Lisa Borzani
Category: Trail Runner
Date of Birth: 12/5/79
Nickname: Linetta
Country: Italy
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How to leave behind a quiet career in banking to dedicate yourself to your love of trail running and the Valle d’Aosta mountains. Born and raised on the Veneto plains, she has lived in La Magdeleine for six years, a tiny village in Valtournenche at 1,600 metres above sea level, where she lives the life she has pursued for a long time. Lisa is one of the great protagonists of nature running, with amazing results, a wild character and her endless passion that pushes her to compete in any type of race of any distance almost every week, even if not suitable for her ultrarunner technical characteristics.
Racing is her whole life now. With her school TRAILored 4 You, created together with her husband Paolo, Lisa trains many athletes and people wanting to finish the tougher races, but also entertains children at special camps organised just for them. Lisa is very careful about what she eats “but I can’t say no to chocolate” and imposes strict training tables on herself, with a constant eye on the Tor des Géants, her favourite race that she has already won twice. She loves Jovanotti but only wears headphones when running on the road, because she doesn’t want any distractions on the trails. What is her dream? “I’m not going to say, otherwise it will never come true”, she starts by saying, but then lets slip her desire to go on a long trek in the mountains of Nepal. She is more likely to go back to Peru, however, where she has worked for charity and human promotion for some time, with the volunteers of Operation Mato Grosso.
HIGHLIGHTS
Tor des Géants: 330 km. First place in 2016 and 2017 (second in 2014 and 2015)
MEHT-Monterosa Est Himalayan Trail 2022, 103 km. First place
Monterosa Walser Ultra Trail 2019, 114 km. First place
Gran Trail Courmayeur 2019, 105 km. First place
Orobie Ultra Trail 2015 and 2017, 140 km. First place
Ronda del Cims (Andorra) 2016 and 2017 170 km. First place
Miut- Madeira Island Ultra Trail (Portugal) 2017 - 115 km.Third place
LUT-Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2017 - 120 km. Third place
Hong Kong 100 Ultra Trail, 2016- 100 km. Second place; third in 2015.
TDS-Sur le Traces des ducs de Savoie (Francia), 2019 - 119 km. Second place
She has represented Italy at the world championship in: 2013 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018
She has also won the Tor des Géants twice, and represented Italy five times at the world trail running championships
