Ferrara, 28 September 2025 – “I don’t run to escape from death, but to embrace life ”. One of the last sentences said by Lorenzo Lo Preiato in the interview in Sala Estense, made by Nicola Bianchideputy chief of the Carlino as part of the Sports Festival. A disarming truth that is often put in the background, to give space to the tragedies and the difficult moments that each of us lives. Yet the story of a Financial consultant of Bologna who at 42 years old Find out that you have to start from the end, it could perhaps change the cards on the table. “I was carrying out the classic medical visits to be able to play tennis at a competitive level, but at that moment they told me there was something wrong. After two months I found myself in the operating room with 6 cardiac bypass “.
March 2004, a lightning bolt and the obligation not to play sports with the ball, but only aerobic disciplines. Then the Sliding Door, the so -called “train that passes only once”. “On August 29, 2004 I see Stefano Baldini win the gold at the Athens marathon and I promised myself one thing, That is, that I would also have won a medal in the marathon ”. From there they followed 20 marathons and 70 half and 30 kilometers: Experiences “who enriched me a lot, in which I met magnificent people, including Gianni Morandi and Laura Fogli, an excellence of Ferrarese sport. She has helped me a lot to discover all the strengths and weaknesses of this sport, allowing me to improve day after day”.
All 7 major played: from Tokyo to Sydney, passing through London, Berlin and New York. “In Tokyo I found a beautiful and organized city with really kind people. Boston has a style that recalls the old United States and is a characteristic for its four broken breaks. At the London marathon we started from Greenwich: I was struck by the great solidarity between runner. Berlin? Divided as a time, especially in the behaviors, but always beautiful and ordered. In Chicago I was rewarded by the English champion, I lived in the best experiences in Sydney and New York.
On November 2, the day of the NY marathon, Lorenzo will be Ambassador again. Sport has a special power: it creates sociality in a world that tends to divide more and more. For this reason, the Preiato has always tried to do good: “I remember very well when I helped two boys in New York and London: their smiles and their emotion filled my heart. I then decided to give funds to charity associations, then I bought three defibrillators for some sports clubs in Bologna with the money received after during an exam they threw the intestine. do something to improve the world, let’s do it ”.
