Trail Running · Cappadocia

🇹🇷Cappadocia Ultra-Trail 119 km:
Course Analysis & Race Readiness

118 km with 3,381 m of climbing and 3,377 m of descent spread across 19 climbs and 10 descents. No single climb tops 364 m, but the relentless accumulation of moderate terrain defines the day.

CourseRecon scores your own training against the durability and descending demands that define Cappadocia Ultra-Trail 119 km — the sample analysis below shows exactly how.

118 km

Distance

+3,310 m

Vertical Gain

−3,310 m

Total Descent

Oct 17, 2026

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The Course · GPS-Measured

What 118 km / 73.3 mi and 3,310 m / 10,870 ft of vertical gain actually look like

Measured from the GPS track: 118 km / 73.3 mi and 3,310 m / 10,870 ft of vertical gain. This is the terrain you're signing up for: read it before it reads you.

Course Profile

Terrain summary

Claimed vs GPS-Measured

Claimed · Organizer

118km

Distance

+3,380m

Gain

+0.0 km−70 m

GPS-Measured

118km

Distance

+3,310m

Gain

Climb & Gradient

+3,310 mTotal Gain

−3,310 mTotal Loss

Gradient Distribution

48%

Flat

≤3% grade

23%

Run-Climb

3–15% up

Steep Climb

>15% up

26%

Descent

downhill

Steepest Sustained Sections

Descent

KM 82.8–85.9 · −292 m

-9.3%

Climb

KM 98.6–102.0 · +274 m

+8.9%

Climb

KM 87.0–90.3 · +257 m

+7.9%

ClimbCRUX

KM 77.7–82.6 · +364 m

+7.5%

Finish & Cutoff Times

What it takes to finish

Reference finish times from past results — use them to set a realistic goal pace.

12h 33m

Winning time

13h 50m

Top 5

24h 00m

Back of pack

What This Race Demands

Four things this course asks of your body

Every course weights the four pillars of mountain-ultra fitness differently. Durability carries 48% of the scoring weight on this course — the terrain makes that the deciding factor.

Weighting shows where readiness is won or lost at this distance — not whether you need each pillar. An aerobic base is a given for a race this long, so it carries little deciding weight even though it's essential — the gaps open on the climbs, descents and the back half.

AerobicSustained engine

Foundational

Sustained ultra-distance effort over 118 km demands a deep, well-managed aerobic engine.

ClimbingVertical power

19%

Nineteen climbs totaling 3,381 m, none over 364 m, reward steady repeatable climbing.

DescendingEccentric / braking

34%

Ten descents and 3,377 m of loss, including a 6.2 km drop, punish weak downhill legs.

DurabilityLate-race resilience

48%

118 km of repeated ups and downs erode form; late climbs demand preserved strength.

The Profile in One Line

A long, rolling ultra where sustained descending and cumulative fatigue matter more than any single big climb.

Aerobic FoundationalClimbing 19%Descending 34%Durability 48%

Here's how CourseRecon reads a course and an athlete

Sample Readiness Analysis

What a readiness result looks like for this course

This is a worked example for a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete — not your score. Connect your own training and the same analysis runs on you.

Sample

OUT OF 100

READY

For a representative strong mountain-ultra athlete

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Pillar Breakdown

Aerobic

At 118 km, the aerobic system carries the day through hours of steady output. With 25% of terrain flat, there is little recovery from continuous forward motion.

Climbing

100

Nineteen climbs deliver 3,381 m of gain, but none exceeds 364 m or 5.7 km. Success comes from efficiently repeating moderate efforts rather than surviving a single monster.

Descending

With 3,377 m of loss across 10 descents and the highest pillar-weighted demand outside durability, the descents are decisive. A 6.2 km descent and a 292 m drop at 9.3% tax quads hard.

Durability

The dominant demand: 118 km of alternating climbs and descents progressively degrades muscular integrity. Climbs at km 87 and km 99 arrive deep into the race when legs are already compromised.

km 78–83

The Biggest Climb

The longest sustained climb gains 364 m over 4.9 km at 7.5%, arriving past the 77 km mark. Reaching it with reserves intact separates steady runners from those already fading.

km 83–86

The Steepest Descent

A 292 m drop over roughly 3 km at -9.3% is the sharpest descent, striking just after the big climb. Quads must absorb the plunge without giving out.

km 87–102

Late Back-to-Back Climbs

Climbs of 257 m at 7.9% and 274 m at 8.9% stack near km 87 and km 99. Repeating hard efforts this deep tests durability more than raw climbing power.

That was a sample