Date
Sun, 9 May 2027
Start
10:00
Venue
Place de la Promenade, Sauxillanges
Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dôme
Countdown
May
The easy way in: 12 km with just 450 m of climbing, a friendly first trail that also happens to be the most popular start of the day.
Key facts
01Open to runners born in 2011 or earlier
Create a free training plan for the Trail de l'Améthyste 12 km
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The course
The route
Sauxillanges
Distance12km
Total climb450m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate12.0 km
Weather
Early-May, Sauxillanges
15°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
-1°CColdest in 20 years
50%Days with rain
Highs around 15°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 50% 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
01BATIFOY Johanna01:06:3810.8 km/h
02POURHADI Solène01:14:059.7 km/h
03PERRIER Elsa01:16:139.4 km/h
204
Women finishers
1:45:35
Median time
6.8 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
Training
Training for the Trail de l'Améthyste 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.
Intervals.icuWhat a Trail de l'Améthyste 12 km plan targets
Typical sessions
12 km with 450 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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