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Ohlone 50K 2018: late wings but just in time!
A week has passed and I wasn't able to find or make time in my tumultuous life for this race report... This is the tough part with racing on a Sunday, it doesn't leave much time for a same-day report...
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Whirlwind passage in Paris
Nope, not another of these extraordinary and destructive meteorological events, it's just the word which came to mind when I thought of my short and unplanned stay here. Yet, with 68 miles (110K) over...
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PCTR San Francisco One Day: another long day and night on our feet
A whole week passed since San Francisco One Day, it's about time I'm getting over it... As a matter of fact, I wrote this sentence and most of the report last weekend, but didn't finish it before...
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Global Running Day: one new runner at a time!
Another belated post, 3 weeks have passed since this event occurred, time flies when you work hard while traveling around the world... even a few days of time off in Poland with the family didn't help!...
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Running in Krakow: just follow the Vistula River!
Krakow, Poland, is a great city to visit by foot, but almost too small to make a run really worth. As soon as I crossed the river on my way from the airport to downtown, I was drawn by the imposing...
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90K of Chamonix: crowded alpine ultra running is another sport
90 kilometers per the race name, or even 91.5 km according to the organizers, just over 2 marathons, how hard that can be? Even with 6,200 meters of cumulated elevation, or 20,300 feet, these are just...
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Back to my Paris-Saclay-Paris 50K: a few more pictures
I already posted about my favorite long run when I visit Paris, starting from Stade Charléty in the 13th arrondissement, getting on La Coulée Verte along the French bullet train, the TGV, down to...
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Running in Barcelona, Spain: barely a recommended run through the port, by night
To continue on my European 'catch me if you can' series, after Krakow, Poland, then Chamonix in the Alps, and Saclay, South of Paris, a very short one about my quick run around Barcelona, Spain, by...
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Staycation? Hmm, what about 16,733 miles instead...
Oh no, I didn't run 16,733 miles during my last vacation, that would have been really exhausting! ;-)Sometimes I wish I'd stay home for vacation, to get some good and needed rest, and catch-up on so...
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Save The Bay: let's do this at work!
What a great mission to save the San Francisco Bay (wikipedia), such a unique place blessed by mother nature with a dozen of different ecosystems and also the birth place of the renowned Silicon...
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Skyline 50K 2018: Cliff and I
No, not Cliff Bars, my energy brand is GU (born and raised in Berkeley!) as you can read in all my Race reports (disclaimer: I’m a GU Pro athlete too). And, no, I didn't fall off a cliff. But I'm...
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Running in London's Central Park: Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park
To the risk of offending Her Majesty and the Royal Family, there is certainly a valid comparison between these green urban areas: similar size (615 acres for these two adjacent parks of London versus...
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TDS 2018: so grossly under trained for this, but here anyway!
Oh my, another week to live by my globe trotter reputation... A week ago I was in London, then Paris last week, flew back home in Silicon Valley for just 2 days home and here I am again, in France,...
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TDS 2018: H-10, getting ready!
I should be sleeping so a short one before I disappear in the treacherous Alps in 10 hours. According to the picture from the title sponsor, Columbia, at the bib pick-up, I am... Ready for UTMB...
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TDS 2018 (part 3 of 3): these Alps are tough!
Finally getting a break to write this race report, while sitting on a TGV for Paris. It's Saturday afternoon, 3 days have passed since the TDS race, Xavier Thevenard just won his third UTMB (his...
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Working on Labor Day. And playing too!
It's labor day in the US (as opposed to May first here in France) and, by working, I'm talking about my second job, running!After 10 miles on Saturday before leaving Chamonix, still with some soreness...
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Good to be back to the track discipline for a few more laps!
As I often say, what I like the most in running is, well, the running part, meaning the speed. Not the shuffling, walking, hiking which I got reduced to in my recent races in the Alps this Summer...So...
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Stevens Creek 50K/30K 2018. And an alternative.
[For the runners just looking for my pictures, here is the Google Photos album.]"Did you run it again this year?"Me -- "Nope""But you where there, no?"Me: "Yes, but manning a water-only aid...
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Trailblazer 2018: 10K and so many more!
Can't believe a week has almost gone by since that race. I strive to post my race reports on race day but that was another long day away from the keyboard last Sunday as you may read below, a rather...
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Bay Day 2018: celebrating with yet another 50K!
I'm really proud that IBM has stepped up to support our local Save the Bay organization, and sponsor this year's Bay Day! Being headquartered in New York, we are challenged to compete with local...
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