{"id":16469,"date":"2023-07-27T07:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T07:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoestechnologies.exum.eu\/?p=16469"},"modified":"2024-03-06T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:11:32","slug":"tommy-the-swimrun-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoestechnologies.exum.eu\/?p=16469","title":{"rendered":"La Tommy: The Swimrun Athlete Balancing Success, Career, and Social Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Enrica Tomei<\/strong>, alias “La Tommy<\/strong>,” is a talented athlete who has distinguished herself in the world of swimrun, a relatively unknown discipline in Italy. She shares her experience<\/strong> in swimrun, the challenges she has faced, and her passion for balancing sports and career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2017, I was recovering from a running-related injury and so had increased the volume of swimming training in the meantime. I didn’t want to give up either of the two disciplines anymore and so I went looking for a sport that combined both and that’s how I came across swimrun by searching on Google.<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

La Tommy was immediately attracted to swimrun, describing her discovery as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

”love at first jump!<\/em> ”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are La Tommy’s reasons for cultivating this passion?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The contact with nature, the spirit of adaptation, the contiguous hamlets without transition zones, the free waters for lakes and seas… is all that made me fall in love with it right away.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But let’s see what swimrun is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A swimrun is an athletic discipline<\/a><\/strong> that combines swimming and running<\/strong> in a continuous manner, without interruptions or transition zones; athletes move through a predefined course<\/strong>, which usually includes stretches of swimming in open water<\/strong> such as <\/strong>lakes, rivers or the sea, and stretches of running over varied terrain<\/strong> such as beaches, trails, rock and mountainous terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a swimrun competition, athletes wear the necessary equipment <\/strong>for both disciplines, such as a wetsuit, swimming-specific running shoes, pull buoy (a buoyant device to be placed between the legs while swimming), tow belts, and waterproof bags to carry the mandatory equipment during the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are several international swimrun competitions<\/strong>, including, for example, the famous \u00d6TILL\u00d6 Swimrun<\/strong>, which takes place in Sweden and involves a challenging course of swimming and running through the Stockholm archipelago. Swimrun is a relatively young discipline, but it is gaining popularity worldwide <\/strong>because of its combination of physical challenge, contact with nature and team spirit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

But how does Enrica balance work and passion for sports, so much so that she gets great results in competitions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Simple, only with constancy and sacrifice. Waking up at dawn or double workouts between morning and evening or lunch break… I try, as much as possible, to fit all workouts into my work which in any case absorbs a large part of my day.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Enrica, in addition to being a great athlete, works <\/strong>in a leader hospitality Group as Employer Branding and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager<\/strong> for MED Region<\/strong> (Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Malta, and Cyprus). A graduate of Bari University with a degree in Foreign Languages and Literature, she went on to further her studies with a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management and Recruitment and obtained a scholarship in Spain that enabled her to earn a second degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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