Glavna trka

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Hold your race pace up to 7.8km, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 7.8km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• Start · 0.0km–2.4km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 2.4km–7.8km · Climb of 433m, high point 693m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 7.8km–16.1km · Descent of 351m averaging 4%. 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 640m+ and descends 629m−. With 38m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 30% of the distance is uphill, 36% downhill and 34% flat. The longest climb runs 7.8km at an average 5.5% grade (433m of vertical). The longest descent runs 8.3km at an average 4.2% grade (351m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 14.8% over 0.3km. The steepest descent drops at 10.8% over 0.4km. Surface: 51% smooth, 44% trail, and 5% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 19.5 FlatKM.

Poles

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

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 8 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 7.8km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• 7.8–16.1 km · 351 m D−, -4.2% · 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 43%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 5% of days around this date.