Trail running of the Ardèche Canyon

 

It will be our thirteenth edition next May, 25 2019. We've been quite lazy for the the past years in making efforts to propose some lines of presentation in a sort of acceptable English language. Sorry of being same still... especially for this 2019 edition, with some important changes.

The area around St-Martin-d'Ardèche, exactly at the south-eastern entrance of the canyon of the Ardèche river, belongs to the Mediterranean area. The tracks start from the main (only...) place in the small village at river level, cross the hanging bridge and run first through vineyards or olive trees to the neighbour, medieval village of Aiguèze. From there, runners enter the local woods –the « garrigue » described as « discontinuous bushy associations of the Mediterranean calcareous plateaus, often composed of kermes oak, box, pine, plus lavender, thyme and white cistus ». Not everywhere so much discontinuous - paths or single-tracks climb up und down dry valleys, broken stone and rock screes, with some lovely points of view to the river Ardèche in the heart of its National Natural Reserve a few 300 meter lower, and finally reach down the river side and cross it. After some kilometers among the rocks or pebbles along the river, up and down again through the « garrigue » - and of course some supplies -, runners reach again St-Martin-d'Ardèche after either 11, 23, 38 or 55 km . Wouldn't it be obviously marvelous to come and see and run here ?

And several tracks will run in and out the cavern Grotte de St-Marcel.

Not to be forgotten : private insurance. Sport license or medical certificat allowing running as competition (both easily joinable per Internet at inscription)

Registration 2019 to come asap

 

   

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