Date
Sat, 12 Dec 2026
Start
18:00
Venue
Espace Nordique de la Praille, Plateau d’Hauteville, Ain
Plateau d'Hauteville, Ain
Countdown
December
The longer of the two night loops on the Hauteville plateau. 13 km in the dark with a fair bit of up and down, so it's a proper evening out, not a jog.
Key facts
01Headlamp is required
02Cut-off at the 7 km checkpoint is 19:15
03Open to anyone born before 30/12/2009
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The course
The route
Plateau d'Hauteville
Distance13.4km
Total climb505m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate13.3 km
Weather
Mid-December, Plateau d'Hauteville
5°CTypical high
-1°CTypical low
-18°CColdest in 20 years
46%Days with rain
Highs around 5°C and lows around -1°C, but it has dropped to -18°C. Rain on 46% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01LEBEL Agathe01:18:4510.2 km/h
02DELEUZE Cécile01:21:229.9 km/h
03GOY Anna01:24:439.5 km/h
86
Women finishers
1:56:35
Median time
6.9 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserLes Intenses Sessions
Websitelesintensessessions.com
Instagram@intenses_sessions_trailrunning
Running since2021
Training
Training for the Trail Nocturne Haut-Bugey 13 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 Nocturne Haut-Bugey 13 km plan targets
Typical sessions
13 km with 505 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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