40K Green Trail

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 Lica.
• Hold your race pace up to 28.9km, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 36.3km.
• Start · 0.0km–2.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 2.0km–25.2km · Climb of 960m, high point 1907m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Work · 25.2km–28.9km · Plus 1 more descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort.
• Fade · 28.9km–36.3km · Your energy fades, and that's normal: hold a steady effort and stop counting the miles. Running pays off here: run wherever you can. Your heart rate drifts down on its own: don't chase your early-race numbers, go by feel.
• Home · 36.3km–40.3km · Descent of 429m averaging 11%. No heroics: settle back into your own effort and hold it to the line. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 1700m+. With 43m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 30% of the distance is uphill, 37% downhill and 33% flat. The longest climb runs 9.1km at an average 10.5% grade (960m of vertical). The longest descent runs 4.1km at an average 10.6% grade (429m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 32.5% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 22.6% over 0.8km. Surface: 75% trail, 18% smooth, and 8% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 55.9 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Velika Miljevača (1930m), 9.2km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Bikovača (1908m) and Lica (1893m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 3.9km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 24 of 100), with 28% of the load in the first half: 0 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 36.3km.
• 25.2–28.9 km · 331 m D−, -9.1% · 11.5 km ahead → your pace
• 36.3–40.3 km · 429 m D−, -10.6% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 13°C to 22°C, with around 16°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 34%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 4% of days around this date.

Results

67 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Aldin Rizvic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 3:44:30. Women's winner: Lidija Radulović (Serbia) in 4:48:08.