Kanchenjunga Ultra-Marathon - Race information
- PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION
Registration to the Kanchenjunga running race is only allowed to all competitors who have already had an experience and who can prove it. You have to provide a running race lists where you have participated. The running race has no limited participants.
The principle of the race is semi-self sufficiency. Check posts will be supplied about every 10km with water and/or food to be taken on site.
The sun is rising up above the steaming peaks in the distance. Yellow beams are gently warming up the air. It is not even 5:30am yet and all Marathon fans are already braving the chilly morning for the ultimate challenge. Locals and friends are cheering, holding signs of support and prayer flags. After starting at 6:00am, runners get in a fantastic challenge where endurance and mountain ruggedness are combined to offer an amazing sportive moment of joy in awe-inspiring remote lands.
- Taplejung: 1441 metres (4730 feet)
- Pathibara mountain : 3794 metres (highest point of the race)
- River: Tamur river
Runners head to the top of the Pathibara Mountain at 3,794m altitude and complete the 50km by running down the ridge back to Taplejung.
The Marathon race is usually completed in 4 hours or so by the fastest. The finish line will close at 4:00pm on the race day where enjoyment and sportive challenge are the only goal. The race remains a safe physical challenge designed to provide maximum enjoyment to all. As this is the second edition of the race, there is no records of the Ultra-Marathon time so far.
Along the way, Police and Army officers secure the route assited by volonteers and fans. A medical check point is set every 5/8 kilometers to provide medical assistance or emergency support along the way. Water points provide enough liquid to the participants. We believe each runner has to take his own camelbag filled with water to get sufficient liquid to prevent dehydration on the race.
The Kanchenjunga Ultra-Marathon is a 50km mountain race and a truly spectacular challenge. The trail is a good track, but will be bumpy, dusty, rocky and the running track is uneven surface. Although we do our best to stick to that distance, landslide, rock avalanches or any other acts of God may urge the team to adapt the trail to the altitude terrain.
- 2010 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
The Kanchenjunga Marathon registered 312 participants in 2010, mainly local runners. The 2011 race is the second edition of this spectacular running race and we expect more westerners to explore the region and compete with the Nepalese champions.
