Red Race

Race strategy

Run hard on the first mountain, but save energy for the second.

• Start easy and control your HR up to 9.8km.
• Hold your race pace up to 16.2km, but stay in control.
• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 16.2km.
• Start · 0.0km–1.8km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.8km–9.8km · Plus 1 more descent. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Work · 9.8km–16.2km · Descent of 236m averaging 7%, high point 497m. Plus 2 more climbs. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 16.2km–18.9km · Descent of 211m averaging 8%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course.

Course

By gradient, 36% of the distance is uphill, 39% downhill and 25% flat. The longest climb runs 2.0km at an average 11.0% grade (218m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.4km at an average 7.0% grade (236m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 32.0% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 19.5% over 0.6km. Surface: 61% trail and 35% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 27.4 FlatKM.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 0.8km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 12 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 16.2km.

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 18°C to 29°C, with around 24°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 51%.

Results

162 finishers completed the 2025 edition. Men's winner: Đuro Borbelj (Serbia) in 1:43:16. Women's winner: Mina Kosanovic (Serbia) in 2:05:50.