After completing his term as mayor of Decimoputzu, the town he governed with dedication, Alessandro Scano faced a challenge unlike any other political battle: his health. "One day I started hearing a persistent ringing in my ear," he says, "and that's when the tests started. I never imagined they'd find such high blood pressure."
Cardiac tests revealed a diastolic blood pressure consistently above 90 mmHg. "The cardiologist didn't mince words: medication and at least forty minutes of walking a day. At first, I took it as a prescription, certainly not the start of a new journey."
Yet, step by step, something changed. "Walking made me feel good. I felt my body responding, my head feeling lighter. Then, almost without realizing it, the running began. First a few minutes, then a few kilometers, then the desire to go further."
Two years ago, joining the GS Runner in Cagliari marked a real leap into the world of competition. "I wanted to test myself, but above all, to understand how far I could go without pushing myself, by listening to myself."
The first 10k races, half marathons, training sessions with the club. Until this year, the year of the big step. In March, Scano ran his first real marathon, the Rome marathon, surrounded by history and adrenaline . "Rome was a feeling hard to explain. Running between the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Piazza Venezia. It felt like I was living in a movie."
That experience not only left a lasting impression on him, but it immediately pushed him to seek a new goal. Last Sunday, his second major challenge arrived: the Florence Marathon. A smoother course, yet rich in symbols, taking in the Arno River, the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, and Piazza della Signoria. "In Florence, I started with more confidence. I knew I could do it, but I didn't imagine I'd improve my time so much."
Scano in fact completed the race in 3 hours and 54 minutes, twenty minutes less than the Roman race.
At the finish line, he waved the flag of the Quattro Mori, surrounded by a large Sardinian delegation: Paolo Lai of Tribune; Giovanni Pisano of GS Runners Cagliari; Milena Pisu, Maurizio Pellegrino, and Giacomo Vacca of Cagliari Atletica Leggera; Federica Pillai, Annalisa Mancini, Elisabetta Marongiu, Cristina Onnis, Cristina Milia, Simone Rocca, and Luca Murru of Blue Tribune; Maurizio Scano, Tiziano Tatti, Stefano Biccai, and Valentina Giardina of the Cagliari Marathon; Giovanni Castrioti and Davide Carta of Run Card.
