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Glavna trka

17.0km·640m+/629m−
May 3, 11:30 AM
Drina,
Serbia
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Glavna trka · Race profile

Distance
17.0km
Gain
640m+
Loss
629m−
FlatKM
19.8
Max
621m
Min
241m

About Glavna trka

Glavna trka is the 17.0km trail race at Drina Trail 2026 (Drina, Serbia). The race starts on May 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM.

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 8.6km.
  • Final 319m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 8.6km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.8km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 1.8km–8.6km · Climb of 441m, high point 622m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 8.6km–16.2km · Descent of 319m averaging 4%. 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 640m+ and descends 629m−. With 38m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 42% of the distance is uphill, 32% downhill and 26% flat. The longest climb runs 8.6km at an average 5.1% grade (441m of vertical). The longest descent runs 7.6km at an average 4.2% grade (319m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 15.9% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 19.0% over 0.3km. Surface: 51% smooth and 45% trail. Flat-equivalent effort: 19.8 FlatKM.

Poles

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

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 8.6km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • 8.6–16.2 km · 319 m D−, -4.2% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 15°C to 26°C, with around 19°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 44%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 6% of days around this date.

Results

249 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Đuro Borbelj (Serbia) in 1:06:44. Women's winner: Nevena Jovanovic (Serbia) in 1:23:40.

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

Other editions of Glavna trka2025

Official websitetrka.rs/events/854-4-drina-trail