Archive for Normandie Course à Pied
38ième semi-marathon d’Argentan
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, competition, Courir en Normandie, Ecouché, half-marathon, law of small numbers, M5M, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, Orne, outliers, road race, semi-marathon, Xi'an's Og on October 5, 2024 by xi'an
semi-marathon d’Argentan
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan half-marathon, Courir en Normandie, half-marathon, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, road race, semi-marathon on September 28, 2024 by xi'an
[½] marathon de la Liberté
Posted in Kids, Running, Travel with tags Caen, Courir en Normandie, D-Day beaches, half-marathon, Juno Beach, La Rochambelle, Les Courants de la Liberté, Marathon de la Liberté, Memorial for Peace, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, paragliding, Pegasus bridge on June 2, 2024 by xi'an
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Argentan half-marathon [1:30:55, 25/165, 2/9M5M, 23⁰]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, countryside, Courir en Normandie, Garmin, M5M, Master, Normandie Course à Pied, Orne, road race, semi-marathon, training on October 5, 2023 by xi'an
semi d’Argentan [1:36:54, 29/180, M5M 2/14, 19⁰]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Grand Masters, half-marathon, lockdown, M5M, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, pandemic, running injury on October 9, 2022 by xi'an
After a long break (since 2018), I ran my “traditional” half-marathon in Argentan, Normandy. As the new organisation of the race had not contacted former participants and had changed their webpage, I only heard about it a week before the race and hence had not trained at all for the distance, plus had a fairly busy September with morning classes and the like, hence was not in such a great shape compared with the end of the Summer. As a result I did not do great, with my second worst time ever (the worst being my first half in 1995, with only two weeks of preparation) and not even a first place in my Master category. Despite the number of participants having dwindled from the earlier 600 runners. Which meant a very solitary race as well, with just one runner passing me in the last 12km. And only the Norman field edges to try to escape the headwind…
