60K Red trail

Race strategy

Hold a steady pace and save energy for every section.

• Big early climb with 1120m gain. Hold your pace, save your legs for later.
• Steep 27% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• 492m descent. Go easy, save your quads.
• Control your HR on the first climb, save your quads on the descents until 41.3km, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 55.0km.
• 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–12.5km · Climb of 1117m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Work · 12.5km–29.4km · Climb of 241m, high point 2080m, descent of 492m averaging 14%. Plus 1 more climb and 1 descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. This descent is hard on the legs: short steps, stay in control, poles if you have them. Running pays off here: run wherever you can. Hike the steepest pitches.
• Fade · 29.4km–55.0km · Descent of 788m averaging 11%, climb of 571m. Plus 1 more climb. Your energy fades, and that's normal: hold a steady effort and stop counting the miles. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. This descent is hard on the legs: short steps, stay in control, poles if you have them. 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 · 55.0km–59.2km · Descent of 433m averaging 10%. 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 3100m+. With 52m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 34% of the distance is uphill, 40% downhill and 26% flat. The longest climb runs 12.5km at an average 8.9% grade (1117m of vertical). The longest descent runs 7.2km at an average 11.0% grade (788m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 34.1% over 0.2km. The steepest descent drops at 30.0% over 0.2km. Surface: 79% trail, 16% smooth, and 5% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 86.3 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Velika Miljevača (1930m), 9.1km from the start. The course also passes close to Zekova glava (2122m) and Borova glava (1909m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 11.2km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 39 of 100), with 42% of the load in the first half: 2 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control your HR on the first climb, save your quads on the descents until 41.3km, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 55.0km.
• #1 · 25.9–29.4 km · 492 m D−, -13.8% · 29.7 km ahead → control
• #2 · 34.1–41.3 km · 788 m D−, -11.0% · 17.9 km ahead → control
• 55.0–59.2 km · 433 m D−, -10.5% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 10°C to 18°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

48 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Kallum Pritchard (Great Britain) in 7:16:13. Women's winner: Nikoleta Nestorović (Serbia) in 8:10:40.