They are celebrating their 25th anniversary and are throwing a party for everyone after the race. As a special gift they will also give us a running jacket this year instead of the usual T-shirt.
This will be my fifth start there, so I know the course well already. They claim to be the ultimate challenge, but compared to extreme ultra trail races like UTMB (166 km) or TVSB (110 km) it's going to be a lot easier.
There's basically only one big mountain to get over with. The cumulative ascent and descent is 2,260 meters. The start/finish is 1,560 meters and the highest point 2,632 meters above sea level.
The trail is usually in good condition and there's nothing too technical, just some short snowy and wet patches. In Davos and couple of other larger towns the route follows some asphalt roads as well.
The course is relatively fast, and everyone is expected to take full advantage of that in order to finish in 12 hours. There will be a few cutoff points to be cleared as well. This race is for runners as there won't be time to walk too much. Poles are not allowed.
Every time I've been there the weather has always been warm and sunny, with a thunderstorm up in the mountains during the afternoon. I'll expect the same once again, although you can never be sure of course.
The winner will probably be Jonas Buud of Sweden again, as he has won the three previous races. It will take him around 6 hours. My goal is to have fun and beat my course PR 8:56.
There will be over 1,500 competitors in K78 alone and there will also be a marathon along the last 42 km of the course with about a thousand participants. With a few other races in the same area on the same day, it's a fairly large event.
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