The western end of the landing beaches
Utah Beach on D-Day
Added to the invasion plan to get the Allies a deep-water port at Cherbourg. Beyond the Atlantikwall, deliberately flooded lands making every inch of progress unforgiving. Sainte-Mere-Eglise, central to this region of the Norman coastline, would be the first town liberated by the Allies during the invasion.
Run. Swim. Walk. Hike. Learn. Be Moved.
The Event
25 kilometers. Two swims along the shoreline of the landing, and three flat but challenging run stages through the country roads, forests and towns in the upland that were slowly liberated by the landing forces. Four educational walks to steep you in the depths of the history here.
Navigating a point-to-point running and swimming event
The Logistics
Get yourself to Utah Beach Museum, central to the landing beaches, for the start. Leave your car there. Hand us bags with your swim gear, run gear. We'll get those clothes to you, give you a changing tent, and get you food at the stage transitions. You'll finish back at the start at day's end.
