Archive for trail running
one more time around the block [UTMB 22]
Posted in Mountains, Running, Travel with tags altitude running, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Courmayer, French Alps, Italian Alps, Mont Blanc, Pays du Mont-Blanc, Swiss Alps, trail running, Ultratrail du Mont Blanc, UTMB on August 22, 2022 by xi'an
from Mont Puget [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Cassis, CIRM, ISB@CIRM, jatp, Luminy campus, Marseille, Mont Puget, Parc National des Calanques, sunrise, trail running on July 18, 2021 by xi'an
thanks from CIRM
Posted in Statistics with tags 40 ans, Bayes World meeting, CIRM, CNRS, dawn, ISBA, ISBA 2021, Luminy campus, Marseille, mirror workshop, Mont Puget, Parc National des Calanques, sunrise, trail running, twitter, Université Aix Marseille, virtual conference, Zoom on July 5, 2021 by xi'an
2 star 3 athlon
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel, Wines with tags artichokes, asparagus, chef, crayfish, France, gnocchis, Lac d'Annecy, locavorism, MIchelin starred restaurant, outdoor swimming, Sévrier, Talloires, trail running, triathlon on June 5, 2021 by xi'an
During the week on Lac d’Annecy, I took most of the day off to run the 3 X trail, a first true run since 01 Jan, then cycle around the lake (with alas some discontinuities in the otherwise fantastic biking lane and an unexpected hill in Talloires) and have a lake swim in the early evening, when the water was at its warmest (15⁰), which makes it a triathlon of sorts.
The reward for the (moderate!) exercise was a take-away dinner, which is rather unusual for us but the more here because it was a two-star Michelin take-away! Namely, the Auberge du père Bise restaurant, with Jean Sulpice as its chef, located in Talloires-Montmin, by the lake, and featuring mostly local products. While eating at the restaurant would have been impossible, esp. wearing biking gear!, and beyond my pricing standards, we were able to enjoy six dishes, from an artichoke and ewe cheese salad, to an asparagus salad with rocket salad pesto, to polenta gnocchis with asparagus and tomato confit, to crayfish raviolis in a rich nutty sauce, to a rhubarb and verbena crumble, and to a lemon, praliné, and nut tart. Fabulous end of a well-occupied day!
CIRM in dire need of help
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life, Wines with tags Cassis, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, CIRM, cofunding, COVID-19, France, Luminy campus, Marseiile, pandemic, Parc National des Calanques, SMF, Société Mathématique de France, sunrise, support, trail running, workshop on November 24, 2020 by xi'an
The International Mathematics Conference Centre, CIRM, located in Luminy, Marseille, France, has been deeply disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 60 % of the events planned there have been cancelled so far and all remaining conferences have gone virtual or at best hybrid, open to a remote audience, including in an interactive way. This has required important and unexpected investments. Furthermore, this crisis happened at the worst possible moment as CIRM had just finished doubling its infrastructure capacities. This is why I strongly support the call from the French Mathematical Society (SMF) to make a donation to CIRM before the end of the year, especially from researchers who benefited from its hospitality and unique environment.
