Archive for Normandie fort et vert
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
Argentan semi (39th)
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Courir en Normandie, half-marathon, hamstring injury, M6M, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Orne, road race, xianblog on October 4, 2025 by xi'an
winter, in altitude
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags abbey, altitude, bay, buses, Channel, clouds, France, high tides, Manche, Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Paris, RATP, Unesco World Heritage List, Winter is coming on December 22, 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!)
Ocean’s boccia [blue wave#7]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags boccia, Fédération française handisport, France, gold medal, Normandie fort et vert, Paris, Paris 2024 Paralympics, wheelchair on September 6, 2024 by xi'an
