Skip to the content

UTG 50k

 

Race tips

  • Footwear with good grip, wear clothing according to the weather: cool to cold weather season.
  • Required hydration: 600 to 1000 ml (approx) depending on weight per hour of race.
  • Calorie expenditure: depending on weight approximately between 7,000 and 10,000 total kcal for 110K. 1 energy bar = 200 Kcal. It is important to incorporate food, especially after 45 minutes of running.
  • Eat and hydrate two hours before the start.
  • Variable cell phone signal but present in much of the route.
  • Follow tapes and indications of route indicators (Do not follow the platoon).
  • If you leave, it is VERY IMPORTANT to notify the staff at the hydration station, at the start or finish (not to the route indicators).

 

Data sheet

  • Ground: semi-technical, technical.
  • Positive slope: 2.380 metros.
  • Accumulated drop: 4.760 metros.
  • Start and finish: 135 msnm.
  • Min altitude: 162 msnm.
  • Max altitude: 635 msnm.
  • Avg altitude: 348 msnm.
  • Max slope: 42,4%;-46,0%
  • Avg slope: 8,2%; -7,7%
  • Longest ascent: 410 m.
  • Longest descent: 420 m.
  • Course total: 55,3 kilometers.
  • Time limit: 30 hours.

 

    Accumulated Intermediary
POI Description Alt. Dist. D+ D- Dist. D+ D-
Start Plaza Principal, Melgarejo - Independencia 180 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAS Salto Suizo   237 10.4 220 163 10.4 220 163
PAS Francisca   295 18.4 772 658 8 552 495
PAS Ita Azul Cut off: Sat 11: 13:30 225 26.9 1,270 1,225 8.5 498 567
PAS Tororó   331 33.1 1,453 1,300 5.9 168 75
PAS Mainumby   281 46.5 1,975 1,874 13.4 524 574
Finish Plaza Principal, Melgarejo - Independencia -
Cut off: Sun 12: 11:59
180 55.3 2,375 2,373 8.7 400 499

ITRA Evaluation

Amazing race, as wonderful as it is hard. The really beautiful landscapes!

Jorge Antonio Vera, via Facebook

I want more! ... I will be back. That says it all. Excellent the race.

Cristian Javier Azulay, via Facebook

Excellent race, signaling and hydration stations. Very good organization!

Edgar Peralta, via Facebook

Be part of the adventure!