Author: Cristina Tasselli
Digital Strategic Marketing Director - certified Innovation Manager - in multinational companies, she is still today the only Italian female athlete to have ran 900 km and 55,000m D+ in the mountains in a single stage race (Transpyrenea 2016, 3rd women overall). She counts numerous Podiums and international Victories on races over 100k. She holds a SNaQ CONI certification as a Trail Running Coach, Athletic Trainer and in Nutrition and Sports Supplementation. Since 2014 she is President and sports executive of innovative technology startups and companies, including Trail Running Movement and Digital Sport 360. She trains elite trail running athletes and she teaches in trail running coach certification courses. She is an author of sports articles on training, nutrition and supplementation in trail running and running, both in Italian and in English and Spanish. She manages relationships and collaborations with Federations and Race Organizers.
Cross Country Running is an Olympic discipline with distances between 4 and 12km, in many ways similar to mountain running or short trail running races. With the cross-country running training you get...
THE TRAIL RUNNER AND ULTRA RUNNER DIET TO PERFORM TOP TRAINING
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in Nutrition.
The correct nutrition of a trail runner or an ultra runner is composed of a high quantity of carbohydrates equal to 65-70% of the total calories ingested during the day. The percentage of carbohydrates...
HOW TO BECOME A TRAIL RUNNER? THE STORY OF MARCO, FROM BOXING TO ULTRA TRAIL
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in Training.
Marco Cimini is a well-known Architect. Behind the “professional” image is hidden a passionate ultra trailer but digging deeper one discovers much more. His sporting career begins in boxing,...
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYMPTOMS, FIRST AID FOR TRAIL RUNNERS
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in Nutrition.
Trail Runners can often experience chronic fatigue symptoms during the year. It is important to prevent them, recognize them and act immediately.
The state of physical and mental exhaustion can be related...
HOW TO WIN AN ULTRA TRAIL, CHRISTIAN PIZZATTI, TRM TEAM, 1st UTLO 100K
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in TRM Team.
Christian Pizzatti, twice at the Trail World Championships with the Italian national team, won the VIBRAM UTLO – Ultra Trail 100K in 12h07. The race with 6000m d+, starting and finishing in Omegna,...
CALCIUM IS A GREAT ALLY IN TRAIL RUNNERS DIET
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in Nutrition.
Calcium is a mineral present in high quantities in the human body and is important for bones, teeth, muscles, stimulation of cellular metabolism and, finally, the balance of the nervous system. In endurance...
ULTRA TRAIL MONT BLANC, THE STORY OF PAOLO, HOW HE TRAINED TO HIT THE GOAL
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in Training.
Paolo Depaoli started to run in 2014 and he is finisher of several ultra trails. He had a dream: run the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc 170k on the occasion of his 50th birthday. In the interview he tells his...
HOW TO RUN A 450KM ULTRA TRAIL: INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO FONIO FINISHER TOR DES GLACIERS
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in TRM Team.
The interview with Stefano Fonio has been an immersion in the most genuine spirit of the Ultra Trail World. It was nice to hear from him about the awareness of the achievement, the stages of the tough...
MOST COMMON MISTAKES IN TRAIL RUNNING….AT THE AID STATIONS
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in Nutrition.
In the refreshment points of some trail running races, taking place around the World, you sometimes find type of foods that could cause you several problems. Elite runners can count on their professional...
TRM NEW GIANTS, TOR DES GEANTS 2019
Written by Cristina Tasselli on . Posted in TRM Team.
The Tor Des Geants is a fascinating but tough race that requires previous experience in endurance races and specific training. The race track develops on a 330km trail on the Alte Vie 1 and 2 of the...