Ferrino Women Team @Adamello Ultra Trail - es

THE ATHLETES WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE ADAMELLO ULTRA TRAIL WEARING THE FERRINO WOMEN TEAM COLOURS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN.

There are 11 women who between the 22 and 24 September will run the Adamello Ultra Trail wearing the colours of the Ferrino Women Team.

Their names were given by Lisa Borzani, trail running champion and two-time winner of the Tor des Géants, at the end of the cycle of camps she organised and conducted to select the athletes.

These are therefore athletes who are prepared and ready for the challenge, both physically and mentally. But above all, they are eager to put themselves to the test by tackling one of the most demanding races on the national trail running circuit. 

The selected athletes will compete on routes of 100 and 35 km, respectively with 6,050 and 2,200 metres of positive difference in altitude, designed along the paths of the Alta Val Camonica and Alta Val di Sole, on the border between Lombardy and Trentino. These are tough trails, which require training, good knowledge of the mountains and equipment that is both reliable and high-performance like the gear they will receive from Ferrino.

With this initiative, the Turin-based company consolidates its commitment in the world of women's nature running, following a path started in 2017 when the Ferrino Women Team was inaugurated. A team made up of high-level athletes but above all of women with normal stories: mothers, workers, students. Like the magnificent 11 selected by Lisa Borzani.

"The aim of the Ferrino Women Team has been from the outset to bring out the human side of trail running and of the women who choose to practice this very demanding activity, even with all the commitments of mothers and working women", underlines Anna Ferrino, CEO of Ferrino, who adds: "With this project, carried out in collaboration with Adamello Ultra Trail, for the first time we are giving women from a running school, selected by a professional, the opportunity to run a race as real athletes of the team, underlining Ferrino's aim of helping "normal" people to achieve great goals. The decision to collaborate with a great woman and athlete like Lisa Borzani is in continuity with this concept. We collaborate with her Trailored 4 You school with a view to helping athletes who are first and foremost women, who have a dream to fulfil that goes beyond their everyday lives. We want to accompany them, talk about them, run with them in their first real race."

"We enthusiastically undertook this initiative to promote female trail running," commented Paolo Gregorini of Adamello Ultra Trail, "with a historic partner for us like Ferrino. We can't wait to have these athletes in action on our trails: their qualities, combined with the technical support of a brand of this level and the experience of Lisa Borzani will undoubtedly allow us to uphold the name of the Ferrino Women Team and expand the horizons of Adamello Ultra Trail even further".

The magnificent 11

100 km

Silvia Bonalumi from Milan - Italy. Manager in the packaging paper industry. She has been running for 14 years and has already finished some very important races such as UTMB, LUT, TDS and Cro-Magnon. She prefers to train in the mountains of the Lariano Triangle or in Valtournenche where she has a house.

Paola Bottanelli, from Aosta - Italy. Profession Marketing strategist. She started running three years ago in memory of a friend who died in an avalanche and trains on the trails near her home. Races completed include: La Thuile Trail, Monviso Trail, Collontrek, Tenno Trail, Trail Monte Soglio, Dolomiti Extreme Trail. 

Silvia Tedoldi from Milan - Italy. Trainer by profession. She has been running since 2014 and has completed races such as UTLO, Trail del Motty, LUT, Campo dei Fiori Trail, Ultrabericus and Tuscany Crossing. She trains at Mottarone, Campo dei Fiori and the San Siro mountain in Milan.

35 km

Francesca Ferrando, from Alessandria - Italy. Fitness instructor and holistic practitioner. She trains close to home on both asphalt and trails and, at weekends, also in the Cogne valley.  She has been running since she was a young girl and has recently completed trail races such as GTC30, Transvulcania, Sentiero 4 luglio, Ledro Sky race, Trail Monte Casto.

Alida Foudon from Aosta - Italy. Employee in a public entity. Two-time finisher of the Tor des Géants and PTL, as well as very long distance races such as Monterosa Walser Trail, Ultra Trail Via degli Dei and Ultra Trail del Lago d'Orta. She mainly trains alone on the trails near her home or by taking part in races.

Valentina Ghio from Genoa. She manages B&Bs and holiday homes. She lives between Liguria (Lavagna) in summer and Valle d'Aosta (Torgnon) in winter and trains on the trails in these two regions. She has been running for 10 years and after two children she has recently started again. In 2023, she participated in the Winter brich Trail, K+Antey, UltraK Trail+, Cento Croci trail.

Francesca Granelli from Parma - Italy. Veterinarian. She has already run the Adamello Ultra Trail in 2022. Favourite training locations: the Parma Apennines and Ponte di Legno.

Sylvie Grange from Aosta - Italy. Town council official. She has been running for four years and in 2023 took part in her first race of over 50 km, the Gran Trail Courmayeur. She trains mainly on the trails around her home, those leading to the Col di Joux or in the hills at Chatillon.

Chiara Guichardaz from Aosta - Italy. She is a nature guide and a self-employed midwife. She has been running since she was a young girl and trains on the trails behind her home but also in Valtournenche or Val d'Ayas. She has competed in vertical races including the VK2 from Courmayeur - Punta Helbronner, various 20-30 km trails and participated in the zero edition of the Cervino Matterhorn Ultra Race.  

Katia Pricco Sissoldo. Chartered accountant. She lives near Torino - Italy and trains on her home mountains such as Punta Quinzeina and Colma del Mombarone or in Valle d'Aosta. She has completed several demanding races including the Tot Dret (130 km).

Enrica Scapin from Torino - Italy. She started running in 2019 out of love for an ultrarunner and in 2023 completed several races between 30 and 60 km including Utlac-Ultra Trail Lago di Como, Trail del Monte Soglio, Trail Oasi Zegna.