Fabrice Pancrazi, an executive at IBM, will do a series of tours in a forest in Rueil-Malmaison, from Friday to Sunday, for the benefit of the League against Cancer.
It is a pretty pond, in the heart of the Malmaison forest, in the Hauts-de-Seine. A place for strolling very popular with residents of 92, and even Parisians in search of greenery. Some venture there on foot, with family, and the more athletic by mountain bike, with friends. This Friday, from 12 noon, it’s an ultra-trailer that will revolve around this charming pond. Relentlessly for more than 48 hours, Fabrice Pancrazi will run and run again, turn and turn again, and attempt to complete at least 325 laps of 650 meters each, for a total of 263 kilometers. And as this director of training and head of influencers at IBM knows how to count, it is indeed five marathons in a row that he plans to continue. For fun, but not only.
“I try to combine my passion for sport with a solidarity cause. I’m trying to help ”
Fabrice Pancrazi
After completing the Diagonale des Fous, the Ultra-trail du Mont-Blanc, the Sainté-Lyon round trip and many other long-term races, this Ile-de-France had made a first ultra-trail for the benefit of the APHP , with 167 kilometers and 10,000 meters of vertical drop, climbed the floors of his house in Colombes, from the cellar to the attic. Result: a certain buzz and above all 18,000 euros collected. Containment requires, the second challenge also took place “at home” on a conveyor belt inclined at 10 degrees, and he was able to donate 10,800 euros to the association Vaincre la Mucoviscidose.
« I try to combine my passion for sport with a solidarity cause. I try to help », He explains to us, happy to contribute his stone, for his third solidarity challenge, for the fight against cancer. “ I want to pay tribute to the sick, and to all the people around them, families, caregivers »… His donation goal to be achieved? 15,000 euros (here the donation page). To communicate his adventure, he created Facebook and Linkedin Events, posted on Instagram and created a video teaser on Youtube.
And to complete five marathons in a row, the tactical plan is ready: “ I planned 16 cycles of 3 hours with 2h40 of racing and 20 minutes of refueling, and 1 hour of rest the first night and 2 hours the second night. “And to add:” I’m sharp and used to this kind of stuff. I learned to live with suffering, it is tamed. I am going to live a real inner adventure in which I seek physical and mental surpassing “. This charismatic 55-year-old guy, who got into jogging late, will be supported in his long and generous effort by friendly runners, ultra-trailers and strangers happy to run for a good cause.
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