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Trail na Mljetu
42km4223.4km23.413km13

13km

13.0km·527m+
May 2
Nacionalni park Mljet,
Croatia
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13km · Race profile

Distance
13.0km
Gain
527m+
FlatKM
18.1
Max
245m
Min
-5m

About 13km

13km is the 13.0km trail race at Trail na Mljetu 2026 (Nacionalni park Mljet, Croatia). The race starts on May 2, 2026.

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 6.0km.
  • Hold your race pace up to 7.9km, but stay in control.
  • Final 324m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 7.9km.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.3km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 1.3km–6.0km · Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Work · 6.0km–7.9km · Climb of 249m, high point 245m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 7.9km–12.8km · Descent of 324m averaging 7%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course.

Course

The course climbs 527m+. With 41m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 21% of the distance is uphill, 38% downhill and 41% flat. The longest climb runs 1.9km at an average 13.0% grade (249m of vertical). The longest descent runs 4.9km at an average 6.6% grade (324m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 19.2% over 0.9km. The steepest descent drops at 23.3% over 0.3km. Surface: 47% trail, 31% road, and 19% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 18.1 FlatKM.

Summits

The course also passes close to Debela glavica (123m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 0.9km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 7.9km.
  • 7.9–12.8 km · 324 m D−, -6.6% · 0.0 km ahead → free

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 15°C to 23°C, with around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 31%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 8% of days around this date.

Results

114 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Tonći Borovac (Croatia) in 1:17:36. Women's winner: Zlata Ratković (Serbia) in 1:41:05.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for 13km.

Other distances of Trail na Mljetu 202642km (42.0km)·23.4km (23.4km)

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