Running Paris Versailles

Almost after one and a half years, I was running in an event again. The weather was very grey, but it was very pleasant for running. The temperature was around 16 degrees Celsius. The race was 17 km long, starting from the bottom of the Eiffel Tower to the Château de Versailles.

For the first time, Pamela accompanied me to the starting point of the course to take a photo of me with the Eiffel Tower. The first part of the run was along the River Seine, and then it goes to the Forest of Meudon; this was the most crucial part as it has a steep climb (approx. 2 km).

Well, the water stops were quite nicely spaced, and I did not feel like trash any time during the whole course. There were around seventeen thousand people in total, but at a time only 350 runners depart, so when I started it was almost 30 minutes after the first group started. Anyway, the route was quite scenic as the main part was a bit away from the city in the forest, and I finished in 1h 29m 59s, which is not that bad.