Wild 10

Race strategy

Short race: go all out.

• Hold your race pace up to the aid station at 5.1km, but stay in control.
• Control your HR on the first mountain, and go all out on the final descent from 5.1km.
• Start · 0.0km–1.8km · Race-day nerves push your heart rate up: don't follow the crowd, find your own rhythm.
• Work · 1.8km–5.1km · Climb of 503m, high point 1935m. This is where the race is built: steady, solid effort. Climb by heart rate or breathing, not pace.
• Home · 5.1km–10.2km · Descent of 440m averaging 9%. 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 500m+. With 50m/km of climbing, this is a true mountain course with sustained climbs and descents. By gradient, 42% of the distance is uphill, 43% downhill and 15% flat. The longest climb runs 5.1km at an average 9.9% grade (503m of vertical). The longest descent runs 5.1km at an average 8.6% grade (440m of vertical). The steepest climb averages 19.7% over 0.7km. The steepest descent drops at 25.7% over 0.4km. Surface: 46% trail, 30% smooth, and 20% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 15.3 FlatKM.

Poles

Trekking poles are worth taking: about 1.8km of the course favours them.

Quad damage

Quad damage risk is low (index 9 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 5.1km.
• 5.1–10.2 km · 440 m D−, -8.6% · 0.0 km ahead → even, let go at the end

Weather

On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 6°C to 16°C, with around 10°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 50%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 10% of days around this date.