Course du Trophée
3 weeks ago She Who Must Be Obeyed and I ran a local race called the "Course du Trophée" which started in La Turbie (above Monaco) and then headed along the coast to somewhere above Eze before returning. It was one of the odd local races like the Rondes des Collines Niçoises that we enjoy doing without being terribly competitive. In fact I took a lot of photos of the more scenic parts of the course and I'm very glad I did because the views were spectacular.
The course (map here) was 19.1km long - allegedly - and included in that distance 330m of climb and 330m of descent. Hence, even without photo stops, I was not going to be looking at some kind of record breaking time. As it happened I finished in 1h34 which is definitely on the relatively slow side for me but since I treated it more as a training run than a race I don't feel that there is much to complain about. And I got to take lots of photos as well, which may have irritated some of the people around me