DECATHLON Persenk Ultra

Pamporovo provides the mountain spine for this event, with the Perelik and Orlovets hotels at its center serving as the race hub. The DECATHLON Persenk Ultra is a trail-running week in the Smolyan mountains, featuring routes that progress from a beginner's first steps on the mountain to an ultra-distance challenge where "either you’re ready — or you become ready on the course." The course will be marked and include GPX files, with checkpoint tables aligned to each route. The start-finish area maintains energy with music, an MC, ceremonies, and numerous volunteers. The atmosphere is focused yet welcoming: returning runners receive priority for early entry, finishers are offered a hot meal and a cold beer, and the longer race distances carry the straightforward sentiment, "A touch of the Rhodope carpet, woven in 50 shades of mountain."