Stubai Sunnenseit´n Trail

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Hold your race pace up to 4.3km, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and start the final descent from 4.3km 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–4.3km · Climb of 370m, high point 1368m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 4.3km–14.0km · Descent of 650m averaging 7%. 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 700m+. With 50m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 50% of the distance is uphill, 36% downhill and 14% flat. The longest climb runs 4.3km at an average 8.7% grade (370m of vertical). The longest descent runs 9.8km at an average 6.6% grade (650m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 21.7% over 0.6km. The steepest descent drops at 19.8% over 0.5km. Surface: 51% trail, 39% road, and 9% technical. Flat-equivalent effort: 20.3 FlatKM.

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 start the final descent from 4.3km under control, then go all out near the bottom.
• 4.3–14.0 km · 650 m D−, -6.6% · 0.0 km ahead → even, first half under control, let go at the end