Ski Mountaineering

Damiano Lenzi Formula 1 of ski mountaineering

Damiano Lenzi, ossolano born in 1987, & egrave; one of the top athletes of the Italian ski mountaineering. Last season he won everything we could win: Mezzalama trophy, the Pierra Menta, the Tour du Rutor, the overall World Cup and the Patrouille des Glaciers. A record! 2014 & egrave; was his best season and l & rsquo; objective of quests & rsquo; & egrave year; confirm what has been done so far. All the movement of ski mountaineering Italian & egrave; strong growth and also from the point of view of the salt media & rsquo; attention to all our athletes who are ready to compete with the rest of the world. Damiano Lenzi, the LENCE, you & egrave; demonstrated between the pi & ugrave; strong on the international scene, and for many it will be & agrave; l & rsquo; man to beat. Of course this guy Strain Morelli, where he lives with his family, he has no desire to stop winning. In the legs has an average of 750 hours & Outdoors, year of training that are about 1200 meters in altitude per day, amounting to 400 thousand meters l & rsquo; year; in the heart and mind l & rsquo; ambitious goal to be still on the roof of the world. Here is his interview

Friday 17 October 2014 7 minutes reading time

With the excellent results of the past season today you are one of the men to beat. What do you expect quest & rsquo; year? For me last season & egrave; was wonderful, & egrave; true. Today I train, I'm ready, ready, but I'm also aware that it will not happen again & agrave; Easy & hellip; indeed, with a little & rsquo; of irony I tell you that I am conscious that I can only get worse. & Nbsp; There are many results to defend quest & rsquo; year, what it takes to riconfermasi? Today the athletes ski mountaineering are all very strong, and any competition & egrave; always difficult. To repeat one & rsquo; excellent season which serves everything goes in the right direction. Many factors must fit together like & egrave; happened to me l & rsquo; past year. I'm training well, are keeping pace with last year, but everything must turn in the right direction. Do not ever get sick, feel good, enjoy excellent physical shape, excellent training and a little bit of luck never hurts perch & eacute; competition & egrave; very strong. & nbsp; You say you have the engine of a formula one and that is scary to see you go uphill. What & egrave; your secret? & nbsp; & nbsp; Are trained. To & ograve; I think it is also a natural gift. When I was a kid racing background I realized that I had always pi & ugrave; of the other. & Egrave; True, the engine & egrave; good, but in the race and you get what you do not have to give up. To your palmares what is still missing? Quest & rsquo; year there will be the World Cup of Verbier in February and will be for me & agrave; the highlight. The individual world title and I still miss my preparation & egrave; geared to get in shape for this event. & Will have ograve; determination of good workouts to get in shape not to risk too soon. The season & egrave; long and serves to hold out until the end. My goal & egrave; get to the world at 100% and then take blow up at the end of the season. Quest & rsquo; & agrave year there will be; also Mezzalama Trophy, but in reverse. What do you think? & Egrave; a great classic that I can not miss. When & egrave; was officially path I wondered if the organizers had decided to reverse the race track starting from Gressoney-la-Trinit & eacute; to arrive at Breuil-Cervinia because & eacute; now we had become too good on the historical route. But, in all seriousness, I think that will not change & agrave; anything regarding the values â€‹â€‹in the field: the pi & ugrave; Strong will always be in front. Then, since l & rsquo; important 150th anniversary of the conquest of the Matterhorn & egrave; nice that the closing party of face-to-Cervinia. What do you like ski touring and what we find hard? I love to see the banner that says FINISH & hellip; (Smiles) before the others of course. What is pi & ugrave; bella & egrave; l & rsquo; arrival and then by l & igrave; & Egrave; everything easy: party, friends, my fans club & hellip; everything great. I think the great thing about this sport is given by & rsquo; environment of the mountain and the races, did people still simple and clean. The hard is in the preparation and keep the pace high on that turn. & Egrave; hard to hold on, especially in stage races such as the Tour du Pierra Menta or Rutur: my last participation, for example, I had a fever, I remember that I was sitting in a snow cat looking a bit & rsquo; warm before the start. Then, when you go to the party, you come to the finish giving the maximum. & Egrave; the beauty of this sport. & Nbsp; When's the first meeting with the team? We will be away with the national team at the end of the month, the weekend of October 25, allo Stelvio to know the new competitive direction. Sar & agrave; a bit & rsquo; the official start of the season to prepare for the first races of December for & ograve; for me will be a little & rsquo; as workouts, I can not risk getting in shape too soon. My goal of & rsquo; year, remain the world in February. & Nbsp; You also have a fan club? S & igrave ;, are friends of my country, are great. They made a page in Face book and follow me organizing a coach in some important appointments. Even this & egrave; the beauty of sport: to be able to party with friends, know they are never alone and share the happy moments. & Nbsp;

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