The second Trail des Sables d'or expands its program in 2011

The second edition of the Omaha Beach Trail des Sables d'or was announced for Sunday, August 21, 2011. Three competitive courses of five, ten and twenty-five kilometers on marked trails and paths, as well as a one-kilometer fun course, started from the Braves monument in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer to return.

Laurent Guérin, head of the Omaha Beach Nature Center in Colleville and organizer under the aegis of the Intercom de Trévières, wanted to go from a simple race to a full day: hiking, treasure hunt for children and parents, catering and entertainment in a village. One hundred and thirty-eight volunteers were mobilized, compared to seventy the previous year.

After 283 riders in 2010, the organization hoped for five hundred. About one hundred and thirty pre-registrations were already registered, more than at the same time in the previous year. The article compared this progression to the difficulties of other races to recruit, citing the 368 participants of the Translutine de Luc-sur-Mer, compared to about double the usual.

Joël Routy, used to long trails, had accompanied Laurent Guérin on a Sunday to recognize twelve kilometers in an hour and fifteen. He stressed the importance of the mind on the twenty-five kilometers. The route brought together Vierville, Saint-Laurent, Colleville and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes, giving the race a historical dimension linked to Omaha and the Landing. The article is signed F. B.

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