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Trail running news from trail races in Nepal Himalayas, Asia and Nepali athletes running around the world.
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 […]
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KILIAN JORNET AND JUDITH WYDER WIN GOLDEN TRAIL WORLD SERIES TITLES
KILIAN JORNET AND JUDITH WYDER WIN GOLDEN TRAIL WORLD SERIES TITLES WITH VICTORIES AT ANNAPURNA TRAIL MARATHON 2 min recap video NEPAL – Kilian Jornet and Judith Wyder are the 2019 Golden Trail World Series (GTWS) champions after both won the Grand Final race at the Annapurna Trail Marathon on Friday in Nepal. For Kilian, […]
Gosaikund Helambu Trail marathon race review
Race report by Hannah Straw who took part in this race. Find race results here, and race information here. Nepal is famous for its mountains. Some of its mountain ranges are famous for their lakes. Gosaikunda lake is a sacred place nestled in the Langtang National Park. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims ascend to the lake […]
Vlad Morozov completes 1,000 miles solo run across Nepal.
Press Release – November 2018 – immediate release Vlad Morozov completes 1,000 miles solo run across Nepal. Vladimir Morozov, 35, from Birmingham has just completed an incredible physical and mental test: running 1,000 miles across Nepal solo and unassisted. Motivated to fulfill his dad’s desire to visit Nepal before he sadly passed away and combining his […]
Race #2 announced – Kathmandu Trail Running Series
Mira Rai’s 2016 season
Bhim Gurung beats a world champion
Thanks for the opportunity China Mountain Trails, says Bhim Gurung fresh back from the Yading Skyrace in China. There he took on Italian Tadei Pivk, the 2015 World Skyrunning and beat him into second place. “I tried as hard as I could, but he (Gurung) was so fast on the downhill, I couldn’t keep up,” said Pivk. […]
Solar lights to Manaslu
Mira comes from a remote village, fairly typical of rural villages across Nepal. As night comes, there’s maybe a little bit of solar light, some candle or oil lamp light and light from the fire in the kitchen area. Dim and limited would describe it. Mira took one of these solar lights home with her […]
Fixing Altitude Sickness with Diamox
Climbing (or trail running) mountainous ranges can be exhilarating as well as a dangerous experience for those who dare. Depending on individual capacity, altitude sickness can appear in mountain climbers any time between 8000 to over 12000 feet above ground level. Often at times, altitude sickness is dependent on the climbing speed of the individual […]
Nepal runners 3rd and 4th in Hong Kong 50km race
Congratulations to Bed and Bishnu Maya for great performances in Hong Kong this weekend. It’s Bishnu Maya‘s fourth and fifth trail races and her second 50km event. She looked pretty beaten up at the end, but that can be expected from Michael Maddess’s hilly Lantau course with the awesome-crazy 900m Dog’s Teeth climb. And she […]
Nepal wins VK race in Hong Kong
Manaslu Trail Race 2015 write up – Mark Brightwell
Manaslu Trail Race 2015 – words and images by Mark Brightwell The race starts in gloomy greyness at Soti Khola, 700m above sea level and flanked by the roaring waters of the Bhudi Gandaki. We will follow this river to its source at the snout of a glacier below the towering twin summits of Manaslu […]
Seth’s new FKT around the Kathmandu Valley
Home! Finished in 49:55hrs. Thanks every one for the messages and good wishes. And huge thanks to Mark Brightwell for running with me all night and listening to me hiccup for the last 6 hours. I’m hitting the shower and then bed. #Team7Hills Congratulations Seth. This is 50 hours of effort with no sleep. Great […]
4 Nepali runners will get to race in China in 2016
Happy news. It has long been known that Nepal has some fantastic trail runners that are world class, but they lack opportunities to compete. Travelling out of Nepal to race is simply expensive. Enter our hero Matt Moroz and China Mountain Trails. Matt first came to Nepal for the Mustang Trail Race. There he met […]
World’s highest Vertical Kilometre race?
It’s not an official ISF sanctioned Vertical Kilometre race, but fulfils the criteria and is beautiful to boot. Hard work though, because of the altitude – from about 3500m to 4800m, we’ll update with the GPX track data later. But here are some of the photos from that stage of the Manaslu Mountain Trail Race […]
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Buy beautiful prints of Nepal
This is a fundraiser to help restore Nepal’s damaged heritage sites. This is a great idea, to sell wonderful historic prints from the Nepal photography archive, and Peace Corps volunteers, to raise money for this specific cause. Click the image below to see all of the images offered, and info about the deal with DHL […]
Dolomites Skyrace for Nepal
As mentioned a couple of weeks earlier, the Dolomites Skyrace organisation, and the mail winner together collected a sum of money to assist the victims of the earthquake. Mira had a think about where she wanted that money to go. She wanted to help other sisters and in particular runners. This is what Danielle of […]
Is Nepal safe to visit in the Fall / Autumn 2015 after the earthquake?
It’s August 7th, approximately half way through the monsoon. Heavy rains cause big and small landslides through this period and generally people don’t travel much from the villages and everybody waits until the rains are over before doing anything substantial. Many people have been asking about safety for trekking in Nepal this coming season. Two […]
For Italian goodwill: Bravo!
“I enjoyed it immensely. It’s a once in a lifetime race,” said Tite Togni, Mira’s big sister and mentor in Italy, about the Dolomites Skyrace which took place this weekend. Mira took part and finished 14th female in the 22km event comprising of a massive climb then descent at blistering pace. It’s a different game to […]
A weekend of winners
“After my birthday, this is the best day of my life”
Fundraiser trail race in earthquake hit area
Newsflash…. On 27th June, there will be a 29km running race with shorter events of 15km and 1km. It’s a fund raiser and morale boosting event for the communities living near Thulo Sirubari in Sindhupalchowk. The Minister for Youth and Sport Purushottam Paudel has confirmed his attendance. French Ambassador has been invited also. Here is the […]
Dhorpatan / West Dhaulagiri Trek – super for the adventurous
Just back from a few days in glorious Dhorpatan in Baglung district. The name comes from the flat meadows above the ~4000m high tree-line, which are locally known as patans, and the marshy flat open valley next to which the village itself sits called dhor. If you are a slightly adventurous trekker, trail runner or mountain biker, I can […]
September’s Annapurna Trail Race Q & A
Even bigger version here. This is the staged trail race around the Annapurna Circuit, largely following the off the beaten track ‘New Annapurna Trekking Trails’, that we’re excited to be running in collaboration with Seth Wolpin and Wide Open Vistas. Right away, here are some facts and figures: Nine stages 272km 14750m elevation change 5400m highest […]
Post-earthquake Nepal
Trail Running Nepal newsletter May 16th 2015 To say Nepal is going through difficult times at the moment would be an understatement. The web is filled with images and stories about the tragedy. Right now, just before the weekend comes though, we wanted to share two more positive stories from Nepal published in the Guardian […]
Nepal at Skyrunning Oceania Champsionships
Good job Mira Rai and Samir Tamang for together writing another page in the drama-filled story of Nepali trail runners. Here they are leaving from Nepal for the Buffalo Stampede Skyrunning race in Australia. As one indignant (but fairly correct) commenter on Facebook put it, arriving one day before the competition showed “very bad managements”. […]
Aussie visa blues
UPDATE >>>> https://trailrunningnepal.org/oceania-skyrunning-championships/ What a mess. At the time of writing it is one hour until the end of Delhi’s office hours, and an hour left for an email to come saying an Australian visa has been granted for three Nepali athletes – Mira, Purna and Samir. Hope has faded – 16:21… Everybody here knows how […]