RacePace Partners with HOKA Val d’Aran by UTMB® to Bring Personalized Race Strategy to 7,000 Trail Runners

RacePace, the sports-technology company behind a personalized race-strategy platform for endurance athletes, has been named the Official Race Planner Partner of HOKA Val d’Aran by UTMB® — one of Europe’s premier trail-running events, held July 1–5, 2026 in the Spanish Pyrenees, where some 7,000 runners took on its five mountain-race distances.

As the event’s Official Race Planner Partner, RacePace served as runners’ race-day co-pilot, turning three inputs — a runner’s fitness, the specific course, and race-day conditions — into a segment-by-segment race plan. Each plan covers target effort, heart rate, and pace, alongside a dynamic, effort-based nutrition and hydration strategy that adjusts as the demands of the terrain change. Plans render on an interactive 3D course map and export directly to Garmin, COROS, Huawei and Suunto watches.

The platform sits at the intersection of three of endurance’s fastest-growing themes: personalized nutrition, connected fitness, and data-driven guidance. For RacePace, aligning with UTMB — the largest brand in global trail and ultra running — marks a significant distribution and credibility milestone as the company scale.

“Trail and ultra racing is decided by the tactical layer almost nobody teaches — when to push, when to hold back, and what to eat and drink before it’s too late,” said Ido Dassa, CEO & Founder of RacePace. “Partnering with HOKA Val d’Aran by UTMB let us put that co-pilot in the pocket of every runner on the start line — a personalized plan built around their own training and this specific course.”

RacePace plans to expand its event-partnership model across the endurance calendar over the coming season.