16.7km is the 16.7km trail race at Bukovački maraton 2026 (Bukovac, Serbia). The race starts on September 12, 2026 at 09:00 AM. It starts and finishes in Bukovac.
Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 529m+. With 32m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 46% of the distance is uphill, 40% downhill and 14% flat. The longest climb runs 6.2km at an average 6.2% grade (387m of vertical). The longest descent runs 10.0km at an average 4.7% grade (470m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 13.3% over 0.6km. The steepest descent drops at 12.4% over 0.8km. Surface: 70% trail, 20% road, and 7% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 18.8 FlatKM.
The highest summit on the course is Stolovi (500m), 6.4km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Debeli hrast (442m). The course also passes close to Astal (485m).
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 15°C to 25°C, with around 21°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 29%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 8% of days around this date.
64 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Artem Rostovcev (Serbia) in 1:25:29. Women's winner: Sanja Mitić (Serbia) in 1:40:48.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for 16.7km.
Other distances of Bukovački maraton 202635.6km (35.6km)·23.7km (23.7km)
