Red Race

Race strategy

Run easy on the first mountain, then go all out on the second.

• Start easy and control your HR up to 6.1km.
• Hold your race pace up to 9.2km, but stay in control.
• The finish is runnable. Save your legs to run it all the way.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, then run your race pace.
• Start · 0.0km–1.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.0km–6.1km · Climb of 170m, high point 1095m. Plus 1 more descent. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Work · 6.1km–9.2km · Plus 1 more climb. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 9.2km–15.0km · 5.8km of runnable trail. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.

Course

By gradient, 26% of the distance is uphill, 46% downhill and 28% flat. The longest climb runs 3.1km at an average 8.4% grade (259m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.1km at an average 5.5% grade (281m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 36.9% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 26.7% over 0.3km. Surface: 68% trail and 29% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 20.6 FlatKM.

Summits

The course also passes close to Crni vrh (1096m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.4km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

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

Results

196 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Miloš Rajičević (Serbia) in 1:19:15. Women's winner: Mina Kosanovic (Serbia) in 1:31:00.