Ultimate Trails of Penang replaces Penang Eco

Welcome to Ultimate Trails of Penang in the 2020 Asia Trail Master Championship series! The 3rd edition of the event by Endurance Nature substitutes its elder sister Penang Eco in our series and is scheduled for 10/11 October 2020.

The Malaysia programme for ATM 2020 will see a quite lot of changes compared to previous years. The classic Borneo TMBT Ultra remains and its upcoming 10th anniversary already been announced as the new Malaysia SuperTrail, but both Sungai Menyala Forest Trail and Magnificent Merapoh Trail (TMMT) will not be organised this year. With UToP - the abbreviated title of Ultimate Trails of Penang - taking the place of Penang Eco as well, it means we will effectively have four new Malaysia events on our calendar, which we will all reveal in the next few days. Plenty of new trails to discover in other words, and on top of those there will be a handful of 2021 Candidate Races in peninsular and East Malaysia to boot!

Seow Kong Ng and Allan Lee, the men behind Endurance Nature, are proud of Ultimate Trails of Penang and have every reason to be. When ultra legend Seow Kong gets involved, it will always be tough but participants in the previous two editions of UToP have indeed been excited about the race routes. The main event is the 100 km, which has approx 6000 metres of elevation gain. The precise course for the 3rd edition in October will be announced later this month. Of course, the event also has shorter race distance categories as well for the somewhat less ambitious.

As UToP takes place entirely on the island of Penang itself - unlike Penang Eco - this event is very family-friendly and easy-to-get-to. Main city Georgetown has an international airport so there is no immediate need to travel to Kuala Lumpur first. Should you wish to do so nevertheless, there are plenty of domestic flights from KLIA to Georgetown or you can just take one of the frequent and comfortable long distance busses.

Below you can watch the video highlights of last year’s edition.

Registration for 2020 will open soon. Meanwhile, block the date in your calendars!