Green Course

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Steep 28% wall. Control your pace and stay focused.
• Hold your race pace up to Grlica, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 7.8km.
• Start · 0.0km–2.5km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 2.5km–7.8km · Climb of 713m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Hike the steepest pitches.
• Home · 7.8km–16.6km · Descent of 673m averaging 8%, high point 675m. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Long descent: keep it even and let go only near the end.

Course

The course climbs 800m+ and descends 800m−. With 50m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 31% of the distance is uphill, 37% downhill and 32% flat. The longest climb runs 7.8km at an average 9.2% grade (713m of vertical). The longest descent runs 8.9km at an average 7.6% grade (673m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 27.6% over 0.6km. The steepest descent drops at 19.4% over 0.5km. Surface: 63% trail, 24% road, and 12% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 22.0 FlatKM.

Summits

The highest summit on the course is Grlica (661m), 7.8km from the start.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 1.6km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 11 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 7.8km.
• 7.8–16.6 km · 673 m D−, -7.6% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end