COLLICO 20K

Race strategy

Run hard on the first mountain, but save energy for the second.

• Start easy and control your HR up to 17.0km.
• Control your HR on the first climb, then run your race pace.
• Start · 0.0km–2.0km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Settle in · 2.0km–17.0km · 11.1km of runnable trail, high point 328m. Plus 1 more climb. Ease in: hold back more than feels necessary. The race is still ahead. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace. Running pays off here: run wherever you can.
• Home · 17.0km–20.0km · Climb of 147m. Build to the finish: leave whatever you have left out on the course. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.

Course

The course climbs 800m+. With 40m/km of climbing, this is a rolling, mostly runnable course. By gradient, 43% of the distance is uphill, 41% downhill and 16% flat. The longest climb runs 5.9km at an average 5.1% grade (302m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 19.8% over 0.2km. Surface: 85% trail and 15% smooth. Flat-equivalent effort: 26.5 FlatKM.

Poles

Poles bring little benefit here: only about 0.7km of pole-friendly terrain.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 12 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 3°C to 11°C, with around 7°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 63%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 21% of days around this date.