Grand Trail des Templiers takes place on Sun, Oct 25, 2026 in Millau, France. The main route is 80.7 km.
- Date
- Sun, Oct 25, 2026
- Start
- Millau 🇫🇷
- Distance
- 80.7 km
- Climbing
- 3,443 m
- Level
- Open to all
The Grand Trail des Templiers is the historic race of the Festival des Templiers, an 80.7 km trail across the Causses around Millau with 3,443 m of climbing.
Your road to race day
Race day at Grand Trail des Templiers is 7 weeks away. This is how a coach divides that time. The first phase starts now.
01Build1 week · Sep 7, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
Progressive overload: training load climbs in waves, with harder weeks stacked on the base and planned recovery weeks that let the gains land.
02Peak3 weeks · Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026
The hardest weeks of the plan: race-specific intensity at nearly full training load, sharpening exactly what this race asks for.
03Taper2 weeks · Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
Volume drops while intensity stays: short, sharp efforts keep the legs awake as fatigue drains away.
04Race week1 week · Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026
Openers, rest and logistics. The work is done; the job now is arriving fresh.
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