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Povlen Trail
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Red Race

West Serbia Trails
27.0km·975m+
October 18, 12:00 PM
Mravinjci,
Serbia
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Red Race · Race profile

Distance
27.0km
Gain
975m+
FlatKM
31.1
Max
1334m
Min
944m

About Red Race

Red Race is the 27.0km 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 5 h.

Race strategy

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

  • Start easy and control your HR up to Srednji Povlen.
  • Hold your race pace up to Mali Povlen, but stay in control.
  • All downhill to the finish: go all out!
  • Ease into the early runnable section, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 20.3km.
  • 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–13.8km · 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. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
  • Work · 13.8km–20.3km · Climb of 321m, high point 1334m. Plus 1 more descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
  • Home · 20.3km–25.3km · Descent of 390m averaging 8%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 975m+. With 36m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 35% of the distance is uphill, 43% downhill and 22% flat. The longest climb runs 5.0km at an average 6.5% grade (322m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.0km at an average 7.8% grade (390m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 22.7% over 0.4km. The steepest descent drops at 26.7% over 0.3km. Surface: 69% smooth, 26% trail, and 5% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 31.1 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Mali Povlen (1346m), 20.3km from the start. Other named summits along the route: Srednji Povlen (1301m).

Poles

The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 13 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 20.3km.
  • 20.3–25.3 km · 390 m D−, -7.8% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

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.

Results

49 finishers completed the 2026 edition. Men's winner: Kristijan Stošić (Serbia) in 2:10:11. Women's winner: Victoria Keller (Serbia) in 2:41:46.

This page has the full results and splits, a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Red Race.

Other distances of Povlen Trail 2026Blue Race (16.0km)

Other editions of Red Race2025·2024

Official websitetrka.rs/events/804-povlen-trail