Date
Mon, 24 May 2027
Venue
Station touristique Duchesnay, 140 Montée de l’Auberge, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, QC G3N 2Y6
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, La Jacques-Cartier
Countdown
May
A short, friendly trail run: 8 km with 225 m of climbing. Easy to fit in, and a good way to try trail racing for the first time.
Key facts
01Minimum age 10
023-hour time limit (2026 reference)
Create a free training plan for the Trail du Coureur des Bois de Duchesnay 8 km
7-day free trial, no card required
The course
The route
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
Distance8km
Total climb225m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate7.4 km
Weather
Late-May, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
17°CTypical high
6°CTypical low
-4°CColdest in 20 years
54%Days with rain
Highs around 17°C and lows around 6°C, but it has dropped to -4°C. Rain on 54% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserCorporation Événements Course de Québec (Je Cours Qc), represented by Gestev
Websitejecoursqc.com
Instagram@jecoursqc
Running since2015
Training
Training for the Trail du Coureur des Bois de Duchesnay 8 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 du Coureur des Bois de Duchesnay 8 km plan targets
Typical sessions
8 km with 225 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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