Green Course

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 Grlica.
• Final 673m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 6.5km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• Start · 0.0km–1.4km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.4km–6.5km · Climb of 670m, high point 676m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 6.5km–15.2km · Descent of 673m averaging 8%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Very long descent: first half under control, then even, let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 800m+ and descends 800m−. With 47m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 33% of the distance is uphill, 50% downhill and 16% flat. The longest climb runs 6.5km at an average 10.2% grade (670m of vertical). The longest descent runs 8.7km at an average 7.8% grade (673m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 39.1% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 17.9% over 0.4km. Surface: 71% trail, 16% road, and 12% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 19.8 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Grlica (661m), 6.2km from the start. The course also passes close to Čisti vrh (616m) and Kalac (382m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.8km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 11 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 6.5km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• 6.5–15.2 km · 673 m D−, -7.8% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 16°C to 24°C, with around 15°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 35%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 9% of days around this date.

Results

167 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Dejan Angeloski (North Macedonia) in 1:21:18. Women's winner: Anastasiia Sadovskaia (Russia) in 1:44:39.