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Défi des Couleurs Simard

26 km Trail

October 9, 09:00 AM
Chalet du rang St-Julien, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges,
Canada
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26 km Trail · Race profile

Max
554m
Min
177m

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About 26 km Trail

26 km Trail is the trail race at Défi des Couleurs Simard 2027 (Chalet du rang St-Julien, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Canada). The race starts on October 9, 2027 at 09:00 AM. It starts in Chalet du rang St-Julien, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges and finishes in Mont-Sainte-Anne (MSA), Beaupré.

Race strategy

Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.

  • Start easy and control your HR up to the aid station at 6.7km.
  • The finish is runnable. Save your legs to run it all the way.
  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace.
  • Start · 0.0km–2.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 2.0km–6.5km · Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Home · 6.5km–24.8km · 18.3km of runnable trail, high point 556m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.

Course

By gradient, 16% of the distance is uphill, 29% downhill and 55% flat. The longest climb runs 1.2km at an average 10.7% grade (124m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 15.1% over 0.4km. Surface: 98% trail.

Poles

The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 9 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for 26 km Trail.

Other editions of 26 km Trail2026

Official websitewww.defidescouleurs.ca