Man against horse 2026
The forecast arrives five days before the start.
Here you'll find the elevation profile, an estimated finish time based on your UTMB Index and details of the 12 aid stations to plan your nutrition and hydration segment by segment.
What's your time based on your UTMB?
Times estimated by the RAVIT model, learned from real ultra-trail finish times. Enter your UTMB Index (utmb.world) to get a personalized estimate.
Cut-off times and crew - Man against horse · 2026
Data from the official race rules, checked for every edition. The race rules prevail. Positions are interpolated along the GPX track and are a guide, not official course marking.
What you'll find at each aid station
| Product | CP1km 8.3 | CP2km 16.9 | CP3km 26.0 | CP4km 32.4 | CP5km 37.8 | CP6km 46.7 | CP7km 51.5 | CP8km 57.9 | CP9km 61.3 | CP10km 65.2 | CP11km 73.2 | CP11km 73.4 |
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| Water | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Brand products | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
Elevation profile
The course and its aid stations
Man against horse: times, aid-station stops and fuelling needs by UTMB® Index
Between a UTMB® Index of 500 and 800, the estimated finish time on this race runs from 10h19 to 6h19, and the aid-station stop budget from 0h22 to 0h08. The longer the race, the more stops weigh: this is time you should plan to spend standing still, not only running.
| UTMB® Index | Estimated time | Of which stops | Night hours | Carbs | Fluid | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 10h19 | 0h22 | 0.5 | 619 g | 7.2 L | 5,160 mg |
| 550 | 9h24 | 0h18 | 0.5 | 564 g | 6.6 L | 4,697 mg |
| 600 | 8h26 | 0h15 | 0.5 | 506 g | 5.9 L | 4,216 mg |
| 650 | 7h52 | 0h12 | 0.5 | 472 g | 5.5 L | 3,937 mg |
| 700 | 7h16 | 0h10 | 0.5 | 436 g | 5.1 L | 3,632 mg |
| 750 | 6h48 | 0h09 | 0.5 | 408 g | 4.8 L | 3,402 mg |
| 800 | 6h19 | 0h08 | 0.5 | 379 g | 4.4 L | 3,161 mg |
Figures based on 60 g of carbohydrate, 700 mL of fluid and 500 mg of sodium per hour, "average" preparation and mild conditions (15–25 °C). Above 25 °C, count on roughly 900 mL/h and 700 mg/h. Carbohydrate intake is trained: 60 g/h is a floor, 90 g/h assumes a glucose-fructose blend and a gut used to it.
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Sources and method
- Time projection — les temps par cote sont repris des passages réels des coureurs de chaque tranche sur les éditions précédentes de cette course, arrêts aux ravitaillements compris. Aucune formule n'intervient tant que ces résultats existent.
- Trail nutrition — hourly targets for carbohydrate, fluid and sodium follow the commonly accepted ultra-endurance guidance. La Clinique du Coureur — Fuelling in trail running
- Course, aid stations and cut-offs — taken from the event's official rules, which prevail in case of any discrepancy. Official site — Man against horse
Weather for Man against horse
Section-by-section forecasts for Man against horse, calculated at the estimated passing time: feels-like temperature, rain or snow, wind and thunderstorms. Three models — AROME (Météo-France), ICON (DWD) and ECMWF IFS — served from the finest to the farthest-reaching.
Forecast, not guaranteed: in the mountains a model describes a grid of several hundred meters, not the slope you're on.
Données météo : Météo-France (AROME), DWD (ICON), ECMWF (IFS) — CC BY 4.0, via Open-Meteo
Frequently asked questions
How many checkpoints?
Man against horse has 13 checkpoints: 12 aid stations and 1 checkpoint with undocumented contents. Details are in the two tables above.
What's the longest segment without aid?
The one leading to CP3: 9.1 km and 449 m elevation gain. That's the one to load up for first.
How do I find the exact location of an aid station?
The Google Maps icon in the “Access” column opens the aid station's location: handy for planning your crew's routes.
What distance and elevation gain?
Man against horse is 77 km long with 1910 m of elevation gain.
How long to finish?
With a UTMB Index of 600 (average runner), the estimated time is around 8h26 for Man against horse.
What's the weather forecast?
RAVIT publishes the weather for Man against horse section by section: feels-like temperature, rain or snow, wind and storms, at the estimated passage time. Forecasts come from AROME (Météo-France), ICON (DWD) and ECMWF IFS, refreshed several times a day.
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