Archive for Grand Masters
no bull: corrida de thiais [5km, 19:36, 44/432, 1/18 M4H]
Posted in Running with tags France, Grand Masters, Malakoff, Paris, race, Thiais on December 15, 2019 by xi'an
Argentan half-marathon
Posted in Running with tags Argentan half-marathon, Grand Masters, half-marathon, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Parc de Sceaux, road races, road running, tendinitis, trail running on October 5, 2019 by xi'an
Today is the day of the Argentan half-marathon which I will not run this year as I have not yet fully recovered from my Achilles tendinitis. (If running too many days in a row, as I indulged in while in Salzburg, inflammation is back!) Frustrating, as this is my “race of the year” in the Norman countryside. But another break also occurred ten years ago, when I missed the 2009 and 2010 episodes. And somehow this is the “best year” to miss as I am switching to the next age group, V3 or grand-master!, in less than a month, and will thus end up as one of the youngsters in the next race I run! As an indicator, in the 5km trail I ran last Sunday in the Parc, I ended 4th (by one position and 6 seconds!) in my category and 2nd (by three positions and 16 seconds, plus a month!) in the following one.
X de Sceaux 2018 [20:25, 14/185, 2/21]
Posted in Kids, Running with tags Cross de Sceaux, Grand Masters, Parc de Sceaux, Sceaux, trail running, winter running on February 15, 2018 by xi'an
Without any preparation [apart from my daily jog], I signed for the 5k in my local park, two days before the race, the 43rd trail of Sceaux. As it had snowed a lot in the past week, the race was mostly on (in?) slush, if not overly slippery, the remaining part being enjoyably muddy! I did a fairly poor time but still managed to squeeze in between the first and the third runners in my V2 (Grand Masters) category. With a 4 seconds differential each time!
