Are you feeling in a sporty mood? We have THE competition for you! Note this date carefully: Sunday April 21th the third edition of the ultra-trail will take place.
Arnaud Beauvois - Oise Tourism
Gil Giuglio
Grégory Smellinckx / Oise Tourism
Gil Giuglio
But what is ultra-trail?
An ultra-trail is a foot race, taking place in the countryside, with a marked route of more than 80 kilometers. For the third consecutive year, the La 14-18 association is organizing The Red Line trail, a sporting competition 104 kilometers, which follows in the footsteps of the poilus on terrain marked by the First World War.
Thiescourt, village marked by the Great War
A few kilometers from the Lisières de l'Oise is the village of Thiescourt. It will mark the start of this ultra-trail. If the journey starts here, it is no coincidence. Like many villages in our department, Thiescourt suffered consequences from the start of the First World War. In September 1914, the village was under German occupation. The Church serves as an ambulance: an advanced aid station as close as possible to the front and capable of receiving injured soldiers for first aid before evacuation to a military hospital. Next to it, the Germans built a military cemetery, which is still present, having become adjoining the French National Necropolis (officially created in 1920).
Michael Gosset
RED LINE TRAIL
THE PATHS
The 14-18
10 KM: DEPARTURE 11:00 AM
The 14-18
21 KM: DEPARTURE 11:00 AM
The 14-18
43 KM: DEPARTURE 08:00 AM
The 14-18
103 KM: Departure midnight (during the night of April 20 to 21)
And rather than doing 100 kilometers alone, how about doing it in relays? To be done in teams of 2 to 8!
