Archive for cross-country race
48ᵉ X de Sceaux [10km, 125m⁺, 9⁰, 41:01, 32nd/491, 1st/22 M5M]
Posted in Running with tags 10k, Cross de Sceaux, cross-country race, Hauts de Seine, M5M, Parc de Sceaux, Sceaux, ugly logo on February 4, 2024 by xi'an
47e cross de Sceaux [22:08, 31/226, 2/6 M5]
Posted in Running with tags 5K, cross-country race, Parc de Sceaux, poster, race on March 5, 2023 by xi'an
41ième cross de Sceaux [5km/19:11/15th/2nd V2]
Posted in Kids, Running with tags 5K, cross-country race, Hauts de Seine, Parc de Sceaux on February 21, 2016 by xi'an
Cross de Sceaux [7.2k, 4⁰C, 28:14, 42nd & 6th V2]
Posted in Kids, Running with tags cross-country race, Parc de Sceaux, Sceaux, trail running on February 15, 2014 by xi'an
This weekend, I ran another race (yes, yet another running post!) on my other “home turf” (since Malakoff is also my training ground!), Le Parc de Sceaux. This was the 30th Cross de la Ville de Sceaux (lagging one year behind Malakoff!) and there were many more runners on the starting line than last week (500 vs. 127) and some of them clearly good. (For some unfathomable reason, there are women-only (3.1k) and men-only (7.2k) races in this event.) Thanks to a strong wind, it was deadly cold if bright and sunny before the start (after it did not matter). I managed to stay with a V2 runner for most of the race, except at the very end when he pushed harder and gained a dozen meters. (It did not matter so much as we ranked 5th and 6th, almost two minutes more than the first V2…) This was not much of a cross-country race in that there was hardly any mud on the track and moderate slopes, just a few narrow passages through which runners had to squeeze on the first lap, not so much on the second.) My time is worse than last week, meaning I miss longer distance training (which are not compensated by longer bike rides!). But this was enjoyable nonetheless!
