trail: La THArée Trail 50 km

Ardense Trail waarbij je kan kiezen hoeveel kilometer je loopt. Maximaal 50 km is mogelijk.

Van de website Google vertaald:

The concept of “stop or again?”
Last year, the Tharés decided to make your task a little more complex but also to give you the opportunity to surpass yourself and awaken your trail runner instinct.

To achieve these ends, the concept of “Stop or again?” had emerged.

But what exactly does this correspond to?
Our tracers have concocted a route of about fifty kilometers in which they have placed 5 bifurcations. This means that there are therefore 6 possible distances.

After having validated your registration, you will therefore leave gently (or not) to trudge on this mega course. 9km after your departure, you will see a first panel appear (in a rather wild way, we are still lost in the middle of nature). This panel offers 2 routes:

The return (“Stop”) which also tells you the total number of km that this loop includes (Spoil: 13km for the first).
The adventure (“Encore”) which invites you to continue your journey to the next panel. This one, on the other hand, will not tell you the number of kilometers of the remaining routes.
You will therefore have to make a choice that will impact the total distance you will cover in the Haute-Ardenne.

The more adventurous you are, the more adventure you will choose and the more signs you will encounter. Always keep in mind that the more signs you see, the longer your return will be when choosing to “stop”.

I like the concept but the chrono in all this?
The initial idea was to let you enjoy nature and not influence you with an idea of ​​the weather to beat and the record to achieve. This is why we offer a free departure period between 9 and 11 am where your only goal will therefore be to resist as many times as possible the temptation of the early return that the bifurcation will offer you. Nevertheless, so that everyone finds his account, a chrono will be carried out on the basis of a mass start at 9 am at the foot of the church of Rettigny.

would that mean that I choose my distance along the way and that I enter it on arrival to appear in the correct classification? Well, I’m honest, but who tells me that Pierre did the 50 well? His time of 3 hours makes me slightly doubt…

Although we do not doubt your word, to officially certify your performance and facilitate the work of our classification manager, we have decided to set up a punching system.

And so, to validate your distance, just after the fork (on the return or in the last loop for the more daring) you will find a punch that will allow you to mark your bib in the place provided for this purpose. Don’t worry, it’ll be laid out prominently enough that even the most weary organisms won’t miss it.

When you return to the village hall, after your journey, all you have to do is show the person in charge of the classification the motif which is on your bib. He will directly know the distance you have just covered and will be able to record your time correctly and efficiently.

So, convinced? We sign up ?