Archive for Argentan
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-marathon d’Argentan 2023
Posted in Statistics with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, countryside, M5M, Orne, road race, semi-marathon, training on October 1, 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…
20 years ago…
Posted in Running with tags 2000, Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Courir en Normandie, half-marathon, Normandy, road running on October 7, 2020 by xi'an
picturesque ruin [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, jatp, Normandie Course à Pied, ruin on September 18, 2020 by xi'an
Xi'an's Og 