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all true! Euroleague

I waited for the big day, between a sneeze and the other with little voice and that little hoarse to shout about these lines, my joyful satisfaction.

Because today I signed my first contract indefinitely, the winner of the competition (even if formally it is called "call") from the researcher, in Trento - Italy Germany Historical Institute. Who expected it? I just do not, but just so it went. It abounds with its own. This "callcorso" I sucked all the energy, the results are left struggling to recover physically and collapsed. But you know that I write: long live that way!

always so begins a new season, this time not in a hurry. Ten years ago (heck, how many) I gave up a career as a lawyer, said no after a year of practice. I had already re-entered the university with the idea of \u200b\u200bgiving food to my passion for history. Then I decided to try, backed by the well known girlfriend recently. Choosing rationally crazy, but viscerally passionate.

Now the girlfriend is wife, there Mateja, madness has become reality.

That year, 2010.

... write a blog because in the end it's still telling something of himself.

Guys Pissinng In Underwears

Among influences and incessant rain, the race rests. Time of first place in the basketball season, and luckily there Sportitalia ... two years from the Euroleague can follow without having to subscribe to Sky, which, moreover, I never did. 16 teams have been playing the Champions League basketball. One of my comment.

Group A

That no Italian, so the less transmitted to me the least seen, known more on paper than on video. Dominated by Maccabi (9 wins - 1 loss), strong team and well coached, encouraged to get to the bottom. In Vitoria, Zalgiris and Partizan (all 5-5), the Basques expected more, but remain strong. Fine Lithuanian and Serbian, Loose Cannons to read. Outside the surprise of the rich Russian Khimki (and resignation of coach Scariolo Italian), a debacle for them, outside of the Polish Prokom after becoming the last year, but there was be expected.

Group B

The group with the most logical classification. Before the armored Olympiacos (7-3) finalists last year and now perhaps even stronger. Some fall from power loss, but really solid. Then the English Real Madrid (6-4) and Malaga (5-5). Never brilliant, but present to finish the homework. The same can be said for Roma (5-5), in the championship very badly but survived in the Euroleague, in the end thanks to a truly monstrous basket of Charles Smith, played in a clear downward trend, but one of the few to feature class pure class for Rino Tommasi, is the ability to play the most crucial points. Exactly, Charles Smith. Out of Bamberg (4-6) and Chaleroi (3-7): German and Belgian honored with the participation of prestigious victories, but needed to go through a little more.

Group C

Great Siena (8-2), beyond all expectation team but not too Italian champions Italy who played very well, along with the best Euroleague Maccabi up here. Squiibrato round with the first three clearly strongest: Fenerbache (7-3) and samples of Barcelona (7-3) ahead peacefully. From Barcelona it was expected more: I think not so much accidents, as the crisis of Rubio has put them in difficulty. Difficult, however, not continue to believe them favorites, with the Final Four at home. Comeback and the final step of the shift from one of the best teams to see, the Lithuanian Lietuvos (4-6), talented young and old, able to surprise in the future. Outside Cholet (4-6) and, sadly, Cibona: lost all, not at risk of failure and performance for one of the teams that made the history of basketball. Good luck!

Group D

Here surprises, both positive and negative. Normal is just the first place Panathinaikos (7-3), the first team to success in Athens, to which nothing is missing, as usual, to aspire to win. Resounding and happy second place dell'Olimpija Ljubljana (6-4), capable of giving more than the maximum of their ability to win difficult games in the sprint and recovery (signal in the presence of a bench coach with the flakes against ... ). To them I extend my supporters: I was born and grew up too close to the Slovenian basketball in order to stay fascinated. Then Efes Pilsen (5-5), without infamy and without praise, still need to go forward more. Same comment for Valencia (5-5), good at aprofittare horrible psychological vulnerabilities of Milan (4-6), team fall like a ripe fruit at the time of reckoning. It had all the good cards in hand. Almost with shame, from the bottom of my experience to the bench, but with the desire to say I say openly: the coach of Milan, Bucchi, is not worthy of this competition. The players, at least most of them, yes, and would have been sufficient a less neurotic and more decisive in choosing who to "entrust the car keys" to move at least this round. The super-surprise is the last place of CSKA Moscow (3-7), parties to win the Euroleague, the Russians are already out before the end of the round. Why? Hard to say, they do not miss anything: great coach (resigned in defeat occurred) and very good team, well, maybe a bit 'old and tired, but not enough to collapse like that.

Now we await the draw of the Top 16. Depend on the group and the crossings, but I feel six names for the Final Four: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Siena, Maccabi, Barcelona and, of course, Ljubljana.

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The Running of the "Santas"

Sunday morning ... at long last, finally a nice non-competitive. Organized by the group of "Verona Marathon", the Christmas Run from Piazza Bra (the Arena, for instance), very close to our house. The price of registration - charity - includes a good Santa costume. Chiara and I wake up early, take back the costumes, stuck a hat theme in the stroller and returned home (comfort power of logistics) to wait for the right time without taking too much cold.

cold is not so sharp, so close to home = change clothes. We'll be tanned for walking: walking boots-icing-on-pavement, nice and heavy batteries and costumone. At 9.30 we are prepared under the banner of departure and a two wags unconscious in the middle of a crowd of Santas.

Clare began to joke: "I do not want to get behind other strollers, eh. " We start as always trooped to step happens in the Sunday, then already that the road widening ... "We do a few running steps", but yes, come on. I begin to push and corricchiare. Funny, but ... step called step

Steps for the stroller quite heavy, pass through the shoulder thermal bottle "just in case", go for boots, wool socks for the walk, walk for the costume, walk to the cotton T-shirt that I feel pretty rotten ... what precisely is hard to bear is the beard padding: cola sweat, the cotton sticks, but we are at the Running of the Santas and the beard can not be disconnected.

Bivio 5 / 10 km, we turn to the 5: The path is very familiar - we are dangerously aware that until the sidewalk is pretty wide, though sometimes frozen: there is little you can do is run, careful not to slip

The few strollers are well back (who is not only to us, so it would be insane to run?), I stop to tuck in the blanket and Clare Mateja, mamma sensible and prudent approaches to say, "Mateja, this is time wasted for nothing." Mah I think maybe my beautiful, as they say in Trieste "no x-bubble", then just the little rise of Castelvecchio to make leap the trailer that is in me: the road goes and I can not help but take ... God makes them and then pairing them, and those not happy, you play as well!

Now we get: Mateja between sleep and perplexity, Chiara between satisfaction and fat laugh I dripping from his beard and the pride of father / husband.
clear victory Strollers (three? Four?). I fear that we have been over 6 'at km. Bad, very bad ...

Beyond this silly-serious story: very good to see how many people greeted us smiling at us and our stroller busy, very nice to be photographed and healthy, very nice not to be blamed for altered parenting by any of the Santas.

As we had fun!

Blueprints For A Quarter Pipe

June 2011 - Raid Golfe du Morbihan

The die is cast. With the help of my friend Francioso Mark, and his cell phone, I finally managed to successfully enroll in the raid.

What is this? A long trail (86/88 km, depending on the readings) that takes place largely at night.

Why so early? Limited.

Why did I choose? I have never seen the UK, and I think a wonderful occasion. But there's more.

It runs mostly at night, one of the longest nights of the year (25/26 June) and far north: it will be wonderful, I'm going to enjoy the sunset and sunrise, - starting at 15 and twenty hours time to finish everything. A spectacle of lights, I guess.

It runs into the sea, mostly on dirt roads. From the photos and videos I've seen online I see path, reeds, sand, water passes in almost a dreamlike landscape. A video on YouTube is titled "Taking the sea." Here, on the sand after the marathon last February, I intrippato with sea and sand, beautiful, fun and exciting.

has long wanted to try a long trail, I thought about 100km: This won me over. A challenge that I want to do surrounded by nature, trying to trust my capabilities, my preparation and my gear (backpack for the semi-self-sufficiency or refreshment, but a few.)

My next month's trail, step by step, will be very focused on this goal. Do not you think that this picture proves that it's worth it?

On the advice and requests to Antonio, here are some links
Official Site

Courir la mer
Index Youtube

Redo For Brick Fireplaces

Days

routinely use these reduced travel times to update the blog writing books. Today, none of this: the last two acquisitions in the library have been disappointing and have exercised their sacred right to the interruption of each player. I read a few books and study those, maybe I speak elsewhere.

on sale this morning I did not have the courage to buy the paper, with the small "g", strictly. Or rather, I folded the Journal. I can not read or news, or comment on what happens in Italy: a government that survives in a shameless I am saddened and worried. Just as I resent the infiltration indefensible makes a violent protest sacrosanct.

At the same time I open unexpected career prospects of which almost afraid to tell, I'll do it with the necessary calm, too, when I realized what is happening to me.

continues running slowly as I: tired and not very concentrated. The competition I attended I have absorbed a lot of physical energy in the form of adrenaline sleepless nights.

The website to register for the Raid Golfe du Morbihan is still not working: not accept an Italian cell phone number. Luckily I have friends in France or French, ask for help and formalized as soon as possible.

I do not know when my holidays start, but it's time to enjoy great peace of mind with a good portion of the Carso.