Rendez-vous with Olympia - Athens Classic Marathon 10/11/13

 

Athens Classic Marathon 2013

 

Rendez-vous with Olympia was set on 10 November 2013
Borda crew participated with 13 members between runners, supporters and chief helpers.

Only Greek Gods know what really happened in Athens that mystic week-end.
Here are few lines we received from an unknown ancient messenger sent to us.
He arrived exhausted, poor guy, we had to feed him with fries and beers.
Enjoy the reading.

Amsterdam Half Marathon 2013

Fourth participation in a row for BITT in the Amsterdam Half Marathon.

Over 30.000 runners covered both Classic and Half distances of this 2013 edition, looking forward to the epic finish in the Olympic Stadium of the dutch capital. The stadium hosted the 1928 Olympic Games and was declared national monument in 1987. The structure will also host the 2016 European Athletics Championships, for which BITT already qualified dozens of talented athletes.

 

Guillermo, Kostas and Francesco started running at the central train station, motivated by the particularly fast journey from Brussels that allowed them to arrive 2 milliseconds before the official start. 

Brussels Ekiden Relay 2013 - The Dream Team is back!

Second participation in a row for the team in the Brussels Acerta Ekiden Relay, the biggest relay race in the world. Almost 2000 teams of 6 runners took part in this 2013 edition.

Meeting point was set at 12.00 in an incredibly sunny day at Roi Baudoin Stadium.

Brussels Marathon - Half Marathon 2013: we can do both!

Sunday 06.10.2013

Borda Team registered for both Marathon and Half Marathon in Brussels.

For Doug it was the very first time with the classic distance. The race started at 9 and ended for him after 4h38 minutes. After surviving the biggest challenge, Doug, while sipping a cold cold hectoliter of beer laying on his couch, firmly stated:

'The course is spectacular, both pretty and tough. I actually enjoyed the first half, but it's at the 20km mark that the real race starts. I'd been doing a good pace until 30km but at this point my legs started to go and the last 12km is hilly. Next time I'll choose a flatter course'.

Antwerp Night Race 2013 - Chapter III

13 September 2013 - Antwerp.
Third participation in a row for B.I.T.T. in the Energizer Night Race!
This event has become a classic of the rentrée after the summer holidays. Rentrée in Belgium has a special meaning though, actually somthing like "forget about summer and get straight back to reality, doesn't matter if today is the 25th August".
With this spirit and terrible weather forecast for the upcoming evening our athletes boarded in the train to Antwerp.

Here's BITT line-up in this 2013 edition:

1. Angeliki - Bronze Medal last year in women's ranking, despite the non perfect physical conditions she wanted to be there and defend the unforgettable performance of 2012.
2. Guillermo and 3. Kostas - respectively 2nd and 3rd edition for them.
4. Umberto - Energizer baptism for him

      Dry and relaxed pre-race posing

Stockholm Marathon - 1 June 2013

Stockholm City Marathon is one of the "not-to-be-missed" races in Northern Europe.

Back in November 1978, an article about NYC Marathon appeared on Sports Illustrated illuminated the mind of a sport journalist, Andres Olsson, who actually put into practice the dream of many of the runners of the time, organizing and inagurating the first edition of Stockholm Marathon on Aug 4 1979, with 2000 participants and a great, unexpected media coverage.

 

 

Brussels 20k - 26 May 2013 - The edition of the records!

 

 

For the 5th time in a row Borda International Tintori Team registered to Brussels 20k, the biggest event of the year in town. So many adventures and sooo many (fake) gold medals have been conquered in these years.

 

This 2013 edition was particularly interesting given the record of participants (almost 38.000 !!) and the extraordinary weather conditions (guys, no summer...6° at the start with a beautiful grey sky and cold, arctic breeze).

 

 

"StraBologna 2013" - Italy

                                   

It is with immense pleasure that we're welcoming Pietro's debut with a B.I.T.T. t-shirt!

Stra-Bologna is a classic run over the centre of one of nicest historical cities in Italy and Pietro chose this venue for his legendary baptism in the name of Borda. Below the detailed report of a heartbreaking experience.

The Flanders Campaign - 2013 Edition

 

21.04.2013 - Antwerp 10 Miles

 

Memories from last year were still fresh and limpid.

The route of the 10 Miles is tricky, with tunnels and slight uphills all across the distance, and as a cherry on top of the cake, the famous Waaslandtunnel, a heartbreaking neverending 2km tunnel magically appearing in front of the runner when only 2.3 km are left to the end.

 

B.I.T.T.'s first, double mission to Norway!!!

B.I.T.Team is glad to announce the accomplishment of its first, challenging double mission to Norway.

Two athletes took part in this adventure. In chronological order:

1. Oslo - 10km - 27 April

For many many years Mr Thomas has been following and admiring our performances, eager to finally participate and give his contribution to Borda cause. The time has come Mr Nortvedt!

The Nortvedt family was there to support the cause and share of course the suffering of a fast race.

Cheers to the 3 of them! It is now official: a delegation of the Team will be present in Oslo in September to run the Marathon/Half marathon!

Two B.I.T.T. gladiators at the Rome Marathon - 17 March 2013

17 March 2013.
It's understood that Marathon of Rome is not only about running the classic distance (42.195 m).
The route here is a special flash-back over thousands of years of history: starting from the breath-taking Imperial Forums, the run develops along the old town centre offering a special path to its participants, who could (could, if the oxygen still flows) admire lots of the Roman historic monumental beauties, from piazza Venezia to piazza Cavour, passing by Circo Massimo and near Basilica di San Pietro. After a tract along the Tevere river, the run re-emerges in the inner city and gets back for the final kms to the Colosseum, as a natural finish lane after quite a few hours of pain.

Barcelona Half Marathon 2013 - A family accomplishment

17.02.2013 - The Borda season has finally started with the classic Half marathon (Mitja Marato') in Barcelona. Further to a scrupulous preparation based on sunbathing, patatas bravas and intensive dancing sessions at Tequila Rock Bar, this year Murcia Nicolas family took over the Bordarelay and happily represented B.I.T.T. over a 21km adventure in the streets of Barça.

Running in 2013 - part I: some tips for races in EUROPE

Motto below is clear. ACTION!

Let's start with a brief update on the races to be held in 2013 in the main European capitals (distances from 5k to the full marathon, no excuses though).