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Saturday, May 29 2010

Trans'authie 2010

By Chty on Saturday, May 29 2010, 11:19

Last Saturday was my third participation to the Trans'authie race. Unfortunately it wasn't a good one for me; I didn't slept enough the last nights and so I had some difficulties finding energy; moreover I didn't get good feelings while running.
Anyway, it was a very sunny weather, quite good for crossing the river. The track has changed again: perhaps a little less mud but more sand dunes.

My time, 01:16:57, seems good to me despite my bad feelings. The announced distance is approximately of 15km, but it always depends on the track they can find across the Authie bay; it would be interesting to get results from a GPS.
Like on others races, you can get a massage at the end, thanks to the physical therapist school from Berck, always a great pleasure.

Some numbers:
rank: 44/161 finishers (42th men)
time: 01:16:57
average speed: 11,70 km/h

NB: the event was used to be in August, but since this year, it should be around May-June; I don't know why. Probably that it will take some time to get as much participants as the previous years.

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Saturday, May 22 2010

Sunny running

By Chty on Saturday, May 22 2010, 08:16

Sounds like a very sunny week-end! I'm packing my stuff for the Trans'Authie race, my third one!

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Monday, May 17 2010

Salicorne 2010

By Chty on Monday, May 17 2010, 13:00

On the 13th of May the race called Salicorne took place not that far way from the well known Le Touquet town. You can compare this race with other races like Transbaie, or Trans'Authie: same distance, same area, same conditions: each race crosses a river: the Transbaie is crossing the Somme river, the Trans'Authie, the Authie, and the Salicorne, the Canche. It's a lot of fun, especially when running through heavy mud.

It was my first try for this race, and it's really a great race, trust me; like the others you don't feel the kilometers: always distracted by the landscape, or just by where you should put your feet! I even found myself with water up to my chest. The water was somehow cold but you get used to it along the way; we fortunately got sunny weather. I'm really looking forward to running it again.

Some numbers:
rank: 127 / 800 finishers
rank: 64 among senior men
time: 01:21:49

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Tuesday, May 11 2010

Rediscovering my calves

By Chty on Tuesday, May 11 2010, 21:13

More and more articles about running are talking about newly designed shoes whose aim is to recover the natural position of the foot while running: landing on your forefoot, the heels then drops backwards controlled by the calf muscles. I will not speak about the subject itself, there are lots of articles on the web talking about it better than me. But it interests me a lot and the theory seems plausible. I was first surprised because I totally never figured out that in fact running on your heels isn't natural. I even didn't remembered how I was running barefoot; but indeed, after a small run in a garden, my forefoot always lands first.
The theory seems realistic and explains why professional runners are running this way.
The running market is suddenly flooded by new models, five fingers, newton running, nike free, etc... Their aim is to facilitate this new position. The prices seems to me expensive. So I first decided to see if it was possible to change my position with the same pair of shoes I have.
For the moment I've not been running a lot this way, but it seems possible with a lot of concentration. It appears obvious that I don't have the correct muscles for this position, so my body has to build the missing ones; but I have the strange feeling to rediscover my calves. I will see in the future if it becomes really natural.

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Sunday, May 9 2010

20km of Maroilles 2010

By Chty on Sunday, May 9 2010, 20:05

Last week, I ran the 20km of Maroilles. I hadn't completed this distance in a competition for a long time so it was a good occasion to evaluate my speed for this distance. This race is approximately flat expect for the 15th kilometer which is a big hill about one kilometer long.
I didn't really have any expectations about the time but I was happy and surprised with my finishing time: 1:31:04. 20km on roads is now quite an easy distance for me, the speed is another parameter and I'm always looking for pleasant feelings while running.

It sounds like a big event for the village: about 4500 subscribers coming with friends and family for only 1410 residents. I like this kind of event with lots of people where you can enjoy a good day and possibly enjoy local products.

Apart from the race, I'm always estimating the value of the race by the organization of the event; a good point was of course that every participant got a piece of the well known Maroilles cheese, a local beer and a flamiche[1]. I think that's a good way to go back with a memory; it also makes the race cheap.

I think I will probably try to do the race again in the future, it's marked as good event in my head.

some numbers:
rank: 670 / 4090 (and about 4500 subscribers)
rank: 325 among senior men
rank: 638 among men
time: 1:31:04
time / km: 4'33

Notes

[1] Maroilles pie

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Wednesday, April 21 2010

Cheese running

By Chty on Wednesday, April 21 2010, 09:03

I finally choose the road race 20km of Maroilles which will be a good training before the Salicorne even if this is totally not the same type of race. If my information is correct I will have number 1485. I'm used to subscribe through internet when it's possible, but a lot of races are charging a small amount when the subscription is online; I can't understand this way of charging except when it's an external website offering the service. Anyway this time I had several weeks ahead of me, so I choose to subscribe by snail mail.

I got a nice occasion to go to a trail called Sur les Traces du Loup[1] but unfortunately my time scheduled seems full this day; 'will see if I can arrange this before the end of the subscription, because it seems to be an interesting race.

Notes

[1] translate by On the footsteps of the wolf

Friday, April 2 2010

Winter is gone

By Chty on Friday, April 2 2010, 08:03

I don't know about you, but I never spent a winter season without stopping run training. Before each winter I'm convinced that I will continue week after week, and at the end I see the results, and start again when the days becomes warmer.

My motivation is growing again, and I started looking again for interesting races. For those interested, I found a good web page listing the running races in the north of France; it seems very complete.

I'm trying to complete some well-known nature races along the north coast; after the Trans'Authie and the Transbaie races, I subscribed to a race called La salicorne; this means The salicornia in English which is a plant growing in salt marshes and on beaches. It's the same type as the two previous races: water, sand and heavy mud; but it's known to be a quite difficult race. This video is from the 2009 edition. We will see how it goes.

I will probably do a road race before that, which will be a good start for marathon training, but I didn't choose which one yet.

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