SaintéLyon course maps and aid stations

It's sold as the 160 km, but the 2026 rules list it at 164 km: 82 km out from the Halle Tony Garnier at 9 AM on Saturday, then 82 km back on the SaintéLyon course that night. The outward leg isn't ranked. The rules treat it as a hike, with three aid stations, and the race page gives you 13 hours for it. You need a watch with the GPS track for that leg. Miss an outward cutoff and you're taken to Saint-Étienne, where you can still run the SaintéLyon.

In Saint-Étienne there's a meal, a rest area and the bag you sent ahead; another bag waits at Sainte-Catherine. Your time counts from the return start, where the Lyon SaintéLyon runners, capped at 800 and in yellow bibs, line up at the front. The table has the 2026 kilometers and cutoffs; the pins mark where the aid stations stood in 2025.

The organizer bills it as about 80 km with at least 2,000 m of climbing, though the 2026 cutoff table puts Lyon at km 82 and the climbing wasn't published yet. The map's pins are the 2025 aid stations, and on the 2025 course Saint-Christo was at km 19 and Lyon at km 80. Nearly 8,000 runners start, in waves ten minutes apart from 11:30 PM to 12:30 AM. The high ground is early: Saint-Christo-en-Jarez sits at about 760 m and Sainte-Catherine at about 690 m, against 490 m at the start and 165 m at the finish. Le Camp, at km 46, has drinks only, which makes Sainte-Catherine to Soucieu-en-Jarrest 28 km without food.

The relays run the same course. Teams of two change at Sainte-Catherine, teams of three at Sainte-Catherine and Soucieu, and teams of four at Saint-Christo, Sainte-Catherine and Soucieu.

Run since 2010, the SaintExpress is what the organizer calls a "maratrail" and pitches as the step before the full race. It starts in Sainte-Catherine at 11 PM. Cars aren't allowed in the village, so the shuttle from the Halle Tony Garnier is part of the entry. There are drinks at Le Camp, then food at Soucieu-en-Jarrest and Chaponost. Their kilometers are 2026's, and each is pinned where its aid station stood in 2025.

The newest race, capped at 1,000 runners. It leaves Mornant at 10:30 PM and follows the Roman aqueduct of the Gier, with 630 m of climbing by the race page's figures (its text says 650). The aid stations are Soucieu-en-Jarrest at km 15 and Chaponost at km 22, then it's on to Lyon. The race hadn't published the route or the exact start when this page was checked, so the Mornant pin is the village center, and the other pins are where those aid stations stood in 2025.

Run since 2013 as a taste of the big race. The organizer calls it fast, "but not only". It starts at 11 PM, the shuttle from the Halle Tony Garnier to Soucieu is included, and the one aid station is Chaponost at km 11. Both pins are 2025 aid station sites.

The shortest adult race, run since 2016 and open from age 18. It leaves Chaponost at 10:30 PM, with a few trails and climbs and no aid station on the way, so carry what you need. Its runners are the first across the line in Lyon. The Chaponost pin is where the 2025 aid station stood.