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81.2km81.256.4km56.424.2km24.2

DC Peaks 25K

24.2km·596m+
October 5, 10:00 AM
Bountiful,
United States
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DC Peaks 25K · Race profile

Distance
24.2km
Gain
596m+
FlatKM
29.3
Max
1998m
Min
1565m

About DC Peaks 25K

DC Peaks 25K is the 24.2km trail race at DC Peaks 2024 (Bountiful, United States). The race starts on October 5, 2024 at 10:00 AM. It starts in Bountiful and finishes in North Salt Lake.

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 7.9km.
  • Hold your race pace up to 20.9km, but stay in control.
  • Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 20.9km.
  • Start · 0.0km–2.3km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 2.3km–7.9km · Climb of 434m, high point 1998m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Work · 7.9km–20.9km · This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Home · 20.9km–24.1km · Descent of 214m averaging 7%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course.

Course

The course climbs 596m+. With 25m/km of climbing, the course is predominantly runnable. By gradient, 38% of the distance is uphill, 30% downhill and 32% flat. The longest climb runs 7.9km at an average 5.5% grade (434m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.2km at an average 6.8% grade (214m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 22.8% over 0.2km. The steepest descent drops at 18.0% over 0.3km. Surface: 94% trail and 6% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 29.3 FlatKM.

Poles

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

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

  • Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 20.9km.

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for DC Peaks 25K.

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