Red Feather Trail Jamboree Half Marathon

Race strategy

Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.

• The finish is runnable. Save your legs to run it all the way.
• High point at 2604m. Control your HR at altitude.
• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace.
• Start · 0.0km–2.6km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 2.6km–9.0km · Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. At altitude your pace drops, and that's fine.
• Home · 9.0km–22.9km · 14.0km of runnable trail, high point 2604m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Running pays off here: run wherever you can. At altitude your pace drops, and that's fine.

Course

The course climbs 520m+. With 24m/km of climbing, the course is predominantly runnable. By gradient, 44% of the distance is uphill, 42% downhill and 14% flat. The longest climb runs 9.0km at an average 4.1% grade (368m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 10.5% over 0.5km. Surface: 86% trail and 9% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 26.0 FlatKM.

Poles

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

Quad damage

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

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 7°C to 18°C, with around 16°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 26%.