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Tara Extreme Skytrail

10.5km·700m+
August 22, 09:30 AM
Rastište,
Serbia
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Tara Extreme Skytrail · Race profile

Distance
10.5km
Gain
700m+
FlatKM
16.2
Max
999m
Min
436m

About Tara Extreme Skytrail

Tara Extreme Skytrail is the 10.5km trail race at Tara Extreme SkyChallenge 2026 (Rastište, Serbia). The race starts on August 22, 2026 at 09:30 AM. It starts and finishes in Rastište. The time limit is 3 h.

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

  • Hold your race pace up to 4.5km, but stay in control.
  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 4.5km.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.6km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Work · 1.6km–4.5km · Climb of 554m, high point 999m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 4.5km–10.4km · Descent of 652m averaging 11%. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 700m+. With 67m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 42% of the distance is uphill, 48% downhill and 10% flat. The longest climb runs 4.5km at an average 12.2% grade (554m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.9km at an average 11.0% grade (652m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 27.8% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 22.4% over 0.6km. Surface: 62% trail and 36% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 16.2 FlatKM.

Poles

Trekking poles are worth taking: about 1.9km of the course favours them.

Quad damage

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

  • Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 4.5km.
  • 4.5–10.4 km · 652 m D−, -11.0% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 20°C to 31°C, with around 23°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

14 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Viktor Avramović (Serbia) in 1:21:25. Women's winner: Dragana Jovašević (Serbia) in 1:23:26.

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

Other distances of Tara Extreme SkyChallenge 2026Skymarathon (46.0km)·Skyrace (24.0km)

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