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Azbuka trail
16.5km16.5

Azbuka trail

16.5km·514m+
September 26, 10:00 AM
Tršić,
Serbia

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Azbuka trail · Race profile

Distance
16.5km
Gain
514m+
FlatKM
20.6
Max
548m
Min
187m

About Azbuka trail

Azbuka trail is the 16.5km trail race at Azbuka trail 2026 (Tršić, Serbia). The race starts on September 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM. It starts and finishes in Tršić. The time limit is 4 h.

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

  • Hold your race pace up to 8.0km, but stay in control.
  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and start the final descent from 8.0km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • Start · 0.0km–2.6km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Work · 2.6km–8.0km · Plus 1 more climb. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Home · 8.0km–16.8km · Descent of 396m averaging 4%, high point 548m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Very long descent: first half under control, then even, let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 514m+. With 31m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 43% of the distance is uphill, 40% downhill and 16% flat. The longest climb runs 1.9km at an average 11.3% grade (220m of vertical). The longest descent runs 8.8km at an average 4.5% grade (396m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 18.7% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 15.0% over 0.4km. Surface: 50% trail, 35% smooth, and 14% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 20.6 FlatKM.

Poles

The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 8 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and start the final descent from 8.0km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • 8.0–16.8 km · 396 m D−, -4.5% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 13°C to 25°C, with around 19°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 55%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 41% of days around this date.

Results

60 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Đuro Borbelj (Serbia) in 1:20:11. Women's winner: Nevena Jovanovic (Serbia) in 1:20:10.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Azbuka trail.

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