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 1992) with almost 9,000 meters (29,000 feet) of elevation at high altitude.
I couldn’t find much on this race before participating in it, so I documented the entire experience, from acclimatizing in Kathmandu with a hike in Shivapuri National Park to showing what happens when you breathe in too much of that harsh desert air. (Cue me collapsing in a guesthouse bed.)
Hope it helps or is interesting for any runners considering a trip to Nepal! Also happy to answer any questions about the race. Cheers!
– Joe Baur, commenting on this reddit post.
If you want to see more of the landscape of Mustang, patiently videoed by a hiker with plenty of time and a drone, then enjoy this:
To find out more about the Mustang Trail Race, visit the website here: https://mustangtrailrace.com/
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