18/4/2017 - The new crazy race of runners in reflective vest
The sports
association and leisure attacks in late November to the first trail of anguish
in Thorny-Harcourt. The 1200 registrations are parties within hours. They will attend
this race with wear reflective jacket for visibility.
We already knew
the dessert scary "THE PIE Tanti"! Now there will be running that
Terrifying: trail of anguish. It will be held Saturday, November 29, at night,
from Thorny-Harcourt.
The principle is
simple: a group of 40 runners, trail runners equipped with headlamp follow a
course in forest "where they will make encounters that will make them more
or less afraid. It will be a kind of ghost train“, announced one of the
organizers, Vincent Richer.
The latter is a
member of the sports association and leisure. Hundred members are found three
times a week to train: Monday and Wednesday evening. Like any racing
association foot, the desire to create a germ test. Following a request from
the town hall, since 2010, the classic passes to epic. Since then, about 10 km,
the competitors cross the main sights of the city at the mercy obstacles and
crazy adventures: foam baths, mud, water, straw climbing ropes, crossing the
town hall, theater, BBC ...
"In fact at
the time we wanted to make a different race”, says Vincent Richer. This year,
2,500 runners had fun at the Bold in May. "In 2015, there will be a nice
surprise”, one that promises, with his comrades in safety vest, has been working on another project fife.
"We wanted to start another project shifted. We thought and we heard of a
race in the United States run a zombie. And as I am of Thorny-Harcourt and I
know the roads of the area, we decided to make the race from there. "
The only date free
of foot racing calendar opens a window of opportunity: Saturday, November 29.
"It's true we said: the end of November, a Saturday night, it certainly
will be cold, with rain, why not snow ... It was a good surprise, people were
not put off ".
The" lingerie
"race was a hit: with the only mailing the Bold and a Facebook account,
the 700 seats are available parts in 48 hours last week.”It's pretty
impressive, it was the first surprise. You reap the fruits of success of the
Bold. . It means that race is well organized " Last Friday solicited from
all sides, the sports association and leisure Hovel decides to accept another
500 inscriptions in one hour, all parties are sesame ...
The trail of
anxiety is already a success, but Vincent Richer insists: "the sinews of
war, it is the volunteers. And ours, those of the Bold, are fantastic. On 29
November, it is the sixty enthusiasts that will ensure the busy trail of
anguish." With the same philosophy, you die ... laughing.
The 1200
registrations are parties like hotcakes for this trail of anguish that offers
two distances: 8 and 16 km. It asked competitors to bring: "1 headlamp
with charged battery and 1 bracelet or reflective vest. Trail of anxiety is
self-sufficiency (water, food). We recommend you to a small reserve of water. A
charged mobile phone can be useful. "
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