Runner profiles

Originally from Solukhumbu, Pokhara-based Anita Rai is one of Nepal’s strongest up-and-coming trail runners. Her most recent success was a first place finish at the challenging Guerrilla Ultra, a 52 km race in Rukum. And just a month or so before that, she finished second at the Fishtail 50 km, a monster of a race […]

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 […]

[profile] The ups and downs of Anita Rai

[profile] The Nepalese woman whose dream of running changed her life: from having to get married at 16 to shining in trail running