Red Bull K3 is about 10km long.
The tallest building in the world is about 800m high,
while the race has 3,000m of vertical gain, about 4 times.
The start is in Susa, in Piazza Savoia,
so the athletes will run the streets of Susa.
Women will start at 9:00 AM, men at 9:30 AM
I really like this race because
I love the mountains and sky running
and it is also good for my training.
I like to climb
as fast as I can.
This is why I am here:
to have fun!
It’s a different course, we are not used to it.
We normally run one vertical km,
and here it’s three times that. It’s going to be a challenge.
There are two checkpoints: the first at Trucco,
after 1100m of vertical gain,
and the second at Ca’ d’Asti, the last hut before the summit
at 2,800m,
2,300m of vertical gain.
This race is three times
the vertical km that I normally run,
so I am a little concerned.
Do I need to leave the sticks?
I am very pleased
we had 400 participants in this first edition
and a very high level.
Yes, I am happy.
I started without a goal.
With no specific preparation I didn’t have any expectation.
Then on the way up I felt good,
we took it easy up to 2,000m,
then I realised that the other runners were a little slower.
With 750 vertical meters to go
I pushed as hard as I could.
I told myself: get on top first or not make it at all! It went well.
It has been great, even though the weather was a little unstable
and it was uncertain if we could reach the top.
I find it really interesting, because it starts at 500m
and it gets on top of a real mountain
and this is nice.
I think it must certainly be organised again, and if I can I’ll compete again.
I also would like to run a race like this,
but if I organise it I can’t…