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Cer Winter Trail
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Cer Winter Trail

17.0km
February 1, 10:45 AM
Lipove vode,
Serbia

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Cer Winter Trail · Race profile

Distance
17.0km
FlatKM
25.4
Max
667m
Min
289m

About Cer Winter Trail

Cer Winter Trail is the 17.0km trail race at Cer Winter Trail 2026 (Lipove vode, Serbia). The race starts on February 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM. It starts in Lipove vode. The time limit is 3 h 30 min.

Race strategy

Run easy on the first mountain, then go all out on the second.

  • 298m descent. Go easy, save your quads.
  • Start easy and control your HR up to 7.8km.
  • Hold your race pace up to 11.8km, but stay in control.
  • Go easy on the first downhill, save your quads on the descents until 4.9km, then run your race pace.
  • Start · 0.0km–2.5km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 2.5km–7.8km · Descent of 298m averaging 6%. Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. 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.
  • Work · 7.8km–11.8km · Plus 1 more descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort.
  • Home · 11.8km–17.6km · Climb of 382m, high point 667m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.

Course

By gradient, 44% of the distance is uphill, 35% downhill and 21% flat. The longest climb runs 5.8km at an average 6.6% grade (382m of vertical). The longest descent runs 4.9km at an average 6.0% grade (298m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 23.4% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 32.5% over 0.3km. Surface: 60% trail and 31% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 25.4 FlatKM.

Summits

The course also passes close to Sancine (689m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 0.7km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

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

  • Go easy on the first downhill, save your quads on the descents until 4.9km, then run your race pace.
  • #1 · 0.0–4.9 km · 298 m D−, -6.0% · 12.7 km ahead → control
  • 7.8–11.8 km · 368 m D−, -9.1% · 5.8 km ahead → your pace

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from -5°C to 10°C, with around 4°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 64%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 42% of days around this date.

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Cer Winter Trail.

Other editions of Cer Winter Trail2027