VIELHA 10K

VIELHA 10K

The organiser describes the 10K as a celebration of everyone who makes the week happen: volunteers, sponsors, exhibitors and runners. It starts at the Ultra-Trail Village in Vielha and stays on the trails and paths just above the town, with 500 metres of ascent.

The course is one climb and one descent. From Vielha at 961 metres it goes up to the Plan de Vias at 1,436 metres, where the only aid station is, at 5.7 km, and then comes back down to finish at 969 metres after 10.6 km on the organiser’s track. A 19:00 start in July means the race is run in evening light, and the descent is the part where runners make up time.

Most of the people following a 10K runner are in Vielha already, at the start and the finish. A runner’s Livebib link gives them the position on the course line, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes, on a phone browser with no account or app. If the signal drops among the trees on the way to the Plan de Vias, the position is carried along the course and marked as estimated.