I'm going to interrupt posting on my trip to Cambodia and South Korea to post these few items about the Paris Marathon! Because I already have them drafted and it would take me a little more time to finish up the ones on Seoul. Will return to that in a couple of weeks after my next big trip...
I've been training for the marathon in Paris pretty much since I hit the finish line at the Disney Marathon in January. It has been a good motivator to get me out running during the darker and colder months. I also trained with my friend Laura and we were both aiming to beat our best times so that was good to have someone else along for the ride. The week leading up to the race, I got this in the mail...
from my friend Erin! Erin is also friends with Laura, so Laura got a box as well. Not only were these cupcakes pretty, they were delicious too! I probably had a half a dozen of them on my own over the week before the race and I think all that "Good Luck in Paris" icing helped me out!
Laura and I took the Eurostar to Paris on Friday afternoon from London. We had dinner at a fantastic French place just down the street from our hotel. Both of us ordered the hake from the prix-fixe menu. Hake is fish. This is what came out...
He is pretty fierce, no? Can you see his teeth? Well, scary looking but Monsieur Hake was delicious! I sent this picture to both my niece/nephew teams in got the appropriate "ew gross!" reaction I was hoping for. :)
Saturday morning we made a stop at the race expo to pick up our numbers and race packs. The expo was great with lots of exhibitors and stuff for sale. Pretty much just like in the US, except all the races advertised were in Europe. We got lots of brochures and ideas of where we want to go next! Oh, and they served lots of cookies and wine at the expo. And full sized bread rolls. I love France.
Saw this while I was out for a little day-before-the-race-warmup run. Because this is how one carb-loads in France.
We had a proper pasta dinner at an Italian place just next to our hotel. Me and Laura all pasta-filled and ready to go! I don't know why I have the crazy eyes.
Banners on the Champs Elysee, where the race would begin...
The weather really could not have been more beautiful the day before the race. It kinda killed me to have to stay off my feet and that I couldn't go out and enjoy this spring day in Paris!
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