Glavna trka

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 8.6km.
• Final 319m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 8.6km 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–8.6km · Climb of 441m, high point 622m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 8.6km–16.2km · Descent of 319m averaging 4%. 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 640m+ and descends 629m−. With 38m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 42% of the distance is uphill, 32% downhill and 26% flat. The longest climb runs 8.6km at an average 5.1% grade (441m of vertical). The longest descent runs 7.6km at an average 4.2% grade (319m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 15.9% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 19.0% over 0.3km. Surface: 51% smooth and 45% trail. Flat-equivalent effort: 19.8 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 mountain, and start the final descent from 8.6km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• 8.6–16.2 km · 319 m D−, -4.2% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Results

321 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Ivan Bubnov (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 1:11:12. Women's winner: Ivana Zivkovic (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 1:27:59.