TUT62

Race strategy

Hold a steady pace and save energy for every section.

• Steep 29% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• Long race. Control your HR and effort. Early mistakes cost the most.
• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 54.5km.
• Start · 0.0km–1.3km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.3km–11.6km · Climb of 666m. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can. Hike the steepest pitches.
• Work · 11.6km–17.7km · Plus 1 more climb. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Fade · 17.7km–54.5km · 29.2km of runnable trail, high point 1530m. Plus 1 more climb and 1 descent. Your energy fades, and that's normal: hold a steady effort and stop counting the miles. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can. Your heart rate drifts down on its own: don't chase your early-race numbers, go by feel.
• Home · 54.5km–60.9km · Descent of 350m averaging 5%. No heroics: settle back into your own effort and hold it to the line. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 2600m+. With 42m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 37% of the distance is uphill, 37% downhill and 26% flat. The longest climb runs 6.1km at an average 7.2% grade (439m of vertical). The longest descent runs 6.4km at an average 5.5% grade (350m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 28.7% over 1.0km. The steepest descent drops at 31.1% over 0.2km. Surface: 48% trail, 41% smooth, and 11% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 81.0 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Zborište (1546m), 17.8km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Iver (1478m). The course also passes close to Veliko brdo (1535m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 9.1km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is moderate (index 34 of 100), with 40% of the load in the first half: 0 descents deserve a plan and a couple of downhill sessions before race day.

• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 54.5km.
• 47.0–52.4 km · 630 m D−, -11.5% · 8.5 km ahead → your pace
• 54.5–60.9 km · 350 m D−, -5.5% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 14°C to 21°C, with around 16°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 40%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 6% of days around this date.

Results

90 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Nemanja Rašković (Serbia) in 7:00:29. Women's winner: Paula Vrdoljak (Individual Neutral Athletes) in 7:47:20.