets to the marathoners and the organizers of the marathon. ‘The street’ is shared. It will be published next 5th March and it will be delivered, particularly on Sunday in Piazza San Pietro on the occasion of the Angelus of Santo Padre, including Sunday 19th March.

VIKTORIIA – The 31 year old Ukraine Viktoriia Gudyma will be back in Rome. She arrived last year in Italy with his 10 years old child, directly from Warsaw where he found shelter right after the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. After being reached by the organizers of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, Viktoriia let us know that he wanted to participate anyway in the

marathon but that she did not have anything with her. She landed without any luggage in Fiumicino airport and thanks to the action of Athletica Vaticana, Viktoriia and her child were hosted for a few days in the institute of Suore Adoratrici del Sangue di Cristo in Via Labicana. The organizers provided Victoria with new shoes to run with and a kit of technical shorts and T-shirts, so that she could be at the start in Fori imperiali and fulfill her dream of running the Marathon of Rome.

OPEN LETTER: THE POOR WRITE TO THE MARATHONER

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On Sunday 19th March, on the occasion of the Marathon of Rome, there will be the delivery of the Coppa Degli Ultimi to the last ones.

ear friend who runs on the same street that every day, in the rain or the sun, is our home. We are the ones you see sitting on the sidewalks or on the stairway of a church while we ask for help. And also those who you quickly pass by while we pull our possessions stored in a suitcase or in some supermarket bag.

We thought that our lives had nothing to do with yours. Yes, there is the street that united us, but for you it is a gym, while for us it is our whole world. But it is not like this. We are sports people too. And not just because we often happen to wear a jumpsuit, not always in the right size: besides, beggars cannot be choosers.

The reason of this letter is not to tell you about our troubles. At the end, life, especially in these times, is not always easy for everyone. The reason is that we want to say: thank you! Yes, thank you! Thank you because you live this great and important event that is the Marathon of Rome, not just as a sports competition, but also as a friendship and solidarity race. Thank you because you know how to show that the achievement to accomplish is not the podium, but a goal to reach. And it is nice to accomplish it together.

A special thank you goes to the organizers who, showing a great sensibility towards social distress, have involved through Athletica Vaticana also “L’Osservatore della Strada”, preparing our symbolic finish line in Piazza san Pietro where you can find us cheering you and delivering our newspaper. Maybe it is the first time that such honor is reserved to the invisibles.

For this reason, we want to add a gift to our thank you. It is the “Coppa degli Ultimi” that we like to think that can be given to whoever will be the last to arrive. A friend of ours has prepared it in a shelter where he lives. He is called Erwin Alfredo Bendfeldt and who follows this newspaper knows him by reading some of his pomes in the pages of “chants from the suburbs”.

He ran away from Guatemala when there was dictatorship. He was shot in the head. Believed to be dead, they threw him in a common grave where he was found and saved by a priest who had arrived there to bless the corpses.

Now he lives in Rome assisted by Caritas and some good friends. He is, like us, a “last one”. Or maybe like each and every one of us when we forget that we are all on the same boat and... on the same street.

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MURALES

THE MURAL OF ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON, ART AND SPORT MEET SOCIAL RIGHTS Project that or awards the runners with a mural dedicated to Acea Run Rome The Marathon is starting.

The preparation of a very special project is awaited, bond to Acea Run Rome The Marathon, the realization of a mural that remembers forever on epic event like the one of Sunday 19th March.

The goals to achieve is the realization of the mural, right while the athletes are passing by during the marathon, and it was entrusted to UrbanUtopia, a creative studio specialized in Arts and Urban Regeneration, based on the idea that imaginative power and visual culture can be a driving force capable of transforming a city and a community giving a new value to the city spots.

THE MURAL - The idea of a mural dedicated to Acea Run Rome The Marathon generates from the concept that this marathon is a big gesture of love for sports and for the eternal city. The mural will be realized in Via Giovanni Volpato 20, a wall of 5x4 meters facing the kindergarten Fantasia and that is part of the 10th kilometer of the race. The mural wants to leave a tangible trace of the passage of the marathon and to connect at the same time sport and social environment of the neighborhood so as to leave a positive sign inside a path filled with historical and scenic wonders.

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THE ENVIRONMENT - Tt the base of the whole productive process of the project there is the reduction of waste and the use of natural based paints. The focus on the environment has led the working group to look for innovative materials. For the first time in Italy the mural will be realized with anti-smog paints, thanks to a product that immediately activating photocatalysis of the pollutants of the atmosphere. This is a solution that allows to safeguard the technical and creative aspects of the realization of an urban arts project, adding a cleaning power to the surface.

THE ARTIST - Since this is a feeling of strong sports and didactic meaning, and at the same time the necessity of realizing that might merge with the environment of the city, the choice fell on the artist LuogoComune from Cremona, who has a long tradition and experience in the field of urban art and printed illustration.

A very analytical approach to the context and a representation filled with colors and symbols that give a unique sensibility to his creations inspired directly by the Italian advertisement graphics of ‘900 merged with graffiti urban language.

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THE MARATHON RUNS WITH SAPIENZA

Sport and science meet at La Sapienza with a rich carnet of speakers about several aspects connected to these topics.

The importance of dealing with sports with a scientific knowledge is growing; from this concept starts the collaboration between ”La Sapienza” and Acea Run Rome The Marathon that results into a debate on Thursday 16th March in the Aula Magna of SapienzaSport Sports Services Center of University La Sapienza Rome.

After the institutional greetings, thanks to a carnet full of speeches, the morning will start with the topic of “how to train and run a marathon from every point of view: legs and head”, followed by the debate about “how to set a world record” and “sustainability and communication of big events”, a very popular topic.

The first part will be concluded with a space about art and sustainability topics, before switching to the afternoon and dealing with the topics of “medicine and sports sciences” and ” training in sport area.

The end is left for the “importance of certified competition ability of the runner”, “the effect of the environment on the sport performance” followed by “nutrition and marathon” and, last but not least, “doping and running”.

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SENATORS

THEY HAVE ALWAYS RUN: “SENATORS” BUSINESS

It is time for the 19 senators to continue the 27 years old tradition of reaching a new finish line of Acea Run Rome The Marathon ROME – At 28th Acea Run Rome The Marathon’s eve, behind the scenes you can see a special list, the list of the “Senators” of the event, athletes who have always reached the finish line of every edition.

THE SENATORS – A special legion that wins over all in terms of experience and deep love that bonds these men to the marathon of the eternal city, these are the “Senators”, men just live the marathon of Rome as an almost visceral call. Their passion was born with the same event, they have been here from the first moment, for 27 editions, they never backed out, not even when the marathon took place a few months after the previous one, as it happened after the Rising Race Special Edition of September 2021, followed by the traditional event in March 2022.

work, family and several obligations and that would do anything to train and to be in good shape in time for the established date. They are the ones who can tell how was to run in the rain, in the wind, in the sun, in the most beautiful finish line, in the special edition, the characters that made the marathon of Rome so big and how many friendships can create while running. They can tell you all, they have lived them, they have run them all.

Their passion was born with the event, they have been here since the first moment, for 27 editions

An even bigger value if you think about it is added by the fact that these are normal men conducing a normal life, made of

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So, this special thank you is for Domenico Anzini, Aldo Avella, Franco Baccari, Pietro Bernardo, Vanni Casarini, Gianni Corsi, Sandro Curzi, Romano Dessì, Annunzio Di Gioia, Claudio Infusi, Stefano Gavazza, Roberto La Mura, Franco Lodovichi, Felice Nucci, Giuseppe Nucera, Alberto Orlandi, Vincenzo Pelliccia, Angelo Salvati and Giovanni Sippelli, for their constant effort and for always being prepared whenever they were summoned by the marathon of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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HEALTH

ACEA RUN ROME THE MARATHON A VIRTUOUS MODEL OF SANITARY MANAGEMENT OF THE EVENT

World Athletics and BSO/I-help organizes the ”Race Emergency Medicine Course” in the weekend of the race.

Improving the competence of the healthcare professionals is one of the objectives of World Academy for Endurance Medicine.

Healthcare professionals supervise the medical support present at World Athletics events and at other mass events of the world.

World Athletics in partnership with BSO/I-help, sanitary partner of Acea Run Rome The Marathon, will teach the “Race Emergency Medicine Course” on 18th and 19th March, offering to the professional doctors and healthcare professionals the opportunity of improving their knowledge and skills about medical management on the day of the race.

The choice has fallen on Acea Run Rome The Marathon, believed to be a model of virtuous management of the sanitary emergency during the event and that will offer to the members of the course the opportunity of observing and supporting the hosting healthcare professionals in providing medical assistance on the day of the race.

The training objectives include that the end of the course participants will be able to foresee individual risk factors for

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injuries and diseases that are connected to the race using the base data that are available at the moment of the subscription.

To adopt new approaches to supplement and enforce traditional epide miologic methods.

To delineate the strategies of action to reduce potential risk of fatal accidents during the resistance race.

To explain the base principles of triage.

To assist people who enter the medical tent during an event.

To apply the use of medical algorithms so as to manage injuries and common events occurred during street races.

To delineate a strategy to evaluate the differential diagnosis and to provide with an appropriate treatment the runners who have fainted during or after the resistance event.

To perform the prehospital care treatment for stress heat stroke; to explain the criteria for the diagnosis of stress hyponatremia and its role when performing an appropriate treatment.

To implement the passages of the temperature tracking and/or the heating for hypothermic athletes.

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THE HISTORY OF ROME THROUGH ITS MUSEUMS

FREE ADMISSION FOR MARATHON RUNNERS AND ONE COMPANION Run to Rome, visit Rome. Sport and culture, a total combination in Rome, an imposing city with dozens and dozens of artistic, historical and cultural possibilities to visit.

The organizers together with the institutions of Roma Capitale have once again prepared ample facilities for this year so that thousands of marathon runners from all over the world, together with their companions, can fully experience the city and get to know Rome and its history. All those registered for the Acea Run Rome The Marathon 2023 events and a companion will have free access to 17 museums in Rome.

Initiative valid from Thursday 16 to Monday 20 March. To enter, simply show your race bib or letter confirming your enrolment.

MUSEUMS

1. Musei Capitolini 2. Centrale Montemartini 3. Circo Massimo Area Archeologica 4. Museo di Roma in Trastevere 5. Museo di Roma di Palazzo Brashi (ad esclusione della mostra dedicata a Gustav Klimt)

6. Mercati di Traiano 7. Museo dell’Ara Pacis 8. Galleria d’arte moderna 9. Musei di Villa Torlonia: Casino Nobile, Serra Moresca e Casina delle Civette 10. Museo Civico di Zoologia 11. Museo Barracco 12. Museo delle Mura 13. Museo della Repubblica Romana e della memoria Garibaldina 14. Villa di Massenzio 15. Museo Ca rlo Bilotti 16. Museo Napoleonico 17. Museo Pietro Canonica Info and registration: www.museiincomune.it We advise you to book your visit on 060608!

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ENVIRONMENT

HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED OF BEING SUPERHEROES AND HAVING THE POWER OF CLEANING THE CITY ROME? On 19th March take part with your friends or your family in the first team plogging time competition of the world. The Plogging competition is a time sports competition which many ploggers teams can participate in – whose purpose is to walk along a determined path while collecting as much rubbish as possible within the determined time. The competition starts from Piazza di Porta Capena and terminates at Circo Massimo.

Every team must be composed by 8 pluggers: two ploggers for each waste category (1 man 1 women/1 adult 1 child). The categories of waste that must be collected in every part of the race are glass, plastic, paper and unrecyclable waste / cigarette ends.

The ploggers can move along the path of the race running either slowly or fast. The first three teams that will reach the podium will receive a prize.

Equipped with gripper and gloves, let the mission begin!

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