Ivanjičkih 15K

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Hold your race pace up to 8.1km, but stay in control.
• The finish is runnable. Save your legs to run it all the way.
• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace.
• Start · 0.0km–2.9km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 2.9km–8.1km · Climb of 375m, high point 1211m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 8.1km–14.1km · 6.1km of runnable trail. Kick for the line: give it everything you've got. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.

Course

The course climbs 450m+. With 30m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 35% of the distance is uphill, 42% downhill and 23% flat. The longest climb runs 8.1km at an average 4.6% grade (375m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 13.2% over 1.3km. Surface: 60% smooth and 36% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 15.2 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.

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 9°C to 19°C, with around 15°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 53%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 8% of days around this date.