Misurina Sky Marathon

Course

The course climbs 2600 m+. With 62 m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 48% of the distance is uphill, 44% downhill and 8% flat. The longest climb runs 4.4 km at an average 10.9% grade (483 m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.6 km at 13.7% (489 m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 36.4% over 0.3 km. The steepest descent drops at 42.7% over 0.4 km. Surface: 87% trail and 8% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 73.1 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Cima Cadin del Deserto (2467 m), 15.3 km from the start. The course also passes close to Torre Caldart (2452 m) and Frankfurter Würstel - Salsiccia di Francoforte (2386 m).

Poles

Trekking poles are worth taking: about 5.7 km of the course favours them.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 32 of 100), with 47% of the load in the first half: 2 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control on the marked descents until km 21, target pace until km 33, free after that. Short descents not listed: target pace.
• #1 · 3.8–7.1 km · 473 m D−, -14.4% · 83% of the race ahead → control
• #2 · 16.7–19.6 km · 554 m D−, -18.6% · 53% of the race ahead → control
• 35.7–41.7 km · 620 m D−, -10.3% · 0% of the race ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

Historically on race day, start temperatures range from 0°C to 10°C, around 8°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 51%. Heavy rain of 10.0 mm or more falls on about 12% of days around this date.