Blue Race is the 16.0km trail race at Povlen Trail 2026 (Mravinjci, Serbia). The race starts on October 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM. It starts and finishes in Mravinjci. The time limit is 4 h.
Run the climb at race pace, build your speed on the downhill, and go all out at the finish.
The course climbs 596m+. With 37m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 35% of the distance is uphill, 42% downhill and 23% flat. The longest climb runs 5.3km at an average 7.1% grade (377m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.4km at an average 7.7% grade (418m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 22.9% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 26.4% over 0.3km. Surface: 73% smooth, 19% trail, and 8% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 19.6 FlatKM.
The highest summit on the course is Mali Povlen (1346m), 10.6km from the start.
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
Quad damage risk is low (index 8 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 6°C to 21°C, with around 14°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 47%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 33% of days around this date.
97 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Nenad Ristić (Serbia) in 1:15:36. Women's winner: Anastasiia Grishakova (Serbia) in 1:24:39.
This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Blue Race.
Other distances of Povlen Trail 2026Red Race (27.0km)
Other editions of Blue Race2025·2024
Official websitetrka.rs/events/804-povlen-trail
