I completed my first race of the year on 1 March. It was a 21 km trail race (3 Pignons) at Noisy-sur-Ecole in the Fontainebleau forest. It was mostly a flat course with sandy trails and only one short hill with 20% incline. I ran with Thomas and 886 other runners. My time was 1:54, with the official time 1:57:26. In the old man’s category V2M I was 128th out of 220, and overall 519th place.
Here is the data:
My next race will be the Paris Half Marathon this coming Sunday. The weather should be perfect, I’m in good shape with no injuries so I’m looking forward to a good race. It’s somewhat early in the season and it’s been difficult to get out to train in the dark and cold conditions so I’m not sure I’ll be able to get close to my PR of 1:35 but that is the objective anyway.