Ivanjičkih 15K

Race strategy

Start easy, build your effort, and go all out at the finish.

• Start easy and control your HR up to 8.1km.
• The finish is runnable. Save your legs to run it all the way.
• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace.
• 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–8.1km · Climb of 384m, high point 1211m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 8.1km–14.2km · 6.1km of runnable trail. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.

Course

By gradient, 34% of the distance is uphill, 44% downhill and 23% flat. The longest climb runs 8.1km at an average 4.7% grade (384m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 13.2% over 1.3km. Surface: 60% smooth and 36% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 15.3 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.

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 10°C to 20°C, with around 15°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 51%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 7% of days around this date.

Results

206 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Marko Mirkovic (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 1:10:49. Women's winner: Jelena Stojiljković (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 1:27:18.