Jelica is the 34.0km trail race at Jelica 2025 (Ovčar Banja, Serbia). The race starts on March 29, 2025.
Run hard on the first mountain, but save energy for the second.
The course climbs 1520m+. With 45m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 40% of the distance is uphill, 40% downhill and 20% flat. The longest climb runs 5.5km at an average 11.1% grade (611m of vertical). The longest descent runs 10.4km at an average 6.6% grade (693m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 35.0% over 0.2km. The steepest descent drops at 23.7% over 0.4km. Surface: 48% trail, 33% road, and 16% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 41.4 FlatKM.
The highest summit on the course is Kablar (885m), 5.5km from the start.
Poles bring little benefit here: only about 4.2km of pole-friendly terrain.
Quad damage risk is moderate (index 21 of 100), with 51% of the load in the first half: 1 descent deserves a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.
127 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Nemanja Raskovic (Serbia) in 2:52:40. Women's winner: Jelena Pajić (Serbia) in 3:47:48.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Jelica.
Other distances of Jelica 2025Jelica (25.0km)·Jelica (16.0km)
Official websiteserbiarun.rs/2025/ttls/jelica
