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Olympus Vertical

4.3km·1000m+
June 25
Prionia,
Greece
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Olympus Vertical · Race profile

Distance
4.3km
Gain
1000m+
Max
2063m
Min
1054m

About Olympus Vertical

Olympus Vertical is the 4.3km vertical kilometre at Olympus Marathon 2027 (Prionia, Greece). The race starts on June 25, 2027. It starts in Prionia.

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

  • Steep 42% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
  • Control your HR on the first climb.
  • Start · 0.0km–1.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
  • Home · 1.0km–4.2km · Climb of 1009m, high point 2063m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.

Course

The course climbs 1000m+. With 235m/km of climbing, the course is exceptionally steep, with long hiking-grade sections. By gradient, 100% of the distance is uphill, 0% downhill and 0% flat. The longest climb runs 4.2km at an average 24.3% grade (1009m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 55.3% over 0.2km.

Poles

Trekking poles are strongly recommended: about 2.5km of the course is steep enough for them to pay off.

Quad damage

There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.

This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Olympus Vertical.

Other distances of Olympus Marathon 2027Olympus Ultra 71K (71.0km)·Olympus Marathon 44K (44.0km)·Eagles' Ridge (14.0km)

Other editions of Olympus Vertical2026

Official websiteolympus-marathon.com/en