Short race summaries from races in Nepal and those in which Nepali athletes have competed.
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, […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here are the results of the inaugural Gosaikunda to Helambu Marathon. The race route covered almost exactly 42 km crossing the Laurebina La above the Gosaikunda and associated small mountain lakes, connecting the trekking areas of Langtang and Helambu. The race organiser was Helambu Trail Running Club along with great support from numerous talented volunteers. […]
Guerrilla Trail Marathon was held on 9th June, 2018, Saturday at Bhume in Rukum (East), the youngest district of Nepal, to promote historical importance and war tourism. The total distance of the race was 27 km starting from Mahat in Rukum East to Thabang in Rolpa district said Magar, coordinator of All Nepal Sports Association. […]
Not everyone can be first of course – that’s sport. But not everyone who’s first can finish on such a fabulous finish line. Before reading on, here’s a video of Sunmaya finishing. Super! Congratulations and thank you to the GaoLiGong organisers for a first class event. The Gao Li Gong event is partnered with the […]
Here we have some news in from the world of endurance athletes who like to travel long distances with little sleep and test their personal boundaries. The letter received: ### START ### Greetings from Greece, On 28-April-2017, an athlete of our team achieved a new FKT of the classic route of Annapurna Circuit completely by foot. Because […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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”. […]
For this varied audience just a note about what Skyrunning is. The name is gives a big clue, and as another has put it, “Skyrunning is the brave and burly cousin of trail running.” There are rules about what makes a Skyrunning course, but essentially it means running on trails at high altitudes with a […]
A race directors nightmare, waking up to the sound of winter rain in the morning in the days running up to the race date. The forecast gave 60% chance of rain, and the forecast was right – a couple of days of wet weather in an otherwise guaranteed settled period of crisp, clear winter sun. […]
Here below is Marco Beretta, who placed 8th overall in the Manaslu Trail Race 2014. The race had 34 participants from nine different countries, with level stretching from seasoned hikers to elite athlete, all completing 7 stages and approximately 197km. The overall results you can find below. Top 3 Females Mira Rai (NEP) 20:03:57 […]
NEPAL WINS THE 2014 OXFAM HONG KONG TRAILWAKER RACE FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING The Oxfam Hong Kong Trailwalker Race was organised by Oxfam Hong Kong from 14 – 16 November 2014. The race started at 0830 hours from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung HK to the various 8 Check Points stretching to the […]
Upendra Sunuwar and Arianna Regis atop the AUM … The second edition of the Annapurna Mountain Ultra trail race (AUM 2014) ended today in Pokhara, with the arrival of the last runners and walkers. This race, presented by Knights of Wind and designed by Bruno Poirier, was organized by Base Camp with the support of Raidlight. […]
Here’s an absolutely fabulous moment. Here comes Mira Rai from a tiny village in Bhojpur barreling into a tiny village in Italy. She completed the 56.9km distance in 6h36’30”, five minutes ahead of second women Silvia Rampazzo, and finishing in 11th position overall, some 50 minutes behind the leading man. The course had 3700m of height […]
Hong Kong, Tai Mo Shan Rotary Park. 18th January 2014. Nepal placed 1st and 2nd beating an international field in the 4th Vibram® Hong Kong 100 trail running race held on Saturday 18th January. Tirtha Tamang and Bed Sunuwar of the Nepali Army Team took first and second place in the grueling 100km long Vibram […]
For posterity! Wouter Hamelink from the 2013 Himal Race Images here. Hej allemaal, Zoals vorige maal beloofd krijgen jullie deze keer een extra lange editie. Wie liever gewoon naar prentjes kijkt en de tekst over slaat verwijs ik direct door naar de foto’s: http://picasaweb.google.com/ptityeti/HimalRace2013. Ik trok de afgelopen maanden nog eens voor een tijdje naar Nepal. […]
Here’s great news from Ramesh in Hong Kong. The two first teams were from Nepal and finished substantially ahead of the third team from Hong Kong. Congratulations! —– Greetings from Hong Kong. Yesterday the Hong Kong Trailwalkers Race was held with 1200 teams x 4 runners participating supported by 3000 volunteers starting from Sai Kung […]
A great result for Bed Bahadaur Sunuwar who won the first ever marathon Beyul Hyolmo (Helambu) Marathon. There is a race report below in Nepali (PDF) and here in English. The pictures are thanks to journalist Bharat Bandhu Thapa. Congratulations to the race organisers for a successful event! 1st helambu beyul hyolmo marathon report nepali […]
We’re already 5 days into 2011 and finally a brief race report. More information, pictures, times (and splits) and feedback from runners is coming in the next day or two (or three). Before beginning, it’s worth reiterating what we think the essence of the Annapurna 100 race should be so we can see how this year […]
More of a write up coming soon about the Himal race! Meanwhile the results are below and enjoy pictures from Bruno Poirier and a video from Sylvain Bazin. Results Himal Race 2010 (20 stages, 850 km, +31,500 m, – 32,600 m) (from runinlive.com) 1. Phu Dorjee Lama Sherpa : 127 h 22 2. Wouter Hamelinck […]
Blog posts “What I am about to describe is the most beautiful, friendly, entertaining, stunning race I have ever, ever run.” Read more on Moire O’sulivan’s blog (in Irish); “昨日３月２７日、ネパール西部の山岳観光都市ポカラのレイクサイドをスタートする” – no idea what this says, sorry, but it looks beautiful! Read more on Miki Upreti’s blog (in Japanese); and there are more posts here: […]