Olympus Vertical is the 4.3km vertical kilometre at Olympus Marathon 2026 (Prionia, Greece). The race starts on June 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM. It starts in Prionia. The time limit is 2 h 30 min.
Short race: go all out.
The course climbs 1000m+. With 235m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 100% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 4.2km at an average 24.3% grade (1009m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 55.3% over 0.2km. Flat-equivalent effort: 11.8 FlatKM.
Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 2.5km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.
There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 18°C to 27°C, with around 17°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 14%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 1% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Olympus Vertical.
Other distances of Olympus Marathon 2026Olympus Ultra 71K (71.0km)·Olympus Marathon 44K (44.0km)·Eagles' Ridge (14.0km)
Other editions of Olympus Vertical2027
Official websitewww.olympus-marathon.com/en
