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Paraty Brazil by UTMB
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PTR 20

UTMB World Series
25.0km
September 17
Paraty,
Brazil
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PTR 20 · Race profile

Distance
25.0km
FlatKM
36.2
Max
369m
Min
1m

About PTR 20

PTR 20 is the 25.0km trail race at Paraty Brazil by UTMB 2025 (Paraty, Brazil). The race starts on September 17, 2025.

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 10.6km.
  • Hold your race pace up to 16.4km, but stay in control.
  • Final 480m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and start the final descent from 16.4km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.5km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 1.5km–10.6km · Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Work · 10.6km–16.4km · Climb of 346m, high point 369m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 16.4km–26.6km · Descent of 480m averaging 5%. 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

By gradient, 31% of the distance is uphill, 28% downhill and 41% flat. The longest climb runs 5.8km at an average 5.9% grade (346m of vertical). The longest descent runs 10.1km at an average 4.7% grade (480m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 18.9% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 17.8% over 0.5km. Surface: 34% road, 30% smooth, and 26% trail. Flat-equivalent effort: 36.2 FlatKM.

Poles

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

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 11 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and start the final descent from 16.4km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • 16.4–26.5 km · 480 m D−, -4.7% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 22°C to 33°C, with around 30°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 50%.

Results

1,102 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Dario Campos Vidal (Chile) in 2:09:11. Women's winner: Iris Nascimento (Brazil) in 2:43:02.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for PTR 20.

Other distances of Paraty Brazil by UTMB 2025UTSB 110 (108km)·PTR 55 (59.0km)·PTR 35 (34.0km)

Official websiteparaty.utmb.world