GAP factor 0.6% slower than flat · net elevation 0 m
Decision summary
Lower than 51% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Gravel Worlds Run Series (Lincoln) 5K, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Gravel Worlds Run Series (Lincoln) 5K route has 37 m of ascent, 37 m of descent and an estimated 0.6% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Gravel Worlds Run Series (Lincoln) 5K route starts at Sandhills Global Event Center (Lancaster Event Center), 4100 N 84th St, Lincoln, NE 68521 and finishes at Sandhills Global Event Center, Lincoln, NE. Underfoot, expect almost 100% gravel and dirt roads, with the final stretch on a trail. It passes Sandhills Global Event Center, Southeastern Nebraska gravel roads and Nebraska Gravel Seas farmland. Relentlessly hilly despite Nebraska's flat reputation: hill after hill averaging 4-5% grade up or down, roughly 1,100 ft of elevation change across 16 miles.
Run component of the larger Lauf Gravel Worlds festival weekend (gravel cycling, running and triathlon).
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.6% slower than a flat course, with about 37 m of total ascent.