RUN & BIKE SOLIDAIRE

The triathlon season is coming to an end. It's become too cold to swim in open water. It is now the period of Bike & Runs.
In a bike and run, you compete in pairs. You need to cover a given distance with one person running and the other one cycling. There is no rule to swap the bike. The pair decides how often they want to alternate.

Today, I participated to the Run & Bike solidaire (10K) in Saint Cloud. This event is organised by the Française des Jeux Foundation which raises money to support athletes, disabled people and kids through sports.

We were 8 from EPPG Tri Club to participate (Léo, Charlotte, Yann B, Yann P, Olivia, Emilien and Marion, running with her boyfriend Gilou). I was pairing with Léonore with whom I trained and defined a strategy yesterday. Indeed, we decided that the best for us was to swap the bike every 500m. Why 500m? Because we can run full speed over 500m (more is too much) before taking a rest on the bike for 500m and so on.

Yann P, Flo, Léo, Charlotte, Gilou, Marion, Yann B and Olivia

The weather today was not great but at least it was not raining. After droping our bags and warming up a little, we made our way to the start area with the 400 other teams.
I ran first and Léo had the bike. We stuck to our plan to swipe every 500m. It was not easy to stay together and exchange the bike with so many other paticipants around us as the road was not so wide but we did ok. Then the terrain was quite hilly and sometimes you had to start running full speed right in the middle of a hill which was exhausting...but it was only a 10K so I knew the pain would not last too long. In the end, after giving everything we had in the last kilometer, we finished in 48mins18secs.

In the finish area, we found Yann and Yann as well as Marion and Gilou. We took some pictures with sports celebrities like Lilian Thuram and Marie-Josée Perec.

Léo, Marie-Josée Perec, Charlotte, Olivia, Florelle

We were all very happy because our club mate Emilien and his friend had finished first!
It was my first Bike & Run and I really enjoyed it. It's nice to run with a friend and support each other through the race. My next one is already planned on 23rd November in Palaiseau.