Date
Sat, 21 Nov 2026
Start
19:45
Venue
AGORA, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Manche
Countdown
November
A 12 km night loop from the Agora and back, with no bus to catch. A good first taste of running trails in the dark, and the busiest race of the evening.
Key facts
012 hours 30 minutes cut-off
02Valid FFA licence or PPS required
03Starts and finishes at the Agora
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The course
The route
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Distance12km
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate12.4 km
Weather
Late-November, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
12°CTypical high
10°CTypical low
3°CColdest in 20 years
61%Days with rain
Highs around 12°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 3°C. Rain on 61% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01HUAULT Manon00:57:3512.5 km/h
02CARPENTIER Emeline00:58:4612.3 km/h
03MAUREL Angélique01:03:1711.4 km/h
162
Women finishers
1:28:36
Median time
8.1 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Trail à la Belle Étoile 12 km
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.
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Typical sessions
12 km
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
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