Date
Sat, 25 Sept 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
Carrefour des Pestiférés, Raon-l'Étape
Raon-l'Étape, Vosges
Countdown
September
A backyard-style trail run: every hour on the hour you line up again for a 6.9 km loop, and the only question is how many laps you can string together.
Key facts
01Hourly mass start: finish each 6.9 km lap within the hour to go again
02Up to 15 laps allowed, so 103.5 km is the ceiling
03Each lap has 320 m of climbing, so the hills add up as the laps do
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The course
One lap, on repeat
Raon-l'Étape · one lap
Total climb260m
Start · finishOne lap · elevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate6.2 km
Weather
Late-September, Raon-l'Étape
18°CTypical high
8°CTypical low
1°CColdest in 20 years
37%Days with rain
Highs around 18°C and lows around 8°C, but it has dropped to 1°C. Rain on 37% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#TeamLapsTime
01HADET ARTHUR1511:24:50
02DELRUE ETIENNE1309:47:07
03GARNIER THOMAS1311:52:43
34
Finishers
6:05:05
Median time
6 laps
Median laps
Overall · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
How many laps could you do?
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Le Défi des Pestiférés
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Le Défi des Pestiférés plan targets
Typical sessions
260 m of climbing to prepare for
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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