The STAPS Department of the University of Toulon is organizing a conference on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 6 PM, in amphitheater K.018 on the La Garde Campus. The event will be led by Cyril Forestier, a PhD in Sports Science and Data Analyst, founder of Courir Mieux.
Cyril Forestier, author of the website courir-mieux.fr dedicated to trail running performance, will share his expertise. After an academic career, he now fully dedicates himself to his passion, trail running, writing popular science articles and equipment tests to help trail runners understand and perform better.
The conference's theme is "Monitoring Training Load in Complex Situations." It will cover the quantification of training load, combining external and internal load markers, to predict training adaptations and injury risk.
The discussion will explore the relevance of quantification methods in endurance sports, particularly in running where constraints are mainly central. It will also question these approaches in complex trail and ultra-trail scenarios, where constraints are both central and peripheral.
