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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.

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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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.

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

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.

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.

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