Marco and Gianluca are athletes. Marco is a former national-level swimmer; Gianluca runs. They both know what it means to train for months for one goal, giving up time, energy and weekends to be ready on that day.
And they asked themselves: why should all that preparation come down to a few hours of racing and a number on a stopwatch?
That is where Sprinta comes from.
We create experiences for ambitious amateur athletes: we rent a villa near the start line of a big race, we select a community of runners and athletes who share the same ambition, and we live the whole race week together.
Training, meals, recovery, time together, the race and the final celebration.
Because a race should not be only something you run. It should be something you live at its best.
One house. One community. One race.
Sprinta.
Before building Sprinta, we experienced training camps, race retreats, and athlete programs around the world. We’ve experienced the good, the bad, and everything in between. Sprinta is our take on what an athlete retreat should feel like.
Most of the Sprinta team raced long before Sprinta: national champions, Ironman finishers, trail runners and lifelong sportspeople. We know what it takes, what matters, and what makes race week special.
Applications, messages, feedback after a retreat — a real person reads them, not a form or an algorithm. It may be slower, but it’s how we actually get to know the people who join us.
The traits that get you through a training block are the same ones we look for at Sprinta: you keep showing up, you finish what you start, you take the work seriously without making a show of it. That is the one thing every person here, staff and guest, has in common.
Twelve is the number beyond which a group stops really knowing each other.
A small group is also the only way to look after the details properly. With twelve we know who eats what, who needs an extra hour of sleep, who starts at the back and who starts near the front.
Above a certain number we would be managing a flow of customers, and that is the difference between a week you get through and one you talk about afterwards.
Or you are decided enough to sign up. You arrive with the training already done, because those days are the taper, not the build.
The days before a race weigh more than the kilometres. Here transfers, meals and timings have already been decided by someone else.
You eat three times a day with eleven people you did not know on Monday. If that sounds interesting rather than tiring, you are in the right place.
There is a coach and a nutritionist in the house. You can follow your own plan, but you are willing to listen to people who do this for a living.
You want to race well, and you also want to remember the days around the race. The two go together.
You do not need the crowd of a group trip. You need people preparing for the same race as you.
The application takes a few minutes, costs nothing and commits you to nothing. It is read by a person, not by an automated form.
If the profile fits we call you: twenty minutes on goals, pace and expectations, and for you to ask us anything. The room is assigned after that call.
We build every house looking at pace, goals and how far along your training is. We do not need to know anything else about you.
Retreat creator
Former national swimming champion, builds companies. In the house he holds the week together.
Retreat creator
Runner, builds companies. In the house he holds the week together.
Founding athlete and mentor
Marathon runner, with the Olympic dream ahead of her. She lives in Lisbon and knows the race roads. She stays with the group in the villa all week.
Human Performance Advisor
He brings together field experience and endurance training to help people improve how they manage body, energy, priorities and decisions.
Nutritionist
Sports nutritionist, works with endurance athletes. She builds the week’s menus with the chef, from carb loading to recovery.
Chef
Cooks in the house every day. He comes from Langosteria, in Milan, and is the founder of TestaCodaClub.
Trail runner & yoga
Trail runner and climber. She brings yoga and mobility work into the house.
Life coach
Entrepreneur and coach, former national-team runner.
Social media & design
He runs Sprinta's content side and documents the retreats as they happen through photos and video. His goal is to turn Sprinta into an iconic brand.
Talent & event operations
She manages sports talent, handles logistics and coordinates the local events on the Sprinta calendar.
Creative director (Cinerunning)
Creative director of Cinerunning. He tells the race week through cinematography with a focus on the athlete and their story.
Coaches, chefs, creators, partners: Sprinta is still a small team, and most of the people you just saw joined by writing first.
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