Indigo Coast Marathon 2027

The Aude, A-U-D-E, is one of the 13 departments in the region of Occitanie. It’s in Saint-Pierre-la-Mer, a seaside resort in the urban 🏙️ and coastal 🏖️ municipality of Fleury—unofficially Fleury-d’Aude to avoid homonymy—that the Indigo Coast Marathon makes its bed ! 🔥 Included in the Narbonnaise Regional Natural Park, the municipality boasts remarkable sites listed within the Natura 2000 network 🦤. Favorable weather 🌤️ should welcome you in this month of April. You’ll be able, without any problem, to take off a few layers thanks to a fairly mild 🤗 climate. For this marathon weekend (lol), the town hall community of this flowery 🌸 town has put together an Aude-acrobatic program 🤸🏼‍♂️ for you: a 5 km open to runners as well as walkers, a 10 km, a hike, a timed Nordic walk, a trail, a half and a marathon, to complete solo or in a two-person relay! All of it in a breathtaking natural setting 🍃 😮‍💨, between the Mediterranean Sea 🌊 and the Massif de la Clape, via the wine route! 🍷 Three free kids' races, open from age 7, are also waiting for the little lambs 🐑.

Feet 🦶 in the vineyards 🍇 (but with trainers 👟) and eyes 👀 on the sea 🐠, then. The scene is set ! Indigo Coast welcomes you across three sites with very different faces. Saint-Pierre-la-Mer, already mentioned above, is a family-friendly 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 and natural 🌳 seaside resort in the municipality of Fleury-d’Aude, a typical village of the South ☀️ of France 🇫🇷. If you’re not from the region, the change of scenery will be total—we guarantee it! The "10K" is actually the 5 km loop to be done twice ✌️. The marathon, meanwhile, will take you not far from the Domaine de l’Oustalet, from where you’ll rejoin the Étang de Pissevaches 🐟, before running along the Aude River and making a U-turn at Les Cabanes de Fleury. A small fishing 🎣 harbor that has remained wild and natural, it has an undeniable charm. The half-marathon route is perfect if you want to discover the hinterland and finish by the seaside, feet in the water 💦. No matter where you start, the course will be lively with marching bands and bandas to help you keep the rhythm 🎶. Between the sea 🌊, salt marshes and vineyards 🍇, come discover the route to the Gouffre de l’Œil Doux, the wine route 🍷 and breathe in the scents of thyme and rosemary drifting from the garrigue 👃🏼. A true biodiversity reserve, the Massif de la Clape will offer you rugged terrain and distinctive landscapes 🤩. In terms of terrain, the marathon, the half, the 10 km and the 5 km remain road races 🛣️. Cleats, on the other hand, are for the trail.

Born in 2023 at the initiative of the town hall of Fleury, the Indigo Coast Marathon quickly carved out a prime spot among Occitan marathons 🏅. Its first edition received the blessing of international runner Yohan Durand, whose record over the iconic distance stands at 2h09'27" ⏱️. The spirit remains decidedly friendly: the marathon can be shared in a two-person relay, the hike can be enjoyed without a stopwatch, while marching bands and bandas set the tempo all the way to the harbor 🎷.

Do you like the region and marathons ? The Trail de Quillan will let you discover the Pyrenees 🏔️. The Trail de Fontfroide, meanwhile, will introduce you to the Narbonnaise Regional Natural Park. From a culinary 🍽️ point of view, oysters 🦪 and mussels from Leucate, grilled, smoked or plancha-cooked fish 🍳, and Gruissan-style eel bourride are specialties of the Narbonne area. Once your belly is nice and full, stroll through the city center of the "little Florence of Languedoc". A city with an ancient character, your visit should also include its religious buildings such as the Cathedral of Saint-Just-and-Saint-Pasteur ⛪, Fontfroide Abbey (Sainte-Marie), as well as the Lapidary and Roman Horreum museums 🏛️.

The program is very Occitan, so don’t hesitate any longer—come join us ! 😃