Archive for D-Day beaches
14th of July in Bayeux
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags 14 juillet 2020, Bayeux, D-Day beaches, flags, Normandy on July 14, 2020 by xi'an
Juno Beach [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags Abbaye d'Arbenne massacre, Caen, Canada, Canadian troops, Colin Gibson, Courseulles, D Day, D-Day beaches, June 1944, Juno Beach, Juno Park, memorial, Normandy, scultpture, Second World War, war prisonner, WWII on January 2, 2019 by xi'an
at the beach [jatp]
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Courseulle, Ǹormandy, D-Day beaches, Juno Beach, Manche, sand dunes, vacations, winter light on January 1, 2019 by xi'an
La Rochambelle, 15000⁺ women in pink! [38:53, 118th & 8th V2…]
Posted in Kids, pictures, Running, Travel with tags 10k, Caen, D-Day beaches, Grand Master, La Prairie, La Rochambelle, Les Courants de la Liberté, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, road races, veteran (V2) on June 16, 2018 by xi'an
As essentially every year in the past decade, I have run the 10K in Caen for Courants de la Liberté, with 5000⁺ runners, on once again a new route, still completely intra muros in the city of Caen, and mostly flat, with highlights Guillaume’s medieval castle and Men Abbey, the gothic St. Pierre church, and a few other churches. It went reasonably well if not great (although I ran the first 5K’s in 19:02) as I ended up at a mediocre position (8th) in my category, which is not surprising with some runners now 9 years younger than I! (The runner next to me is the first V3.) Weather was much better than last year, if still too hot. I however primarily want to congratulate my mom and my mother in-law for walking the 6⁻ km Rochambelle the previous evening in great cheer despite the rain and the crowd. I could not spot them on the picture above…
La Rochambelle, 25000⁺ coureuses! [39:29, 24⁰, 164th & 7th V2…]
Posted in Kids, pictures, Running, Travel with tags 10k, Caen, D-Day beaches, Grand Master, La Prairie, La Rochambelle, Les Courants de la Liberté, Normandie Course à Pied, Normandy, road races, veteran (V2) on June 18, 2017 by xi'an
As almost every year in the last decade, I have run the 10K in Caen for Courants de la Liberté, with 5000⁺ runners, on a new route completely in the city of Caen, partly downhill..! It did not go well (although I started in 3:44 on the first three k’s) as I ended up at a poor position (8th) in my category, which is not surprising with some runners now 8 years younger than I! (The runner next to me is the second V3.) And a fairly hot weather, especially for a Norman early morning…. Several runners fainted on the race or upon arrival and the faces of most runners showed the strain. But I first and primarily want to congratulate my mom for walking the 6⁻ km the previous evening despite serious health issues in the previous months, as well as my mother in-law who walked with her.
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