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Auray-Vannes

Auray
Vannes
Vannes. Photograph by Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser measures the half marathon at 156 m of climbing and 152 m of descent, with climbs at Baden (km 7.8), Le Moustoir (km 12) and the 250 m Vincin hill at km 17.5.

The course in short 3 lines
  • Three climbs, the last one at Vincin+156 m, -152 m; Baden km 7.8, Le Moustoir km 12, Vincin km 17.5.
  • From Pluneret to a lap of the Kercado trackStart in Pluneret, finish on the Kercado track in Vannes.
  • A 10:00 start and three hours in 20262026: 10:00 start, 3 h limit, paid shuttle buses from Vannes.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
km 7.8 to 17.5TacticsThree climbs, the last one at Vincin+156 m, -152 m; Baden km 7.8, Le Moustoir km 12, Vincin km 17.5.

The first climb, at Baden, is 600 m long and leads up to the village. The second starts in Le Moustoir and is 350 m long, followed by nearly 1 km of false flat to the Locqueltas roundabout. The road then runs downhill from km 15 to the foot of the Vincin hill, where the organiser says many spectators gather. Three kilometres through the streets of Vannes remain.

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km 0 to 21.1TacticsFrom Pluneret to a lap of the Kercado trackStart in Pluneret, finish on the Kercado track in Vannes.

The race was created in 1975 and its latest circuit dates from 2015. The distance is officially measured, at 21.1 km.

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Whole courseTacticsA 10:00 start and three hours in 20262026: 10:00 start, 3 h limit, paid shuttle buses from Vannes.

The shuttle cost 2 euros and had to be booked with the entry. Entries closed at 6,000 runners, after which a bib exchange opened. Bibs were handed out at the Kercado stadium on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Auray, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
21.1 km13.1 mi
cut-off
3:00 h

Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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