GO TRIM

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Hold your race pace up to Sabotino / Sabotin, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 5.2km.
• Start · 0.0km–2.6km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 2.6km–5.2km · Climb of 555m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 5.2km–9.9km · Descent of 517m averaging 11%, high point 585m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 640m+. With 64m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 31% of the distance is uphill, 44% downhill and 25% flat. The longest climb runs 5.2km at an average 10.7% grade (555m of vertical). The longest descent runs 4.7km at an average 11.0% grade (517m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 23.7% over 1.7km. The steepest descent drops at 26.3% over 0.5km. Surface: 52% trail, 37% road, and 9% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 15.2 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Sabotino / Sabotin (609m), 5.3km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Vrh sv. Valentina (535m).

Poles

Trekking poles are worth taking: about 1.7km of the course favours them.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 9 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 5.2km.
• 5.2–9.9 km · 517 m D−, -11.0% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 8°C to 15°C, with around 9°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 39%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 16% of days around this date.