Duintrail 2023 - annual trail run in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park
Disclaimer: Automatically translated from Russian
On Sunday, September 3, 2023, about seventy people gathered for an annual trailer race in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. Earlier the start was held under the flag of our club and was called KAV Holland Duintrail. But this year, due to the merger of KAV Holland and AV Haarlem, the event was simply called - Duintrail.
Quickly recovering after trail marathon, decided to participate in this fan wound.
The weather was promised beautiful. In the morning, the thermometer showed + 14, and during the day the air warmed up to + 20 degrees.
The route was traditionally occupied by Jean-Paul - preparing a GPX track for our 22-kilometer distance and in the morning marked circles for 8 and 12 kilometers. Just in case, I loaded the track in my watch.
Arrived at the start site, changed his clothes. The people are not much yet:
After a short briefing, they started with a small group:
Periodically regroup to chat. Someone is running a little forward, someone is lagging behind. I try to run ahead, checking the route - the loaded track came in very handy:
The coating is diverse - gravel, grass, sand. Flat sections are replaced by small elevations:
Nowhere to rush, periodically slow down to wait for the rest:
The hills again. And sometimes the forest:
The terrain, although familiar to most participants, but the route is interesting and varied:
Traditionally beautiful views:
Short stop for the photo. Another person joined:
We run on:
But this is my favorite type of coating - an earthen trail covered with needles:
Unfortunately, there are not many such sites, and sand returns to their place, but we are still in the dunes:
We meet a small herd of grazing highlanders:
We turn onto complete off-road and run a kilometer and a half along a narrow deep sand horse trail.
The finish is very close:
We run into the wooded area. General photo at the highest point of the dunes:
A couple of small bunches for a snack:
And (not very long-awaited) finish:
We drink water / tea / coffee, eat a piece of apple pie and drive around on our Sunday business.
This turned out to be a small, but traditionally interesting and lamp race.
Route:
Article on the club’s website:
Be sure to join next year.
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