Archive for half-marathon
la grande course du grand Paris
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Central European Summer Time, CEST, half-marathon, Paris, Place de la République, recovery, RER A, RER B, road race, Saint-Denis, semi-marathon, Stade de France, Vincennes - Saint-Denis on March 30, 2025 by xi'an
Jacob Kiplimo set world ½ marathon record in 56:42
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Barcelona, Catalunya, half-marathon, Jacob Kiplimo, road race, Spain, Uganda, World Athletics Gold Label, World record on February 17, 2025 by xi'an
[H]ouch[es]!
Posted in Running, Travel with tags #ERCSyG, Behaviours Invertebrates, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, ERC Synergy Grant, half-marathon, indoor swimming, Kandahar, Les Houches, MRI, Ocean, road running, running injuries, sciatic nerve, sciatica, spine, swimming pool on February 16, 2025 by xi'an
While the workshop schedule in Les Houches was rather tight and exhausting, I managed to squeeze in early morning runs as well as one (and only one) later morning ski session on the Kandahar run of Les Houches. Run that was quite nice due both to the quality of the snow and to the low occupancy, as French school vacations were not yet underway. Actually this Alpine week was my first week of steady running since Xmas, as my sciatica re-awoke on the very morning we were leaving for India, as I found out then during a 5am fast & furious run before heading to CDG Airport. It had been years since my sciatic nerve hurt that much and it took me up to my arrival in Chamonix to feel okay enough when running more than 4km at once. To compensate for the loss I turned through January to pool training most mornings but this proved more complicated, both timewise and locationwise, since very few nearby pools open at 7am at least once a week. And they are relatively nearby, meaning an extra 10km of extra biking at the very least each day. Henceforth a significant part of the morn having evaporated by the time I am heading to work. Still this daily training improved my swimming to some extent, mostly my endurance to get over 2km, as my speed only improved at most 10%! As I am preparing for another half-marathon at the end of March, I hope I can get back to the speed and volume reached the past Fall, tant pis for the swimming! (Unless I run to and from the pools.)
Boulogne half-marathon [1:23:53, 1125/10968, 3/221 M5M, 7⁰]
Posted in Running with tags bois de Boulogne, Boulogne-Billancourt, half-marathon, Hauts de Seine, M5M, road race, Seine, semi-marathon, Université Paris Dauphine on November 21, 2024 by xi'an
Argentan half-marathon [1:26’24”, 21/273, 1/17 M5M, 17⁰, 112m⁺]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Courir en Normandie, Granville, half-marathon, hare, M5M, Manche, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Orne, podium, Saint-Malo, Sant Maloù on October 18, 2024 by xi'an
A rather satisfying race, if far from my best times, despite usual headwinds, where I set my own pace early enough, despite a fast start (19’36” at 5k!), and played ‘hare’ for a female runner from Granville—the harbour town in the Manche peninsula facing Mont Saint Michel and the Channel Islands, and mirroring the Breton Sant Maloù, hometown of my grand-mother—for essentially the entire race. (First M3F, second from left above.) I may have lost (again) some seconds in the forested part, but otherwise I kept to my intended pace and managed to keep away from the second M5M by two minutes, as well as the first M4M (next to me on the podium) by six. (No pictures from Normandie Course à Pied this year!)
