Date
Sun, 25 Apr 2027
Start
09:00
Venue
Centre-ville devant la mairie
Chinon, Indre-et-Loire
Countdown
April
La Rachas Express is the middle option: 20 km with 900 m of climbing, a proper trail day that stays within reach for a fit runner.
Key facts
01Mass start at 09:00 with all distances, so the opening km are crowded
02No cut-off on this course
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The course
The route
Centre-ville devant la mairie
Distance21km
Total climb900m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate19.5 km
Weather
Late-April, Centre-ville devant la mairie
17°CTypical high
7°CTypical low
-1°CColdest in 20 years
34%Days with rain
Highs around 17°C and lows around 7°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 34% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2026 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01BOUILLOUX LEA02:04:459.9 km/h
02TRENTO ELSA02:17:149.0 km/h
03ORATOWSKA MARIE02:17:478.9 km/h
44
Women finishers
3:06:21
Median time
6.6 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserAssociation Passion Trail Dieulefit
Websitedieulefit-trail.com
Instagram@passion_trail_dieulefit
Running since2016
Training
Training for the Trail de Dieulefit 20 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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Trail de Dieulefit 20 km plan targets
Typical sessions
21 km with 900 m of climbing
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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