Chedi 20

Race strategy

Run easy on the first mountain, then go all out on the second.

• Steep 27% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• Final 306m descent. Save your legs to go all out on it.
• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 10.8km.
• Start · 0.0km–2.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 2.0km–7.4km · Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Work · 7.4km–10.8km · Plus 2 more climbs and 1 descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.
• Home · 10.8km–16.4km · Descent of 306m averaging 6%, high point 612m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course.

Course

The course climbs 700m+. With 41m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 18% of the distance is uphill, 23% downhill and 59% flat. The longest climb runs 1.4km at an average 17.6% grade (251m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.5km at an average 5.5% grade (306m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 30.6% over 0.5km. The steepest descent drops at 35.2% over 0.2km. Surface: 46% road, 28% trail, and 26% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 26.9 FlatKM.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 2.3km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 9 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 10.8km.

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 16°C to 22°C, with around 22°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 7%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 1% of days around this date.