"It will be an even more important gathering because this time we are going to Kenya to prepare for the home cross European Championships, so there will be even more attention than in previous years".
Suitcases ready, Yeman Crippa will board the plane on Wednesday that will take him to the Rift Valley, the temple of running, "the home of champions", at an altitude of 2300 meters in the village of Iten.
The king of Europe of 10,000 meters, bronze of the 5000, will remain in the African continent for five weeks, until November 30, a few days from the last big appointment of the season that will see him busy at the Parco della Mandria in Venaria Reale ( Turin) on the hunt for another continental cross-country podium.
"We will try to make quantity and quality both for the European Championships and for next season - explains the champion of the Fiamme Oro - as always we will work in a group together with the very strong African boys who train in the Rift Valley, so as to be ready for Piedmont 2022" .
The blue will start together with the twins Osama and Ala Zoghlami, respectively bronze medal at the European Championships in the 3000 steeplechase and ninth classified at the Olympics in the same specialty: a three-week work period is foreseen for the Sicilian brothers, until November 17.
In the next few days the blue trio will be joined by coach Massimo Pegoretti to work between the dirt roads of the highlands and the Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret at 2100 meters above sea level.
Yeman Crippa's programs also include the marathon debut, scheduled between the end of February and the first half of March: the staff of the 26-year-old from Trentino is evaluating at least three or four possible locations for the debut.