Sarà un appuntamento da non perdere per gli amanti della corsa quello di domenica 14 giugno 2015 a Termini Imerese (Palermo), dove alle ore 9,00, dalla centralissima Piazza Duomo, scatterà la prima edizione della Maratona Termitana.

Saranno dieci chilometri di corsa nel cuore di Termini Imerese per regalare ai bambini della Lega del Filo D’Oro una speranza di vita migliore: infatti, proprio a Termini Imerese, esiste un Centro Sanitario Residenziale che, dal 2010, è un importante punto di riferimento per giovani e adulti sordo-ciechi pluriminorati psicosensoriali, residenti in Sicilia, ai quali offre servizi educativo-riabilitativi, sanitari e assistenziali.

Oltre al Comune di Termini Imerese sono tante le Associazioni e le aziende che hanno aderito all’iniziativa tra cui il Lions Club, ADVS, l'Associazione Italiana Persone Down, Legambiente, Futur@ , FitnessClub, TecnicaSport, Deltacom, Cascino, GISA Supermercati, ER.S.MA. srl, il Napèe Lounge Bar tutte realtà, che credono nello sport come importante mezzo per aiutare i più deboli.

L'appuntamento è alle ore 8,30 in Piazza Duomo per la consegna dei pettorali e dei chip elettronici forniti dalla ditta Speedpass.

Durante la mattinata sportiva avranno luogo tante iniziative collaterali tra cui la presentazione a cura di “Lo Bono Pubblicità e Comunicazione” della VI edizione della Cartina Turistica Termitana, patrocinata dal Comune di Termini Imerese.

La presentazione della nuova cartina turistica ufficiale ha lo scopo di promuovere la conoscenza, la tutela, la valorizzazione e la fruizione del patrimonio, storico, artistico, culturale, religioso, e di promuovere lo sviluppo sociale, morale e culturale a tutti i turisti che hanno voglia di scoprire il territorio imerese.
In occasione della presentazione della nuova cartina turistica termitana, è stato inoltre realizzato il 1° concorso di pittura "Termini vista dai giovani", che vedrà come protagonisti alcuni degli studenti del Liceo Artistico G. Ugdulena di Termini Imerese.
Al termine della presentazione della cartina seguirà la premiazione dei migliori elaborati realizzati dagli studenti e tutte le opere realizzate saranno messe in esposizione durante tutta la durata della manifestazione che avrà il suo fulcro in Piazza Duomo.

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L'eccitazione di un non competitiva in cui i runner vengono cosparsi mentre corrono di polveri colorati e di brillantini luccicanti: un divertimento pe rtutti, per runner e spettatori, coinvolti in un gioco divertente e creativo. Nel circuito di quest'anno si sta registrando il tuttto esauriti con un boom di iscritti

Il successo di The Color Run, powered by ASUS, non si ferma. Dopo i record di Torino (25 mila partecipanti) e Firenze (20 mila), anche Trento registra un sold out importante con oltre 15 mila iscritti.

The Color Run è una corsa non competitiva di 5 km, che RCS Sport – RCS Active Team organizza in Italia da tre anni. Una vera funrace, a metà strada tra lo sport e l’entertainment, che vede il coinvolgimento crescente di partecipanti desiderosi, a ogni chilometro, di essere cosparsi di polveri colorate e brillantini luccicanti.

Ad aprire la conferenza stampa della 3ª tappa del 2015 Alessandro Andreatta, sindaco di Trento che dichiara: "Sono tante le cose che ci piacciono di The Color Run: ci piace la sua allegria, il suo far correre adulti e bambini in una coloratissima atmosfera, il suo spirito non competitivo. Per questi ed altri motivi abbiamo deciso di ospitare a Trento una delle tappe dell’edizione 2015 che animerà, ed è proprio il caso di dirlo, il centro cittadino con i cinque colori scelti per lo Shine Tour”.

Entusiasta, il sindaco ha poi aggiunto: “Trento è una città che sa quanto lo sport può dare, in termini di qualità della vita, sia ai singoli che alla collettività. Ben vengano quindi eventi di questo livello che danno entusiasmo a tutti i cittadini, invogliandoli a praticare sport e a trascorrere il proprio tempo all'aperto".

Il percorso. Andrea Trabuio, responsabile mass event in RCS Sport, ha spiegato le caratteristiche dell’evento e alcuni dettagli riferiti al percorso: “Un circuito più cittadino e meno periferico rispetto alle prime due tappe di The Color Run, con partenza e arrivo in via Roberto da Sanseverino lungo l’Adige, passando per la centralissima via Belenzani e in Piazza Duomo. Inoltre i runner attraverseranno il quartiere Le Albere, progettato dall’architetto Renzo Piano, sfilando di fronte al MUSE Museo delle Scienze. Un format decisamente coinvolgente, vista la partecipazione crescente e attiva del pubblico, il cui successo è dettato dal desiderio di aggregazione e di condivisione di un’esperienza unica”.

Logiche molto diverse infatti caratterizzano tutti gli eventi sportivi a partecipazione di massa rispetto a quelli classici, la comunicazione si basa principalmente sull’uso dei social media entrati in maniera preponderante nella quotidianità: 106.000 i like della pagina Facebook e visualizzazioni da record per i video postati (107.885 quelle registrate per la prima tappa a Torino).

Importante, nella promozione dell’evento, il contributo e il coinvolgimento organizzativo dell’APT Trento, Monte Bondone Valle dei Laghi.

La direttrice Elda Veronesi, riferendosi al record di iscrizioni, ha commentato: “Sono numeri davvero importanti e che dimostrano l’attrattività di Trento, città di storia, cultura e sport e che confermano la scelta di ospitare l’evento. Trento si caratterizza, infatti, per un’apprezzata offerta artistico e culturale con servizi e strutture di qualità. Una proposta turistica valorizzata in questi anni con grandi eventi culturali e sportivi internazionali, che hanno qualificato molto l’immagine della nostra città accreditandola e rafforzandone l’apprezzamento” .

Con The Color Run si consolida ulteriormente il rapporto fra il Trentino e RCS Sport. Maurizio Rossini, direttore generale di Trentino Marketing spiega che l’appuntamento del 6 giugno rinnova, in particolare, l’attenzione del territorio verso i giovani. L’obiettivo della loro strategia è quello di valorizzare l'immagine di un territorio che oggi viene riconosciuto come un vero e proprio paradiso per gli amanti della vacanza attiva, dello star bene, del vivere in forma, dello sport come impegno agonistico, o semplicemente come occasione di socialità e di divertimento.

Tutti gli iscritti potranno ritirare il proprio pettorale (e il race kit), presso il Torrione in Piazza Fiera, nei seguenti giorni:

• mercoledì 3 giugno dalle ore 15 alle 20;
• giovedì 4 e venerdì 5 giugno dalle ore 10 alle 20.

Il sabato, giorno della corsa, invece, il ritiro potrà essere effettuato al Color Village di piazzale Sanseverino a partire dal mattino. Inoltre, per tutti i partecipanti è previsto un servizio navetta dal parcheggio Pala Trento al Color Village, attivo dalle 10 alle 16 e dalle 18 alle 23 (costo biglietto giornaliero € 3).

Al successo della 5 km più allegra del pianeta partecipano ASUS (Presenting Sponsor), COMPASS (Top Sponsor), BROOKS, YOGA (Official Partner), RADIO 105 (Official Radio) e tutti gli Official Supporter: EUROP ASSISTANCE, ALGIDA, RIO MARE, SAN BENEDETTO, YAMAHA, XS POWER DRINK, MINIONS, CELLULAR LINE, DREHER e TOYOTA.

Ricordiamo, infine, che The Color Run dopo Trento proseguirà con altri 5 appuntamenti: il 20 giugno a Trieste, il 27 giugno a Genova, l’11 luglio a Bari, l’1 agosto a Rimini e il gran finale, il 12 settembre, a Milano.

Adam Clarke (4'05) and Racheal Bamford were crowned British Athletics road mile champions at the third Bupa Westminster Mile in central London today (the 24th of May, 2015) as David Weir broke the wheelchair world record for the third year in a row.
The event marked 30 years since Steve Cram set the British track mile record of 3:46.32 at the Deam Mile in Oslo in July 1985, and Cram himself was on hand to present the Roger Bannister trophy to Clarke, who was just outside the four-minute barrier today in 4:05.
The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete outsprinted Jonny Hay and Ben Coldrey, plus race favourite James Brewer, to win an eight-man finish in front of Buckingham Palace.
“It was a really good run with the likes of Johnny Hay and James Brewer involved,” - said the 24-year-old after winning his first ever mile race - “I know they are fast, so I had to make a move early on and just after halfway I went for it. But I needed some money in the bank for the last 100m as they have strong kicks”.
Bamford also won a close race, coming from behind to take the women's title in the final stretch from Charlene Thomas and Hannah England. England took this title two years ago and it looked like this would be a straight battle between her and Thomas before Bamford surged forward late on.
“I enjoyed the race,” - said the Leeds City steeplechaser, who was sixth here last year - “I’m quite strong at the moment because my steeplechase training has been going well. I love the Westminster Mile, that's why I came back, and it was a great race to win.”

Bamford received the Diane Leather trophy from Cram who had just watched Weir smash his own world wheelchair record, beating his arch rival Marcel Hug in a dog-fight finish.
The six-times London Marathon winner flew around the course, which skirts St James’s Park in the heart of Westminster, to cross the line on Spur Road in 3:03, just outside the sub-three minute barrier he’s been targeting for three years.
“Nearly, so nearly,” - said Weir when he came to a stop at the base of Victoria Memorial at the top of The Mall - “Marcel went off like a rocket but I took the rest of the race on. I’m gutted because I’ve been doing sub-three in training all week. It’s just the bends on this course that make it so hard. It’s great to get the world record again, but it’s a shame not to get sub-three. I’m getting closer and closer”.

Former Paralympic rower Martyna Snopek retained the women’s wheelchair crown in 4:45, while Kieran Wood from Cambridge took the junior men’s under 20 race in 4:20, just ahead of Scott Halstead. Holly Parker of Enfield Harriers won the junior women’s under 20 race from Niamh Bridson Hubbard in 5:03.
The six-hour festival also included junior wheelchair events for men and women, plus six British Athletics age-group races for boys and girls aged from 11 to 17, all of them presented with a medal bearing an image of Cram crossing the finish line in 1985.
The BBC presenter had earlier turned back the clock 30 years when he won a special race featuring more than 80 former British Olympians in 5:40.
Cram set off at the head of a large field containing not just track and field athletes, but former rowers, fencers and cyclists, all sent on their way by 98-year-old Bill Lucas, Britain’s oldest Olympian and a veteran of the 1948 Games in London when he ran 5000m.
“I loved it,” said Cram, who beat Seoul 1988 middle distance runner Shireen Bailey to the line. “It was amazing seeing loads of people I haven't seen for years. “I hope it can be even better next year – the lads, especially the male runners, can do better. There were far more of the old girls here. It's great to see so many different sports represented though, it was great fun”.
One of those sports was hockey, represented in style by members of the famous 1988 men’s gold-medal winning team, Rob Clift and Richard Leman who, together with 1996 hockey players Simon Hazlitt and Soma Singh, flicked a ball between them around the whole course.
"It's a great atmosphere and it's good to see some guys I haven't seen for a while,”- said Clift. “I do triathlon every now again and my boys both play hockey now so I'm still involved with a lot of sport." It was really good fun knocking a ball between us the whole way,” added Hazlitt. “I'm pleased it was only a mile though, I'm knackered!”

Former 400 m runner Jos Hoyte-Smith and marathon runner Dave Long were responsible for bringing the old Olympians together.

“It was fantastic, but it was also hard, it was much further than my old event, the 400m!” - said Hoyte-Smith - “But the whole point was to get people together again and it went great. To get the response we did was marvellous,” said Long. “Hopefully it's the inaugural one, not the only one. Doing a mile feels ok. In the past I would have had another 25.2 to go.”

The last Olympian home was Alan Newton, an 85-year-old former cyclist who competed at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Newton finished under an impromptu guard of honour made of hockey sticks and foam fencing swords as the rest of the Olympian field chaperoned him to the line.
Among the day’s 33 races were numerous non-championship events for club athletes, joggers, and family members of all sizes, shapes and ages.
Twenty-two-year-old Mariusz Iwaniviec from Poland had the honour of being the first runner home as he cruised across the line shortly before 09:50 this morning.
The former international mountain runner and steeplechaser moved to Wellingborough in Northants just over two years ago and entered the race to see if he could break five minutes.
After biding his time for the first half mile, Iwaniviec broke clear to clock 4:31, his arms raised as he strode beneath the gantry.
“It feels to great to be first,” said Iwaniviec. “I read about the event in the newspaper and thought I would give it a go. “I only had six weeks to train and thought I might get in the top 10, so to be first is fantastic. Now I will start training again properly.”
Elsie Butler from Charnwood Athletics Club in Leicestershire was the first woman home. The 23-year-old 1500m specialist described the event as “great fun”.
“It was great to be here and good to see Steve Cram,” she said. “I love this event. I did it last year and will do it every year now, especially when the weather’s like this.”
Among the crowds of finishers who followed Iwaniviec and Butler was Tess Daly, the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing presenter, who said she “loved every minute” of her race.
“That has to be one of the most iconic miles in Britain with that backdrop behind us,” - said Daly, a Bupa Feel Great Britain Ambassador - “It was great to be involved in it. We couldn’t have asked for better weather, or crowds, or organisation. There was so much support all the way round.”

Mums, dads, kids and grandparents were among the waves of family racers to wash through the finish zone, some jogging together hand-in-hand, some coming one-by-one to meet each other in front of Buckingham Palace. Some with pushchairs, some in football tops, some dressed as their favourite super-heroes. All of them with smiles on their faces.
Three-and-a-half-year-old Khyllah Hamilton ran with her mum Ingrid; the pair were one of the first mum-and-daughter couples to complete the course. “She loves running,” said Ingrid, who’s also entered the Bupa London 10,000 tomorrow. “She’s taking after mummy. I’m sure we’ll be back.”
Dom and Ethan Fiore were the first father-and-son team home, finishing just 15 seconds apart in impressive times of 5:20 and 5:35 respectively.
“It looks like my days of being number one in our household are numbered,” - joked dad Dom, a Cambridge Harrier, his speedy 10-year-old son hardly out of breath beside him. - “We both did it last year, but he’s improved by about 45 seconds since then. We were aiming to be the first dad and son to finish, so I hope we were.”

Among the other well-known faces was former Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis, who was official starter for a race marking Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign, led home by Amanda Heslegrave from Barking Road Runners club in East London.

“I usually run half marathons and marathons so I fancied something different,” she said. “I’ve been here all morning with some friends and it’s just fantastic, it’s great how this event works.
There are fast people and slow people, it’s good for everybody. It’s superb and really well organised. I could never envisage how it would work with so many people running a mile, but I’ll definitely be back.”
It was a sentiment shared by thousands of other runners on a day when Steve Cram and 80 Olympians came together to celebrate their part in Britain’s sporting history.

BRIEF RESULTS
Senior men
1. Adam Clarke 4:05
2. Jonny Hay 4:06
3. Ben Coldrey 4:07
Senior Women
1. Racheal Bamford 4:39
2. Charlene Thomas 4:40
3. Hannah England 4:41
Wheelchair Men
1. David Weir 3:03
2. Marcel Hug (SUI) 3:03
3. John Smith 3:41
Wheelchair Women
1. Martyna Snopek 4:45
2. Claire Connon 7:28
Junior Men
1. Kieran Wood 4:20
2. Scott Halstead 4:20
3. James McCarthy 4:21
Junior Women
1. Holly Parker 5:03
2. Niamh Bridson Hubbard 5:03
3. Laura Gent 5:06

The Bupa Westminster Mile is staged in partnership with Westminster City Council as part of Westminster’s commitment to encourage more people to take up sport and be more physically active.

The 2015 Bupa Westminster Mile has took place in St James's Park, London.

The event, now in its third year, featured 33 one-mile races throughout the day for runners of all ages and abilities.

Spectator highlights will include the Olympians Mile, featuring more than 80 British Olympians from past Games, and the Men’s Wheelchair race when Paralympic star David Weir and Switzerland’s Marcel Hug will battle it out in an attempt to become the first athlete to record 

Strictly Come Dancing star Tess Daly also took part in one of the family mile races and encouraged the runners to enjoy the huge range of family entertainment and activities on offer in Green Park as part of Bupa's Feel Great Britain campaign.

A Bupa Westminster Mile race round-up has been circulatimg after the final race (15:20).

View the day's race schedule here.

Il 23 maggio 2015, David Weir, campione britannico di corsa disabili (6 volte vinciotre della London Marathon) ha stabilito il nuovo record britannico nel miglio su wheelchair, fermando il cronometro ad uno stratosferico 3'03 (precedente crono da lui stabilito: 3'07), in occasione del 3° BUPA Westiminster Mile on road, a Londra. Ma, solo per poco, ha mancato di scendere sotto la soglia dei 3'. Questa sarà un'altra sfida: epocale come quella del britannico Roger Bannister, primo uomo a scendere sotto i 4' primi nel miglio, cui questa specialissima gara, promossa ed organizzata dalla Virgin Money London Marathon, è dedicata.

David Weir produced the fastest wheelchair road mile in history at the third Bupa Westminster Mile festival of road racing in central London today, but just missed out on becoming the first sub-three-minute miler in history as he held off his arch rival Marcel Hug.

On a day of bright sunshine, the six-times London Marathon winner was blessed with dry roads this afternoon and he flew around the course, which skirts St James’s Park in the heart of Westminster, to cross the Finish Line in front of Buckingham Palace in three minutes three seconds, smashing the time of 3:07 he clocked to win last year.

Passing the fast-starting Hug at half-way, Weir rolled at some 24 miles per hour down Horse Guards Parade and screamed around the tight bend into the Finish on Spur Road, but fell just short of the three-minute barrier he had targeted to mark the 30th anniversary of Steve Cram’s British mile record from Oslo in July 1985.

“Nearly, so nearly,” said Weir when he came to a stop at the base of Victoria Memorial at the top of The Mall.

“Marcel went off like a rocket but I took the rest of the race on. I’m gutted because I’ve been doing sub-three in training all week. It’s just the bends on this course that make it so hard. I could hear Marcel behind me at the end and knew he was there. Usually he’s got great strength at the end, so I’m glad I could finish it off.”

Weir duly completed a Bupa Westminster Mile hat-trick, retaining the British Athletics men’s wheelchair road mile title he won 12 months ago after he was victorious at the inaugural contest in 2013 in 3:09 – both world record marks at the time.

“It’s great to get the world record again, but it’s a shame not to get sub-three,” said Weir. “I’m getting closer and closer. If Marcel had not been on my tail I wouldn’t have got 3:03. It’s great that he’s here supporting the race”.

Hug beat the Briton to the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon title, but had to settle for second this time. After clinging onto his rival’s wheel in the closing stretch, he began to close at the end and was given the same time of 3:03.

“The conditions were great today and I’m sure we can go faster here in the future” said Hug. “The Westminster Mile is a great event and I love coming to London.

Weir’s coach Jenny Archer was at the Finish to greet her athlete once his racing chair had come to a halt.

“The times we’ve been doing in training in the park I knew he was going to be close,” she said. “I’m absolutely gutted for him. But it’s there; it’s definitely in him.”

The 35-year-old’s achievement was also watched by Bill Lucas, Britain’s oldest Olympian, who just half an hour earlier had started a race featuring more than 80 Olympians, one of the 33 races that make up the world’s greatest festival of mile racing.

That event was won in 5:40 by Cram himself, while Adam Clarke took the Sir Roger Bannister trophy as the British Athletics men’s road mile champion. The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete beat Jonny Hay in 4:05.

Rachel Bamford won the women’s senior title, named after Diane Leather, the first woman to run a mile in less than five minutes. Bamford, from Leeds, outsprinted Charlene Thomas and Hannah England to win in 4:39.

The Bupa Westminster Mile is staged in partnership with Westminster City Council as part of Westminster’s commitment to encourage more people to take up sport and be more physically active.

TV. Century TV will be providing a news feed for use by broadcast media. This will be available free of charge from Westminster Tower from 16:30 BST today.

Race Results. Results have been published shortly after each race has finished.

The Bupa Westminster Mile, an Olympic legacy event, was first staged in 2013 with more than 3,000 entries. In 2014, the event was the official anniversary event for the 60th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister’s legendary sub-four-minute mile and Diane Leather’s sub-five-minute mile.

The winner of the elite men’s race is awarded the Bannister Trophy and the winner of the elite women’s race is awarded the Leather Trophy.

About Bupa. Bupa’s purpose is longer, healthier, happier lives.

As a leading international healthcare group, we offer health insurance and medical subscription products; run care homes, retirement villages, hospitals, primary care and diagnostic centres and dental clinics. We also provide workplace health services, home healthcare, health assessments and long-term condition management services.

We have 29 million customers in 190 countries. With no shareholders, we invest our profits around the world to provide more and better healthcare and fulfil our purpose.

We employ 79,000 people, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, Poland, New Zealand and Chile, as well as Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, India, Thailand, and the USA.

For more information, visit www.bupa.com.

Annunciato un "fiume di podisti" per la 35^ edizione della Strabalestrate (Palermo), una delle "decane" del Podismo siciliano su strada e valevole come secondaprova del Circuito BioRace UISP 2015, in programma per domenica 17 maggio 2015.Il fiume di podisti sarà costituito in realtà da oltre 300 runner, ma - in ogni caso - è record di partecipanti. Annunciata anche una disfida tra ben tre ottantenni inossidabili.

Numeri da record alla 35^ edizione della STaBalestrate, in programma domenica 17 maggio 2015 a Balestrate (Palermo), organizzata dalla locale ASD Sacerdote Evola Balestrate.

L’evento inserito nel circuito Biorace Trofeo TecnicaSport/Diadora porterà sulle strade della ridente cittadina marinara oltre trecento atleti provenienti da tutta la Sicilia, il record di partecipazione stabilito nell'edizione del 2014 di 234 classificati sarà letteralmente mandato in frantumi, la startlist visionabile sul sito www.speedpass.it annovera nomi di atleti di grande qualità tra cui i vincitori della prima prova del BioRace ( svoltasi a Cinisi lo scorso 25 aprile) Azzurra Agrusa (ASD 5 Torri Trapani) e Enrico Grumelli (ASD Lipa Atletica Alcamo).

Occhi puntati per la vittoria assoluta anche per Mohamed Idrissi ASD Polisportiva Menfi ’95), Michele Geraci (ASD APB Bagheria) e Luigi Giuliana (ASD Amatori Aragona).

Tra le donne ottime probabilità di vittoria per Francesca Bellotti (ASD Palermo Running), Liliana Canzoneri (ASD Trinacria Palermo), Annalisa Di Carlo (ASD Polisportiva Menfi ’95).

Curiosità nella categoria SM80 per la prima volta a Balestrate presenti ben tre pretendenti alla vittoria con gli inossidabili Ciccio De Trovato, Antonio Macaluso portacolori dello ASD Sport Amatori Partinico che dovranno vedersela con Calogero De Simone della ASD Podistica Salemitana.

Appuntamento alle ore 8,00 nella centrale Via M.SS. del Ponte a Balestrate dove alle ore 9,30 sarà data la partenza , gli atleti dovranno percorrere un circuito di metri 1440 per cinque volte. Subito dopo la fase agonistica sarà celebrata la cerimonia di premiazione che vedrà salire sul podio i primi cinque di ogni categoria.

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