Archive for Argentan
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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
horse ghost [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, Fall, France, horse, horse mutilation mystery, Normandie, sunrise, trail running on September 15, 2020 by xi'an
Norman sunrise [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, badgers, horse, horse mutilation mystery, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, sunrise on September 13, 2020 by xi'an
Argentan half-marathon [1:26:03, 22nd/329, 4th V2/63, 15⁰]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Grand Master, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, Orne, road race, road running, running, veteran (V2) on October 13, 2018 by xi'an
Despite failing to reach the podium this year in my V2 category, a predictable first as I get closer to move to the next category, V3, or “senior grandmaster”, and missing by a few seconds my 1:25 target, I was rather happy with this half-marathon, having run at my pace the whole race, with none of the low passages I had in previous races and instead feeling quite well in the last kilometers, where I left the first female runner. Weather was perfect, with no sun, no rain, and no wind in the second half. The three V2 runners in front of me were much faster (1:22, 1:24, and 1:25:21) than those of the previous years, an illustration of the law of small numbers found in these races…
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