2010 Pisa Marathon: the snow, the ice and the missing information

As all readers know, the 2010 Pisa Marathon has been cancelled. More than 1900 runners, participating to the whole marathon or to the half marathon did not have the chance to run on Sunday 9am in Piazza dei miracoli. After moving the schedule from May to December, the Pisa Marathon organizers found their way to get additional runners on this beautiful competition. Looking at the 2009 results and the vagary of the weather in the north of Italy and in general in Europe, it is obvious that it was both a risky proposition and it provides high rewards. In May 2009 less then 900 people completed the 2 events, while this year enrollment doubled. Even in our site, Marathon Ranking, the 2009 Pisa Marathon live experience is one of the top 5 read articles ever.
WHY HAS THE MARATHON BEEN CANCELLED?
Reading the Pisa Marathon site, reasons do not not seem clear. Obviously, there was the snow. On Friday 17th, it was snowing in the whole North of Italy, including Pisa. On Saturday however, situation looked better, and it was likely that the following day the competition would have been confirmed.  The first decision that the organization has proposed was running the Marathon on a 7km circuit, all runners received a text message about it in the afternoon. However, at the end of the day, it was obvious that the big ice in Piazza dei Miracoli did not allow to run safely an international competition.  
WHAT NEXT?

It has been confirmed on the Pisa Marathon site, that all runners participating to the 2010 edition, will automatically be enrolled to the next edition, without paying any additional fees. Clearly, it is still necessary to confirm your intention to participate on the Pisa marathon 2011 website. The next edition of the Pisa Marathon will be held on the 18th of December 2011, according to the Italian Athletic Federation schedule.
OUR ADVICE
If you have trained for the Pisa Marathon and you would like to run after Christmas, our advice is to enroll to the 8th edition of the Brembo Marathon, which is clearly an unique race, organized by runners for runners. On the 6th of January 2011, you can come with a Ryanair flight to Orio al Serio and join this wonderful marathon at Roncola di Treviolo, Bergamo. As of the 24th of December, 115 runners enrolled to the Marathon (129 to the half marathon).

2010 Italian Marathon final ranking

Since we are closed to the end of the year, it is time to update the ranking with the list of all Italian IAAF Marathons, sorted by the number of Participants who completed the competition during 2010. This ranking does not express any judgment on the best organized marathons in the country, or the quality of the competition. The aim of the updated ranking is only to inform foreign runners about the numbers of participants that completed the Italian marathons, to give the best feeling on their size. Update time: December 31th 2010.


Below you can find the ranking for the top Italian marathons, based on numbers of people arrived at the finished line. Please note that the ranking refers only to the most recent marathon, while former edition might have got higher participations. 

TOP TEN:

1. Rome Marathon: arrived 10995 (Mar 21 2010, Ranking Rome Marathon 2010)

2. Florence Marathon: arrived 7758 (Nov 28 2010, Ranking Florence Marathon 2010)

3. Venice Marathon: arrived 6258 (Oct 25 2010, Ranking Venice Marathon 2010)

4. Milan City Marathon: arrived 3435 (Apr 11 2010, Ranking Milan Marathon 2010)

5. Treviso Marathon: arrived 2210 (Mar 27 2010, Ranking Treviso Marathon 2010)

6. Reggio Emilia: arrived 2105 (Dec 12 2010, Ranking Reggio Emilia Marathon 2010)

7. Turin Marathon: arrived 2090 (Nov 11 2010, Ranking Turin Marathon 2010)

8. Padua Marathon: arrived 1880 (Apr 25 2010, Ranking Padua Marathon 2010)

9. Verona Marathon: arrived 1710 (Feb 21 2010, Ranking Verona Marathon 2010)

10: Lake Garda Marathon: arrived 1388 (Oct 10 2010, Ranking Lake Garda Marathon 2010)

TOP 20:
11. Carpi Ferrari Italian Marathon: arrived 881 (Oct 10 2010, Ranking Ferrari Marathon 2010)
12. Colle Marathon, from Barchi to Fano: arrived 804 (May 2 2010, Collemar Marathon ranking)

13. Lucca Marathon: arrived 699 (Oct 25 2010, Ranking Lucca Marathon 2010)

14. Custoza Marathon: arrived 678 (May 10 2010, Ranking Custoza Marathon 2010)

15. Trieste Marathon: arrived 614 (May 2 2010, Ranking Trieste Marathon 2010)
16. Placentia Marathon: arrived 546 (Mar 7 2010, Placentia Marathon 2010)
17. Frederick II: arrived 485 (Mar 7 2010, Ranking Frederick II 2010)

18. Brescia Marathon: arrived 477 (Mar 13 2010, Ranking Brescia Marathon 2010)

19. Coast to Coast Marathon: arrived 472 (Dec 19 2010, Ranking Amalfi Marathon 2010)

20. Verdi Marathon: Salsomaggiore Parma: arrived 428 (Feb 28 2010, Verdi Marathon 2010)

TOP 30:
21. South Tirol Marathon: arrived 424 (Oct 3 2010, ST Marathon 2010)

22. Lamone's Marathon: arrived 422 (Apr 5 2009, source)

23. Bari Marathon: arrived 404 (Nov 21 2010, Bari Marathon 2010)
24. Vercelli Marathon: arrived 388 (May 1 2010, Rice Marathon 2010)
25. Naples Marathon: arrived 362 (Apr 18 2010, Naples Marathon 2010)

26. Piceno Marathon: arrived 333 (May 16 2010, Ranking Piceno Marathon 2010)

27. Salento Marathon, Arrived 267 (Feb 7 2010, Salento Marathon 2010) 

28. Milano Pavia Marathon: arrived 265 (Nov 14 2010, Ranking 2010)

29. Maratona sul Brembo: arrived 242 (Jan 6 2010, Brembo Marathon Ranking 2010)

30. Latina Marathon: arrived 235 (Dec 5 2010, Latina Marathon 2010)

TOP 50:
31. Livorno Marathon: arrived 230 (Nov 14 2010, Livorno Marathon 2010 Ranking)

32. San Silvestro Marathon, Calderara di Reno, BO: arrived 230 (Dec 31 2010, ranking)

33. Brianza Marathon: arrived 221 (Mar 21 2010, Brianza Marathon 2010)
34. Palermo Marathon: arrived 189 (Nov 21 2010, Ranking Brianza Marathon 2010)

35. Wine Cities Marathon, Buttrio: arrived 155 (Oct 3 2010, Wine Cities 2010)

36. Bergamo Marathon: arrived 147 (Sep 26 2010, Bergamo Marathon Ranking 2010)

37. San Benedetto Sable Marathon: arrived 127 (Feb 14 2010, Sable Marathon 2010)

38. Messina Marathon: arrived 115 (Apr 25 2010, Messina Marathon 2010 Ranking)

39. Adriatic Marathon: arrived 109 (March 28 2010, source: championchip)
40. Syracuse Marathon: arrived 99 (Feb 21 2010, Syracuse Ranking 2010)
41. Gargano Marathon: arrived 97 (June 18 2010, Gargano 2010)
42. Hybla Barocco Marathon: arrived 95 (Jan 24 2010, Hybla Marathon 2010)
43. Trasimeno Lake Marathon: arrived 92 (Mar 7 2010, Trasimeno 2010)
44. Reggio Calabria Marathon: arrived 72 (Nov 28 2010, Ranking 2010)

CANCELLED IN 2010:

Ferrara Marathon: it was the 17th largest in 2009. Will be organized in March 2011
Pisa Marathon: it was top 20 in 2009, but it has been cancelled due to the heavy snow in Pisa during the week-end of the race
Ravenna Marathon: it was top 30 in 2009

Jesolo Night Marathon: it was top 30 in 2009

Alessandria Marengo Marathon: it was top 50 in 2009

42000 steps in Valsusa: postponed in March 2011, it was top 50 in 2009

DISCONTINUED:

Lecco Marathon: arrived 80 (March 8 2009)

More than 2000 runners at the 15th Reggio Emilia Marathon

More than 2000 runners have already enrolled to the 15th edition of the Reggio Emilia Marathon. Among them, there are athletes from Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia, Morocco, Kenya,  Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam.
Although few runners from abroad are coming to this event, the best organized Marathon in Italy is pretty much an Italian event. More than half of the athletes are coming from 2 regions only: 550 runners from Emilia Romagna, 500 from Lombardy.

To learn more about this fantastic event, readers can check the 2009 Reggio Emilia Marathon live experience.