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Tibužde Trail
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Tibužde Trail

27.0km
May 24
Tibužde,
Serbia
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Tibužde Trail · Race profile

Distance
27.0km
FlatKM
32.4
Max
894m
Min
416m

About Tibužde Trail

Tibužde Trail is the 27.0km trail race at Tibužde Trail 2026 (Tibužde, Serbia). The race starts on May 24, 2026.

Race strategy

Hold a steady pace and save energy for every section.

  • 411m descent. Go easy, save your quads.
  • Start easy and control your HR up to 14.6km.
  • Hold your race pace up to 17.7km, but stay in control.
  • Control your HR on the first mountain, save your quads on the way down from it until 11.9km, then run your race pace, and start the final descent from 17.7km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • Start · 0.0km–2.3km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Settle in · 2.3km–14.6km · Climb of 477m, high point 895m, descent of 411m averaging 8%. 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 · 14.6km–17.7km · Plus 1 more climb and 1 descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 17.7km–26.7km · Descent of 421m averaging 5%. 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

By gradient, 33% of the distance is uphill, 43% downhill and 24% flat. The longest climb runs 6.5km at an average 7.3% grade (477m of vertical). The longest descent runs 9.0km at an average 4.7% grade (421m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 27.5% over 0.5km. The steepest descent drops at 21.9% over 0.4km. Surface: 49% trail, 30% road, and 18% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 32.4 FlatKM.

Summits

The course also passes close to Delijina cuka (871m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.5km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 16 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

  • Control your HR on the first mountain, save your quads on the way down from it until 11.9km, then run your race pace, and start the final descent from 17.7km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
  • #1 · 6.5–11.9 km · 411 m D−, -7.5% · 14.8 km ahead → control
  • 17.7–26.7 km · 421 m D−, -4.7% · 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 24°C, with around 18°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 43%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 6% of days around this date.

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

    Official websitetrka.rs/events/864-1-tibužde-trail