
MarcoOlmoisalivinglegendofextremerunning.Hebecamelate,whentheothersstartedtostop.Inhis"previouslives",ashesays,hehasbeenafarmer,atruckdriver,thanaworkmaninhisvillage'scementplant.Fortwentyyearshehasworkedinaquarryonhisfamily'sland,justwheretherewashisnativehouse,soldbeforehewasemployed.Runninghasbecamehisreasonforliving,thewaytotakerevengeonhisharddestiny.Attheageof60hehasbecameWorldChampionwinningtheUltraTrailduMontBlanc,thehardestandmostimportantenduranceraceintheworld,overtwentyhoursofuninterruptedrunning,167km(over100miles)aroundthetallestmountaininEurope.Analmostunimaginablerace,wherementalandphysicaltrainingandpersonalmotivationsarefundamental.Despiteage,physicalproblemsandalwaysyoungerandmorepreparedopponents,hedoesn'twanttostop.WithhiswifeRenata'shelphepreparesforayear,tofacetheneweditionoftheracethatmade...WrittenbyPaoloCasalis<br/> 2006年,TheUltra-TrailduMont-Blanc(简称UTMB)环勃朗峰极限耐力跑组织方考虑到比赛规模的扩大带来的负面效应,决定增加CCC组来分流UTMB组的参赛人数。Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix(CCC)组也被称为UTMB的半程赛事,路线从意大利库玛耶-瑞士尚沛-法国沙木尼,距离为98公里,海拔高差5600米。最后,UTMB组有1151人完赛,意大利的MarcoOlmo以21小时6分赢得冠军。这是UTMB历史上的传奇人物,他58岁赢得了UTMB的冠军,在别人停止剧烈运动的年纪他才姗姗来迟加入。他前半生是一个农夫、司机。对手年纪体力上都比他强,但他不想放弃。他用一年时间准备,必须要胜出来证明能做到。此后,只要是MarcoOlmo参赛,他的比赛号码就是1号。<br/> 2007年MarcoOlmo再次以21小时31分蝉联冠军。<br/> (以上摘自<ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.douban.com%2Fnote%2F202797307%2F">http://www.douban.co<wbr/>m/note/202797307/</a>)