Within the new quick movie by Black Diamond, “La Gara with Hillary Gerardi,” we get a jaw-dropping take a look at the legendary Trofeo Kima race in Val Masino, Italy, and what it means to Black Diamond athlete Hillary Gerardi.
Within the opening scenes, Ilde Marchetti of the race group describes how the race was named after and created in dedication to her late brother, who died in service with mountain rescue, and had so revered the Val Masino and its surrounding mountains.
The 52-kilometer race, which takes place each different yr, covers extraordinarily technical terrain and is a distinct segment providing in mountain operating. For Gerardi, the race has grow to be an integral a part of how she sees herself as a runner. The movie first sees her take victory in 2018, after which paperwork her four-year wait to defend her title and problem Núria Picas’s course report when the race lastly returned in 2022, following an interruption as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
A scene from “La Gara with Hillary Gerardi” exhibiting the breathtaking terrain on the Trofeo Kima race route. Photograph: Black Diamond
In case her ardour for this race and this place was not evident sufficient within the movie, Gerardi has written a love letter to Trofeo Kima, which reads:
“Kima, I can not say I’m inexperienced. I can not even declare that I’m ‘not likely a
runner,’ however I can say that it has taken me a very long time to establish as such. And in some methods, I’m
nonetheless deciding about what sort of runner I need to be. However I do know one factor for certain. When these
questions and doubts come round, I can level to you and know that I’m dwelling. Kima, you’ve let
me really feel like me in a approach that the majority operating by no means has. You’ve helped me establish the runner I
aspire to be. A runner that inhabits the world between the earth and the sky, scales the slopes,
pushes so onerous they really feel the style of blood of their mouth, and skips throughout jumbles of blocks all
whereas feeling awe at having the privilege to comply with the footsteps of those who first drew the road
throughout jaw dropping landscapes.
A runner that dares to run the chance of failure however will give all of it that she’s acquired for an opportunity so as to add
her identify to the legacy.
Sincerely,
Hillary Gerardi”
A scene from the movie exhibiting Hillary Gerardi on the 2022 Trofeo Kima race briefing. Photograph: Black Diamond