Archive for road race
corrida de Noël, Issy-les-Moulineaux [10K, 41’00, 701/3335, 1/38 M6M, 4´06/km]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags 10k, Brooks, corrida, Hyperion, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris suburbs, PariSanté campus, PHOTO running, road race, starting gate, Xmas on December 16, 2025 by xi'an
Amy half does Argentan [1:36:03, +29:22, 79/398, 1/21 M5+6H, 15⁰, 123D⁺]
Posted in pictures, Running with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, carbon plate, Courir en Normandie, extratropical cyclone, hail, half-marathon, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, M6M, Nike Vaporfly, Nike Vaporfly Next% 4, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Orne, podium, road race, storm, wind on October 8, 2025 by xi'an
Argentan semi (39th)
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Argentan, Argentan half-marathon, Courir en Normandie, half-marathon, hamstring injury, M6M, Normandie fort et vert, Normandy, Orne, road race, xianblog on October 4, 2025 by xi'an
just 39km/h faster…
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, cycling, half-marathon, Les Courants de la Liberté, Normandie, Normandy, Pegasus bridge, Remco Evenepoel, road race, Saint-Etienne-le-Vieux, Tour de France, wheat fields under blue sky, yellow jersey on July 10, 2025 by xi'an
Pegasus bridge half marathon [1:26:26, 114/5227, 1/109 M5M and first over 55]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags 1000 years, bagpipes, Caen, Courir en Normandie, D Day, glider, Hoka One One, Les Courants de la Liberté, M5M, Malherbe, Normandie, Normandy, Pegasus bridge, road race, WW II on June 22, 2025 by xi'an
Tough race when compared with last year despite good weather conditions (if quite warm), and bagpipes at the start, maybe due to overtraining. I barely managed to keep my first position in the M5M category, by a mere 2s, not that I was aware of the threat to my crown! The briefly leased Hoka One One shoes did not particularly help this time (or maybe they did!). This was my last half marathon in the M5M category (if my first race on invitation) and I am thus glad I could end up on a winning note, if not on a podium since only scratch winners are rewarded that way. Hopefully, I will get re-invited for next year.
Xi'an's Og 