4,989 km on a 930-meter loop in 52 days: Patrick’s crazy challenge near Le Havre

He is used to extreme challenges. Patrick Malandain who lives Montivilliers close to Havre (Seine-Maritime) Long wanted to participate in the legendary New York race, “3100 mile race”: the distance between Los Angeles and New York. The organizers refused his registration. Regardless, the reckless runner decided to set off at the same time as the American race on a similar challenge but in Montivilliers. Since June 14, 2021, he has been running 106 km every day on a 930-meter loop. The 4,989 km finish line should reach out to him on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 around 7 p.m.

The hardest part: “the monotony of the course”

To run 106 km per day for 52 days in a row ! And do it on a 930 meter loop… Incredible! Patrick Malandain who celebrated his 61st birthday on Wednesday July 28th achieves a real feat which should end on Tuesday August 3rd.

I feel tired but motivated. The hardest part is really the monotony of the course, the 930-meter loop, we quickly got around it!

The runner keeps smiling, “what keeps me going is taking partners, family and friends with me. I also take with me a lot of people who share a few km every day, others take me to eat, in passing cars, people waving to me, it’s super nice. “

“I swim in my swimsuits”

The runner at the start of the adventure expected to lose 11kg, a few hours from the finish, he maintains: “I did not weigh myself but I passed more than 4,500 times in front of the pool and I can tell you that I swim in my jerseys! ”

Patrick has been running between 6 am and 8 pm every day since June 14, “to meet the challenge, you have to do a little over 100 km per day”. The body is tired, but “the pain is mostly bobology, I had some muscle problems but I can understand my body and it follows my wishes. »For the finish line,« it will be a surprise, maybe a few people will run with me, but I haven’t planned anything. ”

To recover after this crazy challenge, “physically it takes between four and six months. The mind when the race is over often gives way, that’s the hard part. But Patrick is used to it! And already, he has in mind a new challenge for 2022 !

Practical information :
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Currently an exhibition at the Anne de Graville library takes place as part of “Le Havre, Australian stopover”. Photos, videos and everyday objects take you to the great Australian spaces crossed in 2013 by Patrick who after 38 days of racing and 3861 kilometers traveled became the new record holder for crossing the land of kangaroos.

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