Percorso Camoscio

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Hold your race pace up to 7.6km, but stay in control.
• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 7.6km.
• Start · 0.0km–2.4km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 2.4km–7.6km · Climb of 221m, high point 1796m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Home · 7.6km–9.9km · Descent of 273m averaging 12%. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got.

Course

The course climbs 575m+. With 57m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 47% of the distance is uphill, 49% downhill and 4% flat. The longest climb runs 1.7km at an average 13.3% grade (221m of vertical). The longest descent runs 2.3km at an average 11.8% grade (273m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 25.7% over 0.2km. The steepest descent drops at 15.8% over 0.3km. Surface: 65% trail, 22% road, and 9% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 13.3 FlatKM.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 0.6km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 8 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 7.6km.
• 7.6–9.9 km · 273 m D−, -11.8% · 0.0 km ahead → free

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 2°C to 10°C, with around 7°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 36%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 7% of days around this date.