(25 Aug 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Wide Piazza del Popolo in Rome''s city centre
2. Wide of runners arriving in Piazza di Spagna with Carolina Gasparetto, sight-jogging trainer, giving information about monuments in English
3. View from the top of the Spanish steps with Bernini''s Barcaccia fountain
4. Various of runners walking up the Spanish steps UPSOUND (English) Trainer, Carolina: "The Spanish steps were commissioned by Pope Innocent XIII in the 18th century to architect Francesco De Sanctis to connect the above church of Trinita'' dei Monti to the Piazza underneath."
5. Close up of jumping feet
6. Runners walking up the Spanish steps
7. Group of American tourists imitating the sight-runners
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin, American tourist (seen imitating site-joggers in shot 7), Vox Pop:
"I think it would be great. We could see the area much quicker, better, and in better shape, coming up and down the stairs and spending more time looking. It is a beautiful town, a lovely city, Rome. This is Rome, right?".
9. Group running
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolina Gasparetto, sight-jogging trainer:
"The word "sight-jogging"? Sight-jogging is a combination of sightseeing and jogging".
14. Cutaway of tourists
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolina Gasparetto, sight-jogging trainer:
"It is something for everybody we have experienced trainers and we will make the pace according to the fitness of the person".
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Japanese tourist (imitating site-joggers), Vox Pop:
"I''ll like jogging and find a beautiful view!"
19. Group of boy-scout tourists imitating runners
20. Trainer Carolina and group UPSOUND (English) Carolina joking: "And in front of you guys the Statue of Liberty!"
22. Cutaway of St Peter''s square, tourists watching Pope Benedict XVI talking on a video screen
24. Sight-joggers passing St Peter''s square
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Glannys, U.S. tourist, Vox Pop:
"I think a bus is horrible because you are stuck in traffic, there''s so much traffic here and it is like you don''t come to Rome to sit on a bus."
26. Tour bus in traffic jam in front of St. Peter''s square
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Tourists visiting the wonders of Rome can do so whilst keeping their bodies and minds in shape.
Groups can now join an experienced personal trainer who is also a multi-lingual tour guide, jogging from monument to monument on specially tailored routes around the city.
The new sport of "sight-jogging", is named after a fusion of the words "sight-seeing" and "jogging".
The pioneer of sight-jogging in Rome is Carolina Gasparetto, a personal trainer with a degree in foreign languages and a special love for Roman sightseeing.
Carolina is starting to lead small teams of sight-runners through the most striking monuments of the Eternal City on foot.
Sight-joggers can choose from eight different routes: from the Spanish Steps to Saint Peter''s Basilica, from the Tiberina Island to Piazza Navona and the Colosseum.
"It is something for everybody and we choose each time the right pace according to the fitness of the person," Carolina explains.
Glannys, an American tourist, chose to run with her friends from the Spanish Steps to Saint Peter''s Basilica, a tour of 4600 metres which takes around 45 minutes.
As the team was walking up the Spanish steps some middle-age American tourists were fascinated by the new trend and tried to join Carolina.
After reaching the top, Martin, a tourist from New York, stopped and said he thought the area could be seen much quicker, better, and in leave him better shape.
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