Iwonicz-Zdroj, Poland · Saturday, October 17, 2026

Fixed Distance 50K

Lemkowyna Ultra Trail 48

17 days to go
48 km Distance
1,400 m Climbing
4.5 Grit · Challenging
49.5632° N, 21.7899° E © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Climbing rate 29 m / km Rolling. Moderate undulations. Requires consistent effort across varying grades.
Time limit 8 hours 10:00 min/km average. Generous. Walkable throughout for most of the field. Tighter than 79% of 50K races. Measured against 1034 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →
Field size ~312 Large. Rarely out of sight of another runner.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (48km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, October

Daytime high 12°C
Night low 3°C
Rainfall Mostly dry
Daylight 10 h 45 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for October — NASA POWER, grid elevation 445 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2025 48km 312 Aleksander Kapaon · 03:48:04 Aleksandra Tarnowska · 04:06:34
2024 48km 257 Tomasz Kobos · 03:33:09 Sylwia Byrska · 04:33:17
2023 48km 324 Roger Karwaczynski · 03:52:37 Natalia Tomasiak · 04:26:00
2022 48km 306 Tomasz Koczwara · 04:01:44 Martyna Kantor · 04:10:01
2021 48km 279 Maciej Wilk · 03:56:03 Kinga Kwiatkowska · 04:35:25
2021 48km 276 Mariusz Szkaradek · 04:11:42 Beata Boruszewska · 05:09:09
2019 48km 360 Tomasz Kobos · 03:47:49 Anna Kesler · 04:35:00
2018 48km 352 Michal Klamut · 04:06:26 Elzbieta Witek · 04:53:50
2017 48km 380 Maurycy Oleksiewicz · 04:15:49 Katarzyna Solinska · 04:34:22
2016 46km 266 Pawel Belcik · 04:09:21 Paulina Janik · 05:04:20

The field grew 21% between 2024 (257) and 2025 (312). 31% of the 2025 field were women.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (48km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

The Aid Station

Course-specific beta from the community

⛰️ terrain

This is a rolling course. Expect fast, runnable sections where rhythm is key.

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👟 gear

With trail terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

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Gear for this race

Chosen for 48 km of trail with 1,400 m of ascent.

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Overview

The Lemkowyna Ultra Trail 48, a 48-kilometer trail race in Iwonicz-Zdroj, Poland, has a tighter cut-off than 77% of 50k races. Runners have 8 hours to complete the course, which means maintaining a pace faster than 10 minutes per kilometer. The course features 1400 meters of elevation gain, equating to 29.2 meters of climb per kilometer.

With 85% of the course on forest roads, paths, and single tracks, and the remaining 15% on asphalt, the race offers varied terrain. The field size of 312 finishers makes it larger than 95% of its 50k peers.

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