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Marseille-Cassis Classic International Oct 30th 2005 !!!
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Had probs with shin splints (hence non-appearance at Cabbage Patch 10), bought a new pair of shoes, but they appear to be s***, I might have to go shoe-shopping Friday.
Will be happy just to get round, methinks.
What are you doing Saturday night?
Not sure what I'll be doing yet .. why, are you going to be beering it down the Canebiere? Or whatever it's called?
Well done Rach running 10k uphill followed by 10k down hill, non stop, when you train on the flat is outstanding.....are you sure you haven't been doing hill reps? Top bird!!!
Brian, well done mate!!! What did you think of the race/the hill/the finish/Cassis/the support/the FFL tanks at the side of the road/the helicopters following along side/the bars.......you coming back next year so we can have that beer?
Back at work now :-(
Definitely a classic race! Although that walk up the hill to the shuttle buses at the end ... argh my legs! The bus back reminded me of the end of the Italian Job! :-)
Might come back next year, or perhaps race in Paris (I'm only 40 mins from Ashford, easy for me). Strange ending I thought, everyone bundled over the line!
Lots of things to enjoy though:
- Overtaking legionniares
- Overtaking a gimp (did you see him?) and staying *well* in front.
- The scenery, Cassis looks good, shame I weren't there long.
- That first kilometre downhill (did it in under 4 mins).
- Finally meeting you both! :-)))))
- Having a wee drink in the Marseille Football Club bar and looking round teh old port.
- Seeing a metro station with an in-built fish tank?!
- The cheerleaders - wha-hey! Yes!
- The weather, unbelievable for the end of Oct.
Saw numerous blokes running on the wall all the way round, absolutely mental. And I ran over the flyover for the hell of it, thought it was a mistake at the time!
Was a good weekend, went very quick though. Only moan was the metro system let me down on Sunday, made me panic a bit, and my t-shirt engulfes me, must be a "legionnaire" large.
And just to explainering, I work as a contractor at the moment, and only get paid for the time I'm at work. Hopefully next year I can afford to take more time off!
It took a good few minutes to get over the line, I know that much.
Re the times, my official one is 6 mins more than my watch! Last year it was championchip timing, this year a wire in the number so it looks like all we're getting is a gun time.
I've got some good photo's from along the route, do you want some?
Photos would be great, will you be sending them onto RichK too?
If you mail me through the site, I'll send a reply back, best way to give you my address. Ta.
Only the one of me.
How steep was that final downhill coming into Cassis? OUCH!
Yeah I remember that downhill section, last year when it was pi**ing down I was bricking it! What about the short short uphill bit that followed? Just when you think all the hard stuff is over.
I couldn't believe the number of people being stretchered off! I know it was a bit warm but you'd think they were used to it down there! I hope they were all ok, I saw at least one with a drip plugged in, none of them were on the up-hill section I think they were all in the last 3k.
Rach did really well especially on that last bit of hill towards the end....where all the firemen were!
The first bloke I saw looked in a terrible way. Makes you wonder what the point is of the medical certificates.
I was definitely put off my running by the gyrating cheer-leaders.
I liked the heli-chopper too, that was tres cool.
Try 8858.
Hoping we'll get the same weather next year too!
B, if you fancy running in Paris there's the half in March, marathon in April.. Le Touquet 20k is a nice little weekend away early July too.
B...you do realise the cheer-leaders were blokes...either that or they're a bit rough round Marseille!
Guess what! At the duty free at the airport they had a pair of Reebok PRL'S for 24euro's, did you see them? They were blokes and size 9 1/2.....just thought I'd mention it.
Sub-2? Steady you wouldn't want to overdo it and need assistance!
Joking aside sub-2 is a definate possibility.
Well after I hyped it up so much over the last year, do you reckon M-C was worth the effort ?
Hmmm ... I think Paris Half in March ... you may well see me at that. Not doing PV again though, once is enuff. ;-) Bet you were glad chivalry isn't dead, eh Rach?
Fancy doing Vienna, Munich and Amsterdam (again) next year. Definitely want to do Vienna, you can fly into Bratislava, get hammered there, catch the hydrofoil to Vienna on the Saturday (takes under two hours), go around the Prater Park etc, get muntered in Vienna, train to Bratislava Monday (40 mins), fly home. :-)
....there's a half in Canne in March as well........
Right, off to check out the piccies...
Without wishing to be seen as an oily flatterer, I can't see any fat on you Rach. You do look nice and relaxed in your's as well.
I've had a few 'orrid ones been taken of me (probably still on the web somewhere ...), so I won't take the mick out of Jelly :-)
(And it would explain the gurning!)
Been a bit bored at work (honest!), so been playing around with Excel.
Assuming it took me 6 mins to cross the line (I only started my watch at 1k), I did 60 mins going up to 10k and 46 coming down.
If that 4/3 ratio hold for all runners, then to break 2 hours, I reckon you need to do 1:08 or better going up to stand any chance.
How nerdy! Slow day at work today (plus I'm knackered, almost fell asleep at my desk).
I was sure Jelly said something about us hitting 10k in 1:08 - perhaps I was hallucinating in the heat though. If that's the case, then I should probably work on my down hill running style. I did find the last down hills into Cassis a bit scarey to be honest. Don't know if I'd have been able to let myself go if it'd been raining.
And on another note, Jelly, what's the name of the salsa place? I think I might come over for a session in December...