Archive for M6M
semi-marathon d’Argentan [30th year]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, bocage, Caen, countryside, Courir en Normandie, forêt de Gouffern, half-marathon, Insee Paris Club, M6M, Orne, road race on October 3, 2026 by xi'an
Pegasus half-marathon meltdown [01:30:07 – 245/5176 – 2/59 M6M]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, Courants de la Liberté, Courir en Normandie, D-Day beaches, Guillaume le Concquérant, half-marathon, June 1944, La Rochambelle, M6M, Normandy, Pegasus bridge, PHOTO running, poster, Ranville, Saint-Lazare, training, watermarking on June 9, 2026 by xi'an
Huge disappointment with this favourite race of mine! It is unclear what caused my underperforming this time, since I had trained regularly for two months, with many long distance runs and several intensity ones, weekly. The temperature was mild, the constant wind none too strong, but I slowed down almost from the beginning… And could not keep up with the 1h30 pacers when they passed me 5km before the finish line (even though they were running faster than the 1h30 target!). Lack of rest the final week? A fast 12km bike ride to the Saint-Lazare train station the previous day (in order to avoid the nightmare of getting back to Caen train station on race day)? Too much weight loss the last two weeks? Too long a warm-up run the same morning? Need of gels mid-race? The most frustrating is that I would have ended first in the previous category (M5M).
28ième semi-marathon de Boulogne Billancourt [1:28:59, 4’12″/km, 2040th, 1st M6M/76]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags bois de Boulogne, Boulogne-Billancourt, Brooks, cramp, hydratation, lease, M6M, semi de Boulogne, semi-marathon, tapas on November 18, 2025 by xi'an
pace makers
Posted in pictures, Running, University life with tags Boulogne-Billancourt, Brooks, ENSAE, half-marathon, hare, Hauts de Seine, M6M, pacers, Paris, race, Seine, semi de Boulogne on November 15, 2025 by xi'an
Amy half does Argentan [1:36:03, +29:22, 79/398, 1/21 M5+6H, 15⁰, 123D⁺]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, carbon plate, Courir en Normandie, extratropical cyclone, hail, half-marathon, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, M6M, Nike Vaporfly, Nike Vaporfly Next% 4, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Orne, podium, road race, storm, wind on October 8, 2025 by xi'an
