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Today, I'm going to talk about sport.

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But not only about victories.

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Not only about the winners.

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But about the positive side of sport.

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A kind of sport,

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that gives us the strength to carry on, 
the strength to believe.

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That's me running, because I like to run.

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Here I was in Namibia.

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This was the first stage of a long trip.

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A 104 km long trip,
that later became 106 km.

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I had run 2 km more,
because 104 were not enough.

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No, I did it because
6 is an important number.

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The 6 is a recurring number

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in this story.

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That's me at the end of the race,

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with all the runners,

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in spite of the running,

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and straggling to win,

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we arrived all together,
after these 106 coveted kilometers.

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The trip required a big effort.

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We landed in Windhoek, here in the map.

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After seven long hours,

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we arrived in the Namib desert,
the oldest desert in the world.

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An amazing desert,

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I choose to run through this desert

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for his peculiar features.

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And look at my participant number.

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The number I was given is number 6.

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A recurring number,

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this is an important number for me.

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This is the first stage of the running,
this is a nocturnal stage,

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15 km long, so it is an easy one.

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We run for 15 km,
as in a typical training.

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But the desert and, broadly speaking,

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running is a metaphor of life.

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As in life, you're doing something

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and all of a sudden, 
something unexpected happens.

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In running, unexpected happens as well.

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If you want to complete a challenge,

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against the time or something else,

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you need to go on,
and react to the unexpected.

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You can always react.

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I had a problem after 3 km,

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It was cold --

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the sun was setting

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look how beautiful it was --

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I'm a bit touched.

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I didn't know it was so amazing.

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Thanks everyone,

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you had sustained me.

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I'll do it.

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It very hard but I'll do it.

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OK?

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I never give up.

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Right, I couldn't give up.

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Because we were running for

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a fundraising initiative,

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to help children

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an important initiative,

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to raise funds to challenge neuroblastoma.

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Neuroblastoma is a a type of cancer
frequent in children.

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Unfortunately, many children
suffer from neuroblastoma.

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I didn't know this disease,

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before this experience.

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But there are many children
who are suffering, right now.

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I had to run 106 km

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and raise founds
to give hope to this children.

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When you run in the desert,
and it's not easy,

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because of the sand, 
the high and low temperature.

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In Namib desert, in December 
there are 61 degrees.

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In Namibia when there are 61 degrees

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is not like in Italy,

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there's not moisture.

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But there are still 61 degrees.

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During the 42 km marathon,

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where I had been running for seven hours,

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I had arm problems, burnings, abrasions.

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But it was OK.

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Because we had to finish the race.

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When you are running you are alone.

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This was the second stage,
a bit longer, 21 km.

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Not so difficult,

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but it made me think.

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I started to notice the dry soil,

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because of the hot weather.

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The desert taught me a lot.

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Taught me that we often --

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in our day life,

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during all day, we feel invincible.

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We feel strong.

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[Respect the desert,
and it will be your teacher]

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When you are in the desert,
you realise how small you are.

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You are a speck of dust in the universe.

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I had run for 15 to 20 km in the desert.

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and all around me there was the void.

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I realised how small I was.

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The most beautiful things in life

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are not your mobile phone,
your new clothes.

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Many think that to be happy,
you need the last generation phone.

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I learnt this from a bus driver.

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Once in the desert, we were driving,

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the bus driver stopped, got out the bus,
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took a leaf from a bush.

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He gave us the leaf and says:
"Smell it."

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It was a leaf of sage.

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He was happy because with the leaf of sage

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he could cook.

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And with a leaf of sage he could make drugs.

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He was happy because of the leaf.

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We don't need to be happy only for leaves,

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it's right be happy for several reasons.

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We must be conscious that we are lucky.

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Do you know why I choose the Namib desert?

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Because in that desert,

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there is the highest dune in the world,
more than 300 metres tall.

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When you are there,

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we run to the top,

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you can see there,

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is the little flag,
and get down from the other side

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it's like it was touching the sky.

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Because in the desert
there aren't clouds.

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When you are there,
is an unbelievable feeling.

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Going up to the dune is not easy.
I run slow, better, I walked slow.

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When I arrived on the top of the dune,

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I had already run 100 km,
there were still 6 km.

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I had run 100 km,

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and I was on the highest
dune of the world in Namibia,

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and I succeeded.

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Now...

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Sorry.

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There are still 4 km,
but I'm running for 2 more.

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We are raising found, I'm happy.

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I want to thank you all,
who is supporting me.

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Now I'm going.

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- Ready?
- Let's go!

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I hope not to fall.

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[What makes the desert beautiful
is that it hides, somewhere, a well.

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The Little Prince]

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In the desert I found a quotation.

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This morning, I was talking
about The Little Prince and my well.

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I met a lot of people,
and together we shared emotions.

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We were 26.

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It was a challenge.

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26 people were running with me.

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They could have stopped at 104 km,

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because 104 km was the finish,
but they run until the end.

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And upon arrival, 
an incredible magic happened.

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As you see,
we were all agile at the start.

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because the leg weren't tired.

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And this is the end.

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Do you know what the organisation did?

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A kilometer before the finish,
they placed a flag,

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in order to finish officially the running,

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then come back, run one kilometer,

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and go back to the finish, running 106 km.

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Why? Because the initial goal,

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was to run for several kilometers,

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but with a 6 inside the number.

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It's interesting that we finish

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the fundraising

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on December 20th, 2016.

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If you sum the number, the result is 106 km.

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If you multiply 106 by 2, the result is 212.

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I have not always been like this,

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don't worry, there's hope for everyone.

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You can run too.

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I was fatter, I had 40 kg of overweight,

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I didn't practise sport,

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I used to smoke,

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running for 100 meters was difficult.

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I was not alone.

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Sorry.

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(Applause)

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I had a wife,

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and two children.

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Riccardo, today is 17.

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and Pietro, six years old.

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Pietro and Riccardo,

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Pietro was 3 years younger that Riccardo,

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this is the first day of school.

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Riccardo was in the fourth year,
and Pietro on his first year,

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they were young.

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I don't know why Riccado was thumb up

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and Pietro thumb down,

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maybe he knew everything --

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[Life is unexpected]

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And sometimes life is hard,

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and the same way you do while running,

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you must react.

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That's what happened.

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This is an intracranial hemorrhage.

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This is a CT scan of 
an intracranial hemorrhage.

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Pietro had an intracranial hemorrhage,

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in November, during
the first days of school.

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The intracranial hemorrhage

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was caused by an arteriovenous 
malformation about it we didn’t know

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when he was born.

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And he struggled fiercely.

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This is his last smile.

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When everything seemed to be normal,

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on February 18th, we were called

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because he had a heart attack
because his body was tired.

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We named the Marathon Taran 106.

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Pietro. Now you understand
why 6 is an important number.

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Clearly,

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I don't want to give 
a bad impression, but ...

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[The sun rises, even when we can't see it]

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You can't give up, but ...

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[The sun rises, even when 
we can't see it] (Applause)

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You must go on,

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support those who remained,

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because remember that problems
are always of those who remained.

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Riccardo keeps on living,

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He helps the other two new arrived.

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Emma arrived.

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She was born on June 29th,
on Saint Peter day,

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and then 18 months later, Michele was born.

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It was absolutely necessary to be positive, 
I could not give up.

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What did I do?

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I tried to make my life better,

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and my body better.

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Not only from the outside,

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but also from the inside.

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To make people stronger.

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To be stronger.

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I started to run.

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I took this picture,

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when I run my first 
half marathon in Milan,

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and one year later,

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my first marathon in Verona.

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Until I run for this marathon.

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In the Namibia desert,

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when I run 106 km,

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and I won this medal,

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and help a lot of children 
that were in need for care.

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Do you see the t-shirt, and that sketch?

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I made a tattoo. It's me and Pietro.

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That's why I wanted to find 21,000 euro,

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because I didn't run alone in the desert.

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I will never run alone.

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In November,

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I will run 165 km in the desert of Oman,

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here again the number 6.

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165 km, totally in a self-sufficient way,

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I will be given only water.

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I hope to run until the end.

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The desert is different,
but the goal is the same.

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A raising funds running,

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to help children to fell better.

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Today I'm giving you a lesson.

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Despite problems,

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big or not,

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there's always hope,

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to do amazing things and go on.

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Life is like a pinwheel.

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(Applause)

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[We all have

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running shoes, and can start running.

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We all can set goals,

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big o small goals,

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and try to reach them.

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I did it. I run in the desert]

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(Applause)

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[Thanks]

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Today we are here.

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Today is 6-17, 2017.

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Three times six, you can relate it
however you see fit.

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Thank you.

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