Promotion

I sit today with only slightly aching legs and the race that seemed a long way ahead is now behind us.
On Saturday, four of us, all friends from Sussex ran in the 3rd edition of the Eco Trail De Paris. We all finished the 80kms (50 miles)together in 10 hrs 40 mins which was a brilliant effort

Today I laughed! As I read the results because out of the 1255 finishers we were consecutively 651st through to 654th. This was a fantastic achievement but what was making me laugh was the order of names. 654 Charlie, 653 Cliff, 652 Pete and 651 was Me! Does this fluke of administration mean that I can have a promotion in the Sussex mens fitness league, even though we did actually all finish at the same time?

One thing is for sure, wherever I am in the fitness league, I am now qualified to wear tights!

Tights at the ready

I started training for this silly event six months ago and as I stood beneath the Eiffel Tower on the morning before the race I was starting to wonder if I had done enough to prepare.
Too late to worry about it I went to find a coffee!

To Paris..

Last summer, my good friend Dai and I went to the French Alps to support some other friends who were competing in an extreme ultra marathon in the mountains there. It was amazing to be at the finish line watching some of the competitors come in and foolishly I was inspired!

Not long after returning from our brief sojourn in the Alps and still foolishly inspired, I signed myself up, to compete in the 2010 Eco Trail de Paris. http://www.traildeparis.com/pages/public/index.php?v=event&id=6

In the morning tomorrow. Mrs P junior and myself have tickets on the Eurostar to Paris and the silliness is upon us.

At 1230 on Saturday, the start gun will go and together with a few hundred other tight wearing Europeans I will make my way over 80kms (50 miles) towards the Eiffel Tower. Where, we are all aspiring to finish the race by climbing the stairs of that famous land mark!

Winter Olympics

It is a while ago since I left Canada and the excitement of the winter Olympics but it was a good experience, especially the day we got up on the mountain to see the womens freestyle skiing. My pictures do not do justice to the wonderful atmosphere.