La Ronde des Plages - the Black Tennis Shoes
Notice the girl in the lower photograph - she's late on the podium and she's wearing black tennis shoes. You see her in yesterday's post too.
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24 June 2009
23 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - the Pom Pom Girls
The Pom Pom Girls cheer the runners as they depart and later, they dance on a podium to welcome them home.
In the background, you see the Hotel Napoleon and alongside, a beautiful Russian chapel, which one day we'll visit.
The Napoleon Hotel has a beach webcam - it's almost in real time too - take a look - Hotel Napoleon Webcam.
22 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - the Team Mascot
Woolite, the sheep, is Team Mascot of Les Foulées Roquebrunoises - a great group of runners from Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
She is never on a lead so long as her owner, Philippe, is around - she is never less than a few inches from him.
We met Woolite before - remember when she was swimming in the sea?
Woolite, by the way, now has her very own website - Le Blog de Woolite.
21 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - the Osteopaths
After the race some of the runners needed an osteopath. The team, working in a tent, were kept busy for hours.
20 June 2009
19 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - Agony!
Agony! The last of the runners stagger home. Paper cups litter the road but somehow they avoid them.
18 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - the Dancer
Watch the girl on the left. She's brilliant at handing out bottles of water to the needy runners as they approach the finish line - she's almost a dancer.
She is one of 140 volunteers at La Ronde des Plages, all of whom did a brilliant job.
17 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - Hot!
The runners are on their way back to the finish line. In the smaller photograph, you see the winner. He led from the start.
I wonder if the runners notice the beautiful Old Town as they run past. The man in the main photograph would have nothing on his mind but that blissful cup of water.
16 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - They're Off!
The road is clear of cars - 1000 runners take off on the 25th annual 10 kilometre run.
The course runs alongside the beaches from the Port of Garavan (near the Italian border) to the swimming pool at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin - and then back again.
The best runners do this in half an hour - others take around fifty minutes.
15 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - Getting Ready
Tie those laces, stretch those feet...
1000 runners will be taking part in La Ronde des Plages - a 10 kilometres circuit of the beaches.
14 June 2009
La Ronde des Plages - the Children
The Menton Marathon Club recently organised a 10 kilometre run - La Ronde des Plages.
Before we get on to the big boys' run, first: the children's races. There was a 1.5 kilometre run for the 6 - 10 year olds and then a 3 km run for the 11 to 15 year olds.
In the main photo, they've finished the run and are queuing to get their medals. Not all are happy with their efforts though, as you see by the expression on the boy in the black tee-shirt.
In the smaller photo, a father rubs oil into his daughter's legs and in the last photo, they are off!
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