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Priya Rai wins gold with course record in ultra trail run in Myanmar
Kathmandu, February 26. Nepali ultra runner Priya Rai has won a gold medal at the Kalaw Ultra Trail Run in Myanmar. She won gold in the 50 km event at the Kalaw Ultra Trail Run held in Kalaw, Myanmar, on Saturday. Priya completed the stipulated distance in 5 hours 38 minutes 39 seconds. Priya has […]
Lokendra and Annie win KVR Summit Challenge
Kathmandu, Magh 24. Lokendra Rai and Annie Mai Ban have emerged winners of the fifth and final round of the third edition of the KVR Summit Challenge in the men’s category and the women’s category, respectively. In the 20-kilometer race organized by Trailmandu Nepal on Saturday, Lokendra, the winner of the men’s category, clocked 1 […]
Kulung and Martin Conquer the Trails at KVR Summit Challenge
Recent race news from: https://bootballer.com/posts/412-kulung-and-martin-conquer-the-trails-at-kvr-summit-challenge Milan Kulung and American runner Sonia Martin took first place in the fourth series of the 3rd KVR Summit Challenge, leading the way on the tough trails of the Chandragiri hills. Trailmandu Nepal organized Saturday’s event, where athletes competed in either a 25km or 10km race along a scenic but […]
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[video] Mustang Trail Race
In April 2025, ultra runner and journalist Joe Baur, ran the Mustang Trail Race, an eight-stage trail race adventure tucked away behind the Himalayas. Back in early April, I ran in the 8-stage Mustang Trail Race in Nepal. The race is a 170-kilometer (100+ miles) trail race through Nepal’s Mustang region (forbidden to tourists until […]
Nepali runners head to race in Hong Kong
Five Nepali runners are in Hong Kong for the prestigious Hong Kong 100 race this weekend. Those runners are: Priya Rai, Man Kumar Magar, Nirmala Rai, Dhiraj Budha, Rajyalaxmi Rawal. With huge efforts from members of the Pokhara Trail Series and the Karnali Club in Jumla, five Nepali trail runners are now in Hong Kong […]
Panch Pokhari marathon results
Congratulations to all competitors and the organisers.
International Red Panda Trail Marathon Results
The International Red Panda Trail Marathon was organized along the scenic trail of red panda habitat covering 48 KM from Phungling Municipality, Taplejung to Pathibhara temple and back to Phungling. The trail marathon was organized on 21 September 2024 which is also International Red Panda Day. The marathon was organized to gather people and impart red panda conservation awareness messages […]
Join Mira Rai on a Himalayan Trail Race to save Red Pandas!
Dear friends, I am delighted to share that I will be participating in the first-ever International Red Panda Trail Race on September 21, 2024! Will you join me? I am partnering with Red Panda Network (RPN) on this unique high-elevation trail run through the breathtaking Himalayan landscapes of Nepal in celebration of International Red Panda […]
Running the Everest Three-Passes
We recently spotted this incredible image taken by Dan Patitucci on the web. Dan and Kim returned to Solukhumbhu in Nepal in 2023 after a previous experience in 2018. If you’ve ever wondered about what running at very high altitudes is like, or the Everest Three Passes region in particular. A synopsis to get you […]
Registration is open for Panchase Ultra
November is a long way off, but as an ultra runner you have to plan your year. So consider including this race in your race calendar. Pokhara is a great destination to start a trek, and to relax after a trek with good food and accommodation by famous Fewa Lake. See photos of previous races […]
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[report] Capital to Country Multi Day Ultra
Here is the race director’s report for the Capital to Country Multi Day Ultra. We did it! Our first international event, an incredible time with some great runners and an amazing team to work with. We are back next year, limited to 20 places, on the 24th November. There aren’t many events which come with the […]
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[Race Profile] Nepal’s Fishtail: Hard races don’t ask for attention.
By Tayte Pollmann for the American Trail Running Association Original article posted on August 3, 2023. Reported for posterity! From April 19 to June 6, 2023 Tayte Pollmann, American Trail Running Association, “Trail Trotter” traveled to the highest mountains in the world, the Himalayas, to discover Nepal’s trail running scene. He had traveled to the country five years prior, […]
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[profile] The Nepalese woman whose dream of running changed her life: from having to get married at 16 to shining in trail running
Sunmaya Budha nearly died of malnutrition as a child. Like her sisters, she was destined to marry at 16, but left home to run. Now she is a professional trail runner. By ANDRÉS GARCÍA, 29/06/2023 Sunmaya Budha, like almost all girls in Nepal, was destined to be married off as a teenager. Her three older […]
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[race profile] Manjushree Trail Race: Story behind the birth and growth of Nepal’s only one certified 100-miler
[Reposted article by Shashwat Pant from Online Khabar. The Manjushree Trail Race is longest of many trail races happening in Nepal.] When a group of Nepali runners started assisting foreigners who ran the Kathmandu valley rim, a 100-mile-long trail that goes around the hills surrounding Kathmandu valley, around 2018, little did they know that they were […]
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[Profile] Escaping Traditions on Trails with Sunmaya Budha
[Reposting an article from the excellent Freetrail online magazine (MAY 9, 2023) about Sunmaya Budha looking at her amazing success last year in Chamonix after taking up sponsorship with The North Face Adventure Team, and how she got there. Find Sunmaya on Instagram] Sunmaya Budha is the 24-year old trail runner from Jumla, Nepal who […]
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[results] Panchase 55 km
The 2nd edition of Panchase 55 km, a hilly circumnavigation of Pokhara’s Fewa Lake, like many races in the pandemic era, was long overdue. The 1st edition took place in 2018, but then due to COVID-19 and other issues, the 2nd edition had to wait until April 1st, 2023. At this time of year, there […]
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[results] Mustang Trail Race 2023
Every year the Mustang Trail Race heads up this small hill just north of Kagbeni, and almost always the first man and women to the top win the race nine days later. There is a good reason for this. Most of the participants in the race are not from Nepal and have no adaptation to […]
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[results] Nepal at the Trail World Championships 2023
A quick summary of the events at the Trail World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. Nepal had 3 individual runners in the race: Sunmaya Budha, Arjun Kulung Rai, and Sworupa Khadka, all competing in the “long”Trail Long” race of ~86 km with D+ of 6500 (the total climb). That is a huge amount of climbing for […]
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[results] Fishtail 100 Race 2023
This year was the first Fishtail Race with a 100 km distance! This “ultra marathon” version of the regular Fishtail Race with marathon and shorter distances had a total of 19 participants in the 50 km category and 7 participants in the very challenging 100 km category (4 male, 3 female) from 6 different countries. […]
Interview With Jimi Oostrum: a Dutch Trail Runner Living in Nepal
By Tayte Pollmann for the American Trail Running Association Original article posted on November 7, 2018. Reported for posterity! In this interview, I speak with Jimi Oostrum, Dutch expatriate trail runner, race organizer, and UNICEF education expert, who shares his insights into the Nepalese trail running culture from living in Nepal for the past 10 years. TAYTE: […]
The Annapurna 100: Trail Running in Nepal
By Tayte Pollmann for the American Trail Running Association Original article posted on November 7, 2018. Reported for posterity! On October 27, 2018 I witnessed the 13th edition of the Annapurna 100 trail race, organized by Trail Running Nepal offering 50 km and 100 km distances with over 3,000 and 6,000 meters of elevation gain respectively. The Course […]
Behind The Golden Trail Series Final: Interview With Nepalese Trail Running Legend Jagan Timilsina
By Tayte Pollmann for the American Trail Running Association, reposted for posterity! Original article posted on October 4, 2019 Trail runners from around the world are turning their attention to Nepal this Friday, October 25, for the final of the 2019 Salomon Golden Trail Series. The series consists of six iconic races: the Pikes Peak Marathon, Colorado, USA, Zegama-Aizkorri, […]
Mustang from the sky!
Here we go back to the 2018 Mustang Trail Race with a rare bird’s eye view. If you want to see the best of trail running in Nepal, then it has to be trail running in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal. In this video, “Mustang from the Sky” a drone follows the runners across […]
Suman Kulung wins Panchpokhari Winter Trail Marathon
Newsflash: Suman Kulung Rai of Solukhumbu won this edition of the Panchpokhari Winter Trail Marathon organized today at Sindhupalchak’s Panchpokhari… Other results are not yet available. Notes about the race: Panchpokhari Winter Ultra Trail Half Marathon-2021 will be organised for the promotion of tourist destinations at Panchpokhari Rural Municipality in the Sindhupalchowk including Panchpokhari Kunda. To be organised […]
Profile: Jagan Timilsina
Jagan Nath Timilsina comes from the village of Sarangkot in Pokhara, Nepal. He started his career as a load carrying porter in the tourism sector in 1998 at an age of 14. Slowly he worked his way up to be working as a trekking guide and then later, as a mountain guide. From carrying 30 […]
Video: Manuel Ruiz Quilez and The Great Himalaya Trail
Manuel Ruiz Quilez managed last August 3 to complete The Great Himalaya Trail and become the first Spanish to perform alone and without assistance the 2,175 km of travel. It is one of the longest and tallest trails in the world. In addition to passing along the highest peaks in the world and visiting some […]
Pikey Peak gets a full marathon for 2020 – Khiji Demba Marathon 2nd edition
Khiji Demba Marathon 2nd edition See the event listing here. Call +977 984-9598213 for details. About OTDC full Ultra Marathon 2020 (Second Edition) “The OTDC ultra Marathon” is a challenging multi-stage trail race passing through some of Nepal’s most beautiful Himalaya landscapes with Mt. Everest & Mt. Gaurishanker as a backdrop. Mt Everest is the […]
Kathmandu has some cleaned up hill trails…
Reposted via: Mira Rai initiative organises cleanup of Champadevi hiking trail. Mira Rai Initiative (MRI) organised a clean-up and awareness campaign along the Champa Devi Trail on Saturday. MRI mobilised 65 volunteers who hiked the trail and picked up the litter and debris that had been left behind. The volunteers also placed 30 dokos (organic […]
1st for Bhim and Sunmaya in Oman
Nepali runners reach podium at Oman by UTMB Congratulations to Bhim Bahadur Gurung and Sunmaya Budha for their first places in the 50 km race at Oman by UTMB. Mira Rai came in third. Nepali athlete Bhim Bahadur Gurung ranked first in the 50-kilometre ultra race in the desert landscape of Oman on Friday, November […]