Day 92 – EU – Italy [Genoa to Rapallo]

06/03/20

31km

  From Genoa (Italy) to Rapallo (Italy)

Europe

Short running day, steep uphills & downhills and settling in the city that inspired Nietzsche his Zarathustra

The sun was back up and shining as I left Genoa in the early morning hours. I knew I was in for a short run. Over the next few days, I am running across several Natural Parks, in a region that is quite mountainous, by the sea and not heavily populated. This translates into fewer accommodation options and therefore running days of variable distances. I will have two more sub-40km days before going back to standard and longer distances.

I have been asked today if I am much faster when running downhill. Interesting. It looks, both from feel and from records analysis, that I am not much (if at all) faster in downhills than I am on flat terrains. In fact, I can even run slower on downhills than on some uphills. The reason is that downhills require a lot of effort to slow-down BoB the Buggy and retain control of it. It is, after all, 30kgs on wheels – it has a natural instinct to fly down the hill if left uncontrolled!

Today I settle in the cosy seaside town of Rapallo, within the Natural Regional Park of Portofino. Having been the hometown of poet Ezra Pound as well as the inspiration of Nietzsche for Zarathustra, it could be quite intimidating to walk the streets of Rapallo! But I have nothing to fear, my prose shall remain limpy, pedestrian and mildly inspired – thus spoke Lootiethustra 😉

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