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Boka Bay Trail 2024
33km3317km17

Green Course

17.0km·800m+/800m−
April 28
Herceg Novi,
Montenegro
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Green Course · Race profile

Distance
17.0km
Gain
800m+
Loss
800m−
FlatKM
22.8
Max
674m
Min
-8m

About Green Course

Green Course is the 17.0km trail race at Boka Bay Trail 2024 (Herceg Novi, Montenegro). The race starts on April 28, 2024.

Race strategy

Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.

  • Start easy and control your HR up to Grlica.
  • Final 659m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 8.1km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.7km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 1.7km–8.1km · Climb of 681m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 8.1km–16.5km · Descent of 659m averaging 8%, high point 674m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Very long descent: first half under control, then even, let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 800m+ and descends 800m−. With 47m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 37% of the distance is uphill, 44% downhill and 19% flat. The longest climb runs 8.1km at an average 8.4% grade (681m of vertical). The longest descent runs 8.4km at an average 7.8% grade (659m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 32.3% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 15.7% over 1.2km. Surface: 64% trail, 20% road, and 15% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 22.8 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Grlica (661m), 7.8km from the start. The course also passes close to Čisti vrh (616m) and Kalac (382m).

Poles

The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 11 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 8.1km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • 8.1–16.5 km · 659 m D−, -7.8% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Results

219 finishers completed the 2024 edition. Men's winner: Rustam Mendubaev (Montenegro) in 1:29:28. Women's winner: Mirjana Radenovic (Montenegro) in 1:48:02.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Green Course.

Other distances of Boka Bay Trail 2024Blue Course (33.0km)

Other editions of Green Course2027·2026·2025

Official websitewww.bokabaytrail.com