Unions marathon
By Chty on Saturday, July 5 2008, 21:06 - Permalink
Yes, I did it. I was scared about the longitudinal profile, but finally, it wasn't as difficult as I thought; not easy, but possible. After each race I'm telling me that I really love theses nature races. You are distracted along the way by the beautiful landscape, and it make it easier to forget your difficulties.
It was really sunny and hot, but this time[1], it was much more in the forest; so most of the time it was possible to find shadow.
The half marathon was starting in Sweden and ending in Norway. That's why there was people from both countries; good occasion to meet some Swedish people.
It was also my second half marathon competition. Because of the nature, I really preferred this one, even it was a little bit more difficult because of the profile.
According to my watch I ran it in almost two hours (update: 02:01:15 exactly, 43/80 in men classification); seems fine for me compared to the time I've made at the Lille marathon (1:47:11), according to the difference of profile. But I don't really care about the time.
It cheers me up to continue this so hard way to a full marathon...
To finish, special thanks to the people who allowed me to go (and back ;-)) to this race. I'm so happy to have been there.
Notes
[1] Check this entry to see what I mean by the other time.