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“Born to run” – Christopher McDougall speaks at TEDx

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200 or so pages of inspiration. From running with injuries, to unlocking the secrets of why were “born to run”. Watch this video! Continue reading

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Where are the Trail Running Nepal fans?

Global distribution of people we mailed recently

We recently sent out a newsletter to around 220 people who’d signed up for it. That’s not too bad given that our website has not been up in the air so long. So far not very interesting, but here we

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Trekking meets running

Looking to Phu village form the main Gompa

If you are coming to run the Annapurna 100, consider staying a while longer and make a fast packing journey into the high Himalayas… Continue reading

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Trail running magazines online

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For those who like to arm chair trail run the WWW is an increasingly interesting space to explore. As with newspapers, trail running magazines, a relatively new addition to the arm chair traveler in the first place, start becoming available

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Himal race 2010 photobook

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This photobook produced by Virginie Duteme has many wonderful images from the landscapes crossed by the 2010 Himal Race, a gruelling running race of 850 km starting from Mt Kailash (Tibet) to the Annapurna in Nepal. Continue reading

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2012 Annapurna 100 flyer!

We’re really pleased with our new flyer which reflects what you’ll hopefully be seeing after about 30 km of running! Obviously we’re trying to entice more people to come to the race so please feel free to adore this on

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An experience of running in Kathmandu valley

Welcome to Kathmandu Debi Lang of Caring For The World Films, an award-winning non-profit organisation currently working on a film project in Nepal. As with many before her, Roger Henke took her through the smog on to the lovely valley trails…

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Physiotherapist in Kathmandu

It’s inevitable that sometime you need the attention of a mechanic to fix a part of your body that is complaining. Trail running is anyhow much better than road running in this regard, but none of us are immune. It’s

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Trail running in Nepal, an update

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When we started this blog site a major objective was to promote Nepal as a trail running destination. For iRunFar we wrote a country guide to highlight Nepal’s potential, wondering why so few spotted it. We also contributed a column

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Himal Race 2010 video

Sylvain Bazin’s video of a crazy trail run through the Himalayas of Nepal and Tibet, from Mount Kailash, through Humla and Dolpa, to Annapurna’s Poon Hill. Continue reading

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