Monaco Run 2012

It’s been a while since my last “professional running competition” (har har), the Nice Sem-Marathon, which I took part in a couple of years back. I had big ambitions for running a marathon after that, but gave up on the project after doing my knees in during practice (yeah, convenient excuse, right?).

Well, some time ago, I decided it was time to get “back into it”. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) we’ll be in sunny California during this year’s Nice semi-marathon, so I decided to run the Monaco 10 kilometer run instead (there was actually also the option of doing a 23 km run from Ventimiglia to Monaco – but I opted against it after thinking about it for about 3 seconds).

So, there I was, 9 AM in the morning in the Port of Monaco, getting ready… It was pretty much perfect running conditions – a cloudy, but not rainy, day. The run took us through the tunnel under “the Rock”, around the football stadium at Fontvieille, back past the port and train station, past Grimaldi forum at the east end of Monaco, and back along the sea to the port. Monaco being a bit hilly, it wasn’t all flat running either, so I was pretty happy with my time of 52 minutes! Only two things annoy me somewhat – I wasn’t able to catch that Swede 1 kilometer before the end – and most of all – it seems I broke my chip, so I have no official time!

But Mathilde can testify to the fact that I did complete the race! And I have the photos to prove it! What’s next then? Apparently there is another 10 km race at Menton in May, perhaps I’ll go for that next?