My private runs in “Authoritarian Absurdistan,” namely France, since November 28, 2020, make up the Absurdistan Running Series (ARS). I call them therefore the Absurdistan Marathons, Absurdistan Half Marathons, etc.
My 2021 Absurdistan Runs
The 2021 Farewell Marathon Against Pandemics
(Absurdistan Marathon # 32)
Marathon # 323/My marathon # 24 in 18 weeks
Date: December 31, 2021
My time: 5:36:28
Absurdistan Marathon # 31
Marathon # 322/My Third Marathon in 5 Days
Date: December 30, 2021
My time: 4:55:24
I did today my third marathon in five days. And I’m planning to participate tomorrow in the 2021 Farewell Marathon Against Pandemics.
Absurdistan Marathon # 30
Marathon # 321/My Second Marathon in 3 Days
Date: December 28, 2021
My time: 4:50:29
The weather was as dismal as the pandemic hysteria, so much so that the image of the Lake also seemed to foreshadow the twilight of Homo sapiens. Folks, these gloomy circumstances rather boosted my motivation, because it’s more crucial than ever to keep running and walking for our physical and mental health, and leading by example. I consequently finished the marathon faster than my recent marathons and walked afterwards 1.23 km to my aid station, i.e. the car.
The 2021 Boxing Day Marathon/Absurdistan Marathon # 29
Marathon # 320/My 21st marathon in 18 weeks
Date: December 26, 2021
My time: 5:35:34
No hangover: I ran 42.2 km (26.2 miles) on Boxing Day and got enough endorphins for free.
Absurdistan Marathon # 28
Marathon # 319
My 20th marathon in 17 weeks
Date: December 23, 2021
My time: 5:45:25
The course included some steep ups and downs for a total ascent of 668 meters or 2,191 feet.
Absurdistan Marathon # 27
Marathon # 318
My 19th marathon in 16 weeks
Date: December 19, 2021
My time: 5:46:15
Absurdistan Marathon # 26
Marathon # 317
My 18th marathon in 16 weeks
Date: December 16, 2021
My time: 5:05:33
I did yesterday my 18th marathon in 16 weeks. I ran in the Paris area where I took few pictures of an ongoing deforestation—the liberated dangerous carbon dioxide is by definition invisible—by those who are pointing fingers at developing countries in Asia, Africa or South America. Wikipedia explains how Europeans destroyed their forests before doing the same on other continents:
“Europeans had lived in the midst of vast forests throughout the earlier medieval centuries. After 1250 they became so skilled at deforestation that by 1500 they were running short of wood for heating and cooking. They were faced with a nutritional decline because of the elimination of the generous supply of wild game that had inhabited the disappearing forests, which throughout medieval times had provided the staple of their carnivorous high-protein diet...”
“Europeans had lived in the midst of vast forests throughout the earlier medieval centuries. After 1250 they became so skilled at deforestation that by 1500 they were running short of wood for heating and cooking. They were faced with a nutritional decline because of the elimination of the generous supply of wild game that had inhabited the disappearing forests, which throughout medieval times had provided the staple of their carnivorous high-protein diet...”
Absurdistan Marathon # 25
Marathon # 316
My 17th marathon in 15 weeks
Date: December 12, 2021
My time: 4:33:33
Meanwhile, the French government ordered the cancelation of a very popular Christmas Run (The Corrida de Noël) which was scheduled for today in the Paris Area.
Absurdistan Marathon # 24
Marathon # 315
My 16th marathon in 14 weeks
Date: December 6, 2021
My time: 5:20:42
Absurdistan Marathon # 23
Marathon # 311/Barefoot Marathon # 103
Date: November 18, 2021
My time: 4:43:36
See the 2021 COVID Big Screen Marathon
(Absurdistan Marathon # 22)
Absurdistan Marathon # 21
Marathon # 298/Barefoot Marathon # 92
Date: August 20, 2021
My time: 5:38:27
Absurdistan Marathon # 20
Marathon # 297
Date: August 15, 2021
My Time: 5:44:41
Absurdistan Marathon # 19
Marathon # 296
Date: August 12, 2021
My Time: 5:27:30
See Marathon # 295/Absurdistan Marathon # 18
Absurdistan Marathon # 17
Marathon # 294
Date: July 22, 2021
My Time: 6:07:48
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 39
Date: August 4, 2021
My Time: 2:46:14
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 38
Date: August 3, 2021
My Time: 2:47:34
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 37
Date: July 30, 2021
My Time: 2:56:27
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 36
Date: July 25, 2021
My Time: 4:09:10
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 35
The Trojan Phallus Half Marathon
Date: July 20, 2021
My Time: 4:56:29
On July 20, 2021, I did a half marathon in the phallus-shaped Downtown of Troyes, in Eastern France. I inadvertently walked 1 km outside the area (compare the official map with my course).
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 34
Date: July 17, 2021
Time: 3:51:48
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 33
Date: July 1, 2021
Distance: 27 km
Time: 3:41:20
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 32
Date: June 30, 2021
Time: 2:45:54
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 31
Date: June 26, 2021
Time: 2:24:23
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 30
Date: June 24, 2021
Distance: 22 km
Time: 2:35:50
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 29
Date: June 21, 2021
Distance: 30 km
My Time: 4:13:15
Absurdistan Marathon # 15
Date: June 17, 2021
Marathon # 292
My Time: 6:13:59
I ran nearly 30 km on the course of the Eco-trail de Paris (80 km), which will hopefully take place in two weeks and become the first major running event held in Absurdistan since the COVID-19 outbreak.
The 2021 Palace of Versailles Marathon (Absurdistan Marathon # 14)
Marathon # 291
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 28
Date: June 1, 2021
My Time: 2:49:56
I ran in the Paris area in Caribbean-like weather (27 °C or 80.6 °F).
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 27
Date: May 29, 2021
My Time: 2:46:09
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 26
Date: May 27, 2021
My Time: 2:45:59
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 25 (Barefoot)
Date: May 25, 2021
Time: 2:54:19
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 24 (Barefoot)
Date: May 23, 2021
Time: 3:05:44
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 23 (Barefoot)
Date: May 18, 2021
Time: 2:55:57
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 22 (Barefoot)
Date: May 15, 2021
Time: 3:06:46
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 21
Date: May 13, 2021
Time: 4:25:32
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 20 (Barefoot)
Date: May 12, 2021
Time: 3:40:53
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 19
Date: May 9, 2021
Time: 3:54:54
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 18
Date: May 7, 2021
Distance: 25 km
Time: 4:53:34
