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Endurance Trail des Templiers
Millau in October. Causse limestone. Templiers canyon. Nineteen hours is fast for this much vert.
65 mi+22,201 ft-22,119 ft19 hours1,152 ft to 2,956 fttech 5/106 stationsWSER qualifierOctober
Distance65 mi
Gain+22,201 ft
Loss-22,119 ft
Altitude1,152 ft to 2,956 ft
Technicality5/10
Air32°F to 75°F
- Start1,168 ft
- High2,953 ft
- Low1,163 ft
- Finish1,250 ft
- France at mile 0.0
- Endurance Trail des Templiers mile 13 at mile 13, cutoff 3.8000000000000003 hours
- Endurance Trail des Templiers mile 26 at mile 26, cutoff 7.6000000000000005 hours
- Endurance Trail des Templiers mile 39 at mile 39, cutoff 11.4 hours
- Endurance Trail des Templiers mile 52 at mile 52, cutoff 15.200000000000001 hours
- Finish France at mile 65, cutoff 19 hours
Geometrycourse math
Steepest drop1,417 ft-14.3% over 1.9 mi
Night miles27 misunset near 17:00 local
The cruxCausse du Larzac plateau and the Templiers canyon descent (near mile 42)
Course DNA
The Course
Endurance Trail des Templiers runs 105 km through France. +22,201 ft gain and -22,119 ft loss. Surfaces skew 75% trail / 20% dirt road / 5% paved. Causse du Larzac plateau and the Templiers canyon descent. High point near 2,956 ft. Low near 1,152 ft. October temps run 32°F to 75°F. The course rewards patience early and punishes rushed descents after mile 33.
The Work
Train for 22,201 feet of climbing across 105 km. Back-to-back long runs on trail. Practice power-hiking grades above 15 percent. 19 hours total means limited margin: rehearse fueling every 45 to 60 minutes and downhill eccentric work weekly. Technicality 5/10. Build a block that simulates the crux near mile 42.
Kit
October in France: plan for 32°F to 75°F. Mandatory shell if rain is in forecast. Headlamp with spare batteries if 19 hours pushes past dark. Poles help on sustained climbs above mile 16. Vest capacity for 2 liters minimum. Shoes matched to 75% trail: lugs for mud, rock plate if the course turns technical after mile 33.
Race Day
Hold effort through mile 16. The field often splits on the first big climb after mile 33. Causse du Larzac plateau and the Templiers canyon descent near mile 42 is where time is won or lost. Walk the steep pinches. Run the flats and gentle downhills. Crew at major aids: socks, calories, ice if hot. Transitions under 5 minutes when possible. Final third is 22 miles of fatigue management. Finish with reserve for the last descent.
Results
Endurance Trail des Templiers finish lines.
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