The mandatory kit list for the Liberation Trail consist of:

• Closed trail running shoes with plenty of grip on the sole
• Running backpack
• Waterproof rain jacket
• Warm clothing (top and trousers / running tights) as an insulating layer between the outer clothing and the skin
• Working headlamp with spare batteries (only needed when starting in the dark and the 81 KM stage)
• Plate, cutlery and cup for breakfast and dinner
• Cup to take drinks at the refreshment stations
• Sunburn & aftersun
• Water container or soft flasks with accumulating volume of at least 1.5 litres.
• Emergency kit (1x compress 10x10cm, 2x bandages, 2x gloves, 1x triangular bandage, 4x plasters, emergency whistle, blister plasters, survival blanket)
• Navigation watch loaded with the GPS track of the course you are running or, alternatively, a self printed route map or map stored on a mobile device.
• Mobile telephone with emergency telephone number saved into the phone in order to make emergency calls and inform the race organisers if you have to pull out of the race before reaching the finish (mobile phone must work abroad)
• Warm sleeping bag (suitable for zero degrees), thin camping mattress and pillow
• Passport
• Spare clothes for the five stages

• Pack earplugs against snoring people
• Bring a thin camping mattress for on top of your military field bed

We have two physiotherapists traveling with us. They are available before, during and mainly after the stages to help you with upcoming injuries. For example taping or loosening muscles. Our physiotherapists don’t provide sport massages for muscle sourness. We believe that the body itself should solve the sourness,  a sport massage won’t accelerate the recovery process.

You, the physiotherapists and the Race Director can deliberate on that it is wiser to skip a stage or to complete a half stage instead of a full stage. The Race Director always has the right to make the final decision if needed.

We provide aid stations with basic trail food and drinks. Every participant can also hand in a small bag with their personal food and drinks for each aid station on the course of that day. The number of aid stations depends on the length of the stage:

Prologue: no aid station

• • ±49 KM: at least 2 aid stations
  • ±45 KM: at least 2 aid stations
  • ±15 KM: at least 1 aid station
  • ±29 KM: at least 1 aid station
  • ±81 KM: at least 4 aid stations
  • ±44 KM: at least 2 aid stations

Breakfast and diner are included from Sunday evening until Sunday evening the next week. On the day of the prologue (Monday) and on the day of travel to the Ardennes we also provide lunch. During the other days, you will be running during lunch time.

Are cooks try to cook different dishes, always full of carbo hydrates. Past, rice, Gado Gado, gallettes, potatoes & vegetabels were on the menu during the previous editions.

At breakfast there will be oat meal and bread available. Of course also coffee, milk, tea, (brown) sugar, chocolate spread, jam, cheese etc.

When booking you can choose the next food preferences:

• No restrictions
• Vegan

You don’t have to bring extra food, there will be enough.

But of course you are allowed to bring your own food like protein powder, sports drinks, sports gels, special diet food etc.

You can give your own sports drinks, gels etc. to the organisation before each stage to put it at one or more aid stations.

You have to arrange your own transport to the start in Normandy, France.
We offer an extra service for participants from the Utrecht in the Netherlands and Antwerp in Belgium to start location in Normandy. This extra bus ticket of € 80 can be booked at the subscription.

You also have to arrange your own transport from the finish in Arnhem in the Netherlands back home.

A touring car brings the participants and supporters to the starts of each stage. And also from Normandy to the Ardennes and from the Ardennes to the Netherlands.

We also have a materials truck available to transport the tents, field beds and chairs to the next camp site.

And finally we have some cars available to drive the crew to aid stations. These cars are also available to pick up participants at the course when needed.

Your supporter can also be part of the Liberation Trail family. The supporter fee is € 500 and this is included:

• Bed in one of the army tents (bring you own sleeping bag an pillow) for seven nights (8-15 June)
• Breakfast and diner together with the participants, starting with diner at the 8th of June and ending with dinner/bbq at 15th of June
• Tourist taxes

If your supporter doesn’t have a car to move to the next camp site, your supporters is more then welcome to drive with our crew to the next camp site via several checkpoints on the course.

Payment schedule of the total participation fee (€ 1.650; until the 30th of June 2024 the participation fee will be € 1.500)

• € 650 at subscription (until the 30th of June 2024 this will be € 500)
• An extra € 350  before the 28th of February 2025
• An extra € 250  before the 31st of March 2025
• The final € 250  before the 30th of April 2025
• Of course, you can pay your fee in one go

If a participant or supporter wants to cancel their participation, this is the policy we handle:

• Cancelling up to and including 30th of April 2025. You must pay 25% of the total participation fee (€ 1.650). We will refund your paid fee by minus this 25%. So, if you paid € 1.000 as a participant when you decide to cancel, your refund will be € 1.000 minus 25% of € 1.500. So, € 625 will be your refund based on this calculation: € 1.000 -/- (25% of € 1.500 = € 375). Of course, you can also try to transfer for your participation or supporter ticket to someone else without extra costs involved. This is the most cost-effective option.
• From the 1st of May 2025 you can only transfer your ticket to someone else and you are obliged to pay the full participation or supporter fee.

Shifting the date of the event by the organisation in case of force majeure (like Covid-19 measures). You have two options:

• Shifting your participation to the new date without any extra costs. This is the most cost-effective option.
• A refund of the paid fee by you minus a percentage of the total participation fee (€1.650)   in accordance with this scheme:
  • Announcement of the shifting up to and including the 30th of April 2025 (±2 months before the original start of the event): Paid fee minus 25% of the total participation or supporter fee. So, if you paid € 1.000 when the shift is announced, your refund will be € 1.000 minus 25% of € 1.650. So, € 587,50 will be your refund based on this calculation: € 1.000
    -/- (25% of € 1.650 = € 412,50).
  • Announcement of the shifting from the 1st of May 2025 up to and including 6th of June 2025 (2 days before the original start of the event): Paid fee minus 80% of the total participation or supporter fee. So, if you paid € 1.650 as a participant when the shift is announced, your refund will be € 1.650 minus 80% of € 1.650. So, € 330 will be your refund based on this calculation: € 1.650 -/- (80% of € 1.650 = € 1.320). In this last case the force majeure will be for example a big storm, a tsunami, new unexpected Covid-19 measures.