Trail Running · Millau

🇫🇷Endurance Trail des Templiers:
Course Analysis & Race Readiness

A 99 km ultra with 4,198 m of climbing and 4,169 m of descending across 15 climbs and 12 descents. Nearly half the course points downhill, demanding relentless leg strength deep into the distance.

CourseRecon scores your own training against the descending and durability demands that define Endurance Trail des Templiers — the sample analysis below shows exactly how.

98.9 km

Distance

+4,160 m

Vertical Gain

−4,130 m

Total Descent

Oct 16, 2026

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The Course · GPS-Measured

What 98.9 km / 61.5 mi and 4,160 m / 13,650 ft of vertical gain actually look like

Measured from the GPS track: 98.9 km / 61.5 mi and 4,160 m / 13,650 ft of vertical gain. This is the terrain you're signing up for: read it before it reads you.

Course Profile

Segments

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Terrain summary

Claimed vs GPS-Measured

Claimed · Organizer

98.9km

Distance

+4,200m

Gain

+0.0 km−40 m

GPS-Measured

98.9km

Distance

+4,160m

Gain

Climb & Gradient

+4,160 mTotal Gain

−4,130 mTotal Loss

Gradient Distribution

30%

Flat

≤3% grade

24%

Run-Climb

3–15% up

Steep Climb

>15% up

38%

Descent

downhill

Steepest Sustained Sections

Climb

KM 37.3–39.9 · +458 m

+17.5%

Climb

KM 74.4–76.5 · +332 m

+15.6%

Descent

KM 51.5–53.7 · −301 m

-13.5%

Climb

KM 90.1–93.8 · +475 m

+12.7%

Finish & Cutoff Times

What it takes to finish

Reference finish times from past results — use them to set a realistic goal pace.

9h 38m

Winning time

18h 00m

Median finisher

23h 30m

Back of pack

What This Race Demands

Four things this course asks of your body

Every course weights the four pillars of mountain-ultra fitness differently. Descending carries 43% of the scoring weight on this course — the terrain makes that the deciding factor.

Weighting shows where readiness is won or lost at this distance — not whether you need each pillar. An aerobic base is a given for a race this long, so it carries little deciding weight even though it's essential — the gaps open on the climbs, descents and the back half.

AerobicSustained engine

Foundational

99 km at ultra duration demands steady aerobic output across a start at 360 m and a 913 m high point.

ClimbingVertical power

19%

4,198 m over 15 climbs, including a 482 m ascent and a 17.5% pitch, punishing steep legs.

DescendingEccentric / braking

43%

4,169 m of loss across 12 descents, 46% of terrain downhill, with pitches to 13.5% and drops of 476 m.

DurabilityLate-race resilience

38%

Repeated climb-descent cycles across 99 km test structural resilience long after freshness fades.

The Profile in One Line

Balanced up-and-down ultra where sustained descending and late-race durability decide who holds form over 99 km.

Aerobic FoundationalClimbing 19%Descending 43%Durability 38%

Here's how CourseRecon reads a course and an athlete

Sample Readiness Analysis

What a readiness result looks like for this course

This is a worked example for a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete — not your score. Connect your own training and the same analysis runs on you.

Sample

OUT OF 100

READY

For a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete

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Pillar Breakdown

Aerobic

The 99 km distance keeps the aerobic system loaded for many hours, but the constant grade changes mean no long steady-state effort dominates. Sustained fueling and pacing matter across the full duration.

Climbing

100

Fifteen climbs total 4,198 m, with a 482 m biggest ascent and gradients reaching 17.5% around km 37–40. Contenders need both power for steep pitches and efficiency on longer grinds.

Descending

With 46% of the course downhill and 4,169 m of loss over 12 descents, quad control is decisive. The 6.6 km longest descent and pitches to 13.5% demand controlled, repeatable braking.

Durability

Steep climbs at km 74 and 90 arrive after 4,000-plus meters of accumulated gain and loss. Holding technique and output through the final third is what separates finishers.

km 37–40

Steepest Climb

A 458 m gain at 17.5% over just 2.6 km is the sharpest ascent on course. Overspending here compromises the second half of the 99 km.

km 51–54

Steep Descent Test

A 301 m drop at -13.5% loads the quads mid-race. Reckless descending here mortgages leg control needed for the many descents still to come.

km 74–94

Late Double Climb

A 332 m climb at 15.6% near km 74 is followed by a 475 m climb at 12.7% near km 90. These late ascents demand reserves after 4,000-plus meters of vertical.

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