EcoTrail Paris draws 19,000 runners
The EcoTrail Paris is staging its 19th edition this weekend with nearly 19,000 participants finishing with a dramatic arrival at the Eiffel Tower — routes start as far out as Château de Rambouillet and thread through Yvelines and Hauts‑de‑Seine into the city (leparisien.fr). Local guides list schedules, course maps, and circulation changes for this weekend’s trail events (actu.fr).
Organisers added a new 120 km ultra to the 2026 programme, billed as the event’s major novelty for this edition. (en.ecotrailparis.com) The 120 km is listed with roughly 2,000 m of positive elevation and appears on race platforms and ITRA/trace databases as a full ultra-distance event. (werun.world) The weekend schedule comprises nine distinct parcours: 120 km, 80 km, 45 km, 35 km, 30 km, 20 km, 10 km plus two Nordic‑walking distances of 20 km and 10 km, with departures staggered across Saturday and Sunday. (actu.fr) Organisers are running the 120 km in wave starts of 500 runners between 09:00 and 09:15 on Saturday, with a formal roadbook and logistics (bags/délestage) published for participants and followers. (ecotrailparis.crisp.help) Mandatory equipment for the longer formats includes a minimum 1.5 L water reserve, a headlamp, reflective armband and survival blanket, with time penalties or disqualification applied for missing items. (run-ix.com) The long-standing 80 km race remains a marquee field, with the organiser listing approximately 3,000 starters and a course that runs largely through forest sections while linking landmarks such as the Vélodrome national and the Bir‑Hakeim crossing. (leparisien.fr) The Préfecture de Police published an arrêté banning motor‑vehicle circulation on stretches of quai Jacques‑Chirac and between avenue de Suffren and avenue de la Bourdonnais from March 21 at 16:00 until March 22 at 00:15 to secure race passages. (prefecturedepolice.interieur.gouv.fr) Dossard collection is scheduled at the Centre Sportif Émile Anthoine on March 19–20 from 11:00 to 20:30, and live tracking/results for participants are being served through the event’s LiveTrail platform. (preparun.com)
