Date
Sun, 21 Mar 2027
Start
11:10
Venue
Start: D913, Sous-Tranchée des Baïonnettes, near the Abri des Pèlerins parking, Douaumont
Douaumont-Vaux, Meuse
Countdown
March
A step up from the 14 km without getting serious: 18 km from Douaumont to Verdun with 390 m of climbing. Enough hills to feel like a trail, still very runnable.
Key facts
01Valid FFA licence or PPS required to enter
02Open from Juniors up to Masters
03Point to point: you finish in Verdun, not where you start
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The course
The route
Douaumont-Vaux
Distance18km
Total climb390m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate18.1 km
Weather
Late-March, Douaumont-Vaux
11°CTypical high
2°CTypical low
-7°CColdest in 20 years
32%Days with rain
Highs around 11°C and lows around 2°C, but it has dropped to -7°C. Rain on 32% 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
01NIDERKORN CHARLOTTE01:41:1110.7 km/h
02MORIN SARAH01:49:079.9 km/h
03BORTOLUSSI ANNE01:49:589.8 km/h
142
Women finishers
2:23:21
Median time
7.5 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2026 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserOffice de Tourisme du Grand Verdun
Websitetraildestranchees.com
Instagram@traildestranchees
Running since2014
Training
Training for the Trail des Tranchées® 18 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 des Tranchées® 18 km plan targets
Typical sessions
18 km with 390 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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