GREEN COURSE

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Steep 26% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• Hold your race pace up to 3.1km, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 3.1km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• Start · 0.0km–2.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 2.0km–3.1km · Climb of 363m, high point 1618m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.
• Home · 3.1km–13.5km · Descent of 632m averaging 6%. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Very long descent: first half under control, then even, let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 650m+. With 46m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 43% of the distance is uphill, 47% downhill and 10% flat. The longest climb runs 3.1km at an average 11.5% grade (363m of vertical). The longest descent runs 10.3km at an average 6.1% grade (632m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 25.7% over 0.7km. The steepest descent drops at 16.7% over 0.8km. Surface: 83% trail and 14% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 17.3 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Veliki Hrakač (1619m), 2.2km from the start.

Poles

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

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 10 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 3.1km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• 3.1–13.5 km · 632 m D−, -6.1% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 12°C to 22°C, with around 16°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 37%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 7% of days around this date.