Coast 2 Coast

Race strategy

Run hard on the first mountain, but save energy for the second.

• Start easy and control your HR up to 11.1km.
• Hold your race pace up to Napoleon, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 22.2km.
• Start · 0.0km–1.9km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 1.9km–11.1km · Climb of 378m, high point 382m. Plus 1 more climb and 1 descent. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Work · 11.1km–22.2km · Plus 1 more descent. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Home · 22.2km–24.6km · Descent of 260m averaging 11%. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course.

Course

The course climbs 600m+. With 26m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 38% of the distance is uphill, 34% downhill and 27% flat. The longest climb runs 7.7km at an average 4.9% grade (378m of vertical). The longest descent runs 3.5km at an average 8.0% grade (278m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 20.6% over 0.6km. The steepest descent drops at 22.5% over 0.8km. Surface: 50% trail, 29% road, 13% smooth, and 7% technical.

Summits

The course also passes close to Napoleon (237m).

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.7km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 15 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, then run your race pace, and go all out on the final descent from 22.2km.
• 11.1–14.5 km · 278 m D−, -8.0% · 10.0 km ahead → your pace
• 22.2–24.6 km · 260 m D−, -10.8% · 0.0 km ahead → free