About this race
Trail des 3 Couvents is a late-April trail race based at the Complexe Sportif Charles Boursier in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, a town in the Isère department of France. The event is built around mountain running in the Chartreuse area, with options ranging from a short 13 km solo course with 750 m of climbing to a tougher 50 km race with 3000 m of elevation gain.
The shorter route heads into the forests of Chartreuse, so even the entry-level race is not a flat jog; it gives runners a compact dose of wooded trails and climbing. The longer race uses the Chartreuse massif more heavily and is aimed at runners ready for a full day of steep terrain. Course profiles and GPX tracks are provided, which matters here because pacing and navigation are part of the challenge.
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