EcoTrail Paris: 80 km and the masochistic pleasure of finishing with the 327 steps of the Eiffel Tower

On the night of this Saturday to Sunday, at 1:01 a.m., they will experience enormous frustration when – regulations require – access to the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower will be forbidden to them. At each edition of the EcoTrail Paris, it is the lot of about ten latecomers registered for the longest distance, the 80 km, who will therefore have made about thirteen hours of effort without knowing the immense satisfaction of get to the heart of the Iron Lady. “Nevertheless, we will make it a point of honor to come down to welcome them and give them the medal of finisher », assures Jérôme Toulouse, the race director. A wooden medal made in Isère, for a performance that is not.