Story by Domenico

 

My name is Domenico and I am an unlucky/lucky marathoner!
Last year, I decided to run the New York marathon for the first time. It was not my first marathon, but it is the most important marathon in the world and it is the marathon I have been dreaming about since I was a child.

 

The preparation for the New York City Marathon was long, intense, but very beautiful and month after month I improved my times with tenacity and determination. I felt ready and super motivated and when I arrived in New York I was full of adrenaline, I couldn’t wait to run in this wonderful city!

 

Everything was looking good, everything was wonderful, but on the Friday before the race I started to feel the first symptoms of a very bad flu, which unfortunately made it impossible for me to run. I didn’t give up and decided to run anyway, after all it was the marathon I had been dreaming of all my life.
Unfortunately I had to give up after 6.5km, I had to put my health first and I withdrew. After this event it was really hard to start running again and to think about preparing for another marathon.

 

But now I’m here to tell you that exactly one year later I finished the Frankfurt Marathon in less than 3 hours, a year ago in NY I didn’t even imagine such a time! it was beautiful, but always with NY in my heart. The New York Marathon I didn’t live it the way I wanted to, I didn’t run it all, I don’t have the medal at home, but that marathon, that stop, that hiccup made me a better person and athlete.

 

The marathon is like life, sometimes we fall and sometimes we celebrate, everything that happens is a lesson, but if we put our heart into running, sooner or later it will reward us.