Day 3, Part 3: The main day of the Medoc Marathon Finally, the supply wine, the famous chateaux from the first half! – 2014 Medoc Marathon Diary No.6

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Date and Time: Morning of September 13, 2014

Finally, the start. As I wrote in the previous article, I would like to run through the 6km section from the start to the first chateau at a good pace and save some money.

ところが、予想以上の気温と混雑ぶり、そして、途中ではんてん（チームで揃えたもの）を脱ぐことにしたため、そのタイムロスで最初のシャトー「Château MONTROSE」への到着が、当初想定していた時間よりも30分もオーバーしてしまいました。

6km Château MONTROSE (St-Estephe, class 2)

第30回メドックマラソンの最初の「給ワイン」を司るのは、Château MONTROSE。前日下見でもきました。

大きな地図で見る

Château MONTROSE http://www.chateau-montrose.com/

The road that turns left and west on the main road D2E4 is a very narrow single track road. As you can see, it is jammed with runners. It was impossible to run anymore.

This huge traffic jam was a bit unexpected. We were sure that it would be expected at the chateau in the future, so we had to revise the driving plan we had made in advance at this stage.

However, the weather you see, and my first wine. Tensions only increase.

This may be the first time I’ve seen grapes this close up. Very strong dark color.

Then we arrived inside the chateau. Finally, it’s the debut of the supply wine. And it is a second class chateau.

But the glass is plastic….

Actually, I was planning to prepare my own glass at the time of departure, but I thought it would be too bulky, so I stopped bringing it at the last minute. I regretted it a lot…

そんな2級シャトー「MONTROSE」のお味ですが、これがまた飛び上がるくらい美味しい！感動してしまいました。こんな美味しいワインを惜しみなく提供するってどんだけすごいんだよ…。今回のメドックマラソンで自分的に2番目に美味しいワインでした。

Now, there was a lot of excitement in the chateau. Runners in fancy dress were everywhere taking commemorative photos.

It’s lovely. There were so many of these runners around.

What do you do with the cup when you’ve finished it?

もちろん引き取ってくれたりそのあたりゴミ袋はあったりするのですが、圧倒的に数が足りません。ということでかなり多くの方が、シャトー内にそのまま捨てていました。

Well, this is quite uncomfortable for Japanese people, but there was nowhere else to throw them away, so I did as I was told, and threw them away in a conspicuous place in the chateau.

Water, aid?

これについてもあらためてまとめサイトにて書くつもりですが、給水、エイドは思っていた以上に充実していておりました。

One at the 3km mark before coming here to Montrose. Water and orange juice, I think there was also food available, but I missed that.

There was one more place in front of Montrose. We finally got some water here. There were very many.

The glass is very nice.

After this, the water supply and aid were very substantial. It was rather excessive. There was no sports drink-like thing.

Medoc Marathon’s famous « Vineyard Run ».

After Château Montrose, you will run through the vineyards to the next château, Château PHÉLAN-SÉGUR. It can be said that it is a special feature of the Medoc Marathon.

But this road was harder than I expected…. Just after this Montrose, it wasn’t so bad yet, but overall, the foothold was bad anyway.

Rather than a gravel road, it was more like a stone road with stones several centimeters in diameter lying around. There was a section where I couldn’t run properly because it hurt even with my cushioned running shoes. The vineyards of the chateau in the second half were particularly difficult. If you are a runner, you might want to take this into consideration.

I’m still okay with this level…

Thanks to this, we were way past the scheduled elapsed time at Montrose, and we couldn’t even run the next section to the chateau properly, so we just lost more and more time…. I wondered if I would be able to finish within the time limit…