8/18/2023 0 Comments Medoc mountain fall racrIt was a pretty long drive back to Bordeaux which meant we didn’t stumble into bed, a little worse for wear, until 1.30am. 5 desserts each, another magnum of wine, and a fireworks display later, it was definitely time to go home. By this point, we’d made some new friends and all had way too much red wine (to add to the white wine, beer and champagne…) so Martin decided it would be an awesome idea to have a few games of ‘who can inhale their dessert the fastest?’. The best way to describe the whole look and feel of it is exactly like a wedding!ĭinner was chorizo pasta to start and duck and pasta for main (not ideal if you don’t eat chorizo or duck but I worked around it!), and some kind of foamy meringue thing for dessert. On arrival we were greeted with a live band and several tables of wine and crisps before being invited into the marquee for dinner. Part of our race package included a pasta dinner party and, this year, it was hosted at Château Senilhac. Martin and Gemma had a plate of oysters (my previous history with oysters is that they always make me throw up, today was no different but I tried) and we enjoyed the sunshine. We had a few beers (and maybe a champagne…hey, we were on holiday!) and walked along the river where there was some wine tasting and various food on offer (the snails did not look happy). Registration was a little chaotic but the queue was short so could have been worse! Gemma, Martin and I had been excited for months, we flew to Bordeaux (the nearest main City where we were staying) on the Wednesday, which would give our bodies a chance to get used to the toxic levels of wine that would be necessary for success (sensible training approach).įriday was registration day, so we headed to race HQ in Pauillac where they had set up a little race village with a few stalls and a bar (obvs). Whilst it’s certainly a race with a difference, it’s now so successful, this year was the 31 st event and it sold out within 24 hours! In all credit to the organisers, despite its huge popularity they still limit entries to 8,500 to avoid compromising the race experience. Fancy dress is the Marathon du Medoc law. Gourmet food stops including oysters, steak, cheese and croissants line the route, as well as the usual banquet of fruit, crisps, crackers and fig rolls you seem to get at every European marathon, and everyone is in fancy dress. Rather than the usual water and electrolyte stops, there are around 20 wine stations hosted by different châteaus around the beautiful Medoc region in France, proudly waiting to let you sample their finest red whilst you have a dance to a live band before you run along to the next one! Medoc is one of those races on every marathoners’ bucket list, quite simply, it’s the craziest marathon on earth. Marathon du Medoc claims to be ‘le marathon le plus long du monde’ (the longest marathon in the world). So, when I turned up on the start line of my 12th marathon with a hangover, on 4 hours sleep, an empty stomach and a leopard print skirt, I wasn’t sure if I would make it to the finish line in one piece… Stay hydrated, avoid alcohol, get a good nights sleep, eat a hearty breakfast and make sure you’ve trained in your race kit. You don’t need to be an experienced runner to know there are a few basic rules to marathon running.
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