Andrea Lombardo

Off the clock

Engineer by day. The rest of the time I’m exploring new places, cooking, running with friends and putting myself to the test.

Get to know me The technical side
With the elephants, Thailand
Running the Lungotevere, Rome
Trakai, Lithuania
  • Explore
  • Taste new dishes
  • Run
  • Get lost in cities
  • Meet new people
  • Sea & snorkeling
  • Carbonara
  • Support others
  • Cook
  • Travel

My Running Era

For three years I’ve been part of Amor Run Club, an international running community. It has pushed me to run marathons and give that little extra, taken me to run in unreal places, from Versailles to Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, given me a growing collection of medals and brought people into my life who are here to stay.

Andrea holding up the 5:30 min/km pace sign with his running group by the Tiber Pacer
On some runs I’m the pacer: the one who sets the pace and helps the others reach their goal for that run.

Train together.

The most important part. Showing up, warming up and running side by side turns a hard session into a good morning.

Then breakfast.

The run ends at the table, with coffee and stories about the route or the goals we’re chasing. That’s where teammates become friends.

  • Unreal places

    An international community means a race abroad always comes with people to run it with.

  • Medals

    Races give the training a goal, and every medal comes with a story.

  • People for life

    Some of the people I met on a run are now part of my everyday life.

  • A healthy routine

    Training with others keeps me consistent, and consistency is what keeps me healthy.

Why I’m building Ritmo, a running coach app

A few things about me

Not a CV. Just what you’d find out after a coffee with me.

I put myself on the line.

I’d rather try and get it wrong than wonder how it would have gone. A new sport, a new city, a new role at work: I learn the most outside my comfort zone.

I explore, above and below the surface.

On land I travel to get a little lost: the side street, the trail with no sign. When there’s sea, I put on fins and a mask and go looking for fish.

Andrea feeding an elephant that reaches out with its trunk

I collect experiences.

Some things you have to do at least once. Petting and feeding elephants was one of them, and I’d do it again tomorrow.

I cook, and I taste.

Cooking is how I switch off, and tasting is how I get to know a place. Being Roman, carbonara is my favourite dish to make, and above all to eat.

Travel to lose yourself, to find yourself, to leave something of you behind, and bring home in your luggage a part of you that you never knew.

From my travel blog

On repeat

The playlist I run to. Press play while you scroll.

Follow me on Spotify

Got a tip?

A place to see, a dish to try, a race to run. Send it my way.

Rome, Italy · Remote and hybrid