Home runner and 2017 Asia Trail Master Champion Steven Ong has comfortably won the inaugural edition of EcoTrail Putrajaya in Malaysia da solo. The event is a 2020 Asia Trail Master Candidate Race. Steven Ong took control after roughly 25 km and never looked back. Indonesia’s Hendra Siswanto was a challenger initially but took some wrong turns and lost a lot of time, eventually putting him out of the race. Nepalese runner Kajiman Rai was next, but he too missed a marking towards the end during a downpour of rain. Jeffery Budin (MAS) and Yim Heng Fatt benefited and scored second and third on the podium. Rai still made it in fourth, Jacques Pasquier (SUI), who has done every single EcoTrail in the world, was fifth.

Syariffah Syazrah won the women’s 80km, her debut on that race distance. Running consistently and smart, she stayed out of trouble. An impressive ultra debut for the young Malaysian. Experienced runners Faherina Mohd Esa and Tan Hongping came in jointly as second and third as the sky had opened the gates again.

50km: Singapore-based Spaniard Pablo Diago Gonzales won it in 5h43’26”. Early leader Liau Chin Lee was second and Saiful Iswadi came third. Siti Khadijah was number one in the women’s race after playing yo-yo with Indonesia’s Ina Budiyarni, who then got lost and had to settle for third. Goh Joo Sing was second.

EcoTrail is a brand concept event hailing from France focusing on eco-sustainability and raising environmental awareness. The event in Putrajaya was the first EcoTrail in Asia and set to return on 17 October 2020.

Syariffah Syazrah was a great winner in the female race over 80 km

Steven Ong on the way to victory in EcoTrail Putrajaya / Photo credit: Fadil Othman

Grandmaster Ina Budiyarni looked like the fastest, but missed a marking and lost time.

Siawhua Lim came in fourth on her traditional slipper shoes

Faherina Mohd Esa and Renee Tan enjoyed their joint-run in the pouring rain at the end

We are pleased to welcome another new Candidate Race - for the 2021 Championship series - in Vietnam, currently the country where trail running is booming the most. The Cau Dat Farm Ultra is organised by the crew that brought you Tam Dao in 2017 and is taking place near Dalat in the Southwest of Vietnam. The Cau Dat Farm Ultra will be held on 2 February 2020.

Taking place around the oldest tea farm in Vietnam, established and developed for nearly 100 years, Cau Dat Farm Ultra Trail (CDFUT) invites runners to enjoy the cool Spring weather in green tea hills and immense flower fields. There is a choice of distance between 5km, 15km, 35km or 55km featuring gently sloping paths, and running along the unbroken forests that adorn this plateau. 

In addition, February is the cherry blossom season, blooming on both sides of the road, sometimes intermingling with a few white flower clusters... The event thus offers a breathtaking trail route near Da Lat and on Lunar New Year's Day!

Check the event website and go to the race registration page

After Solang Sky Ultra in the north of the huge country, the 2nd edition of the SRT Ultra in India’s southwest on 8 December is now a 2020 Asia Trail Master Candidate Race. The application underlines the growing enthusiasm for international trail running in India and we are looking forward to having our first ATM Championship points race in the country soon.

One of our frequent contributors at ATM actually took part in the inaugural edition of SRT Ultra last year and returned home with satisfaction. The SRT stands for Sinhagad, Rajgad and Torna: three historic forts on an ancient route that are protected monuments of the Maharashtra State Archeology Department. The event takes place in Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is famous for the Maratha empire of the 17th century India. The ultra marathon takes place in the south-west of the town of Pune which is known as the Sahyadri mountain range. The longest distance category will be 53 km with 2320 elevation gain. The beauty of the SRT Ultra Marathon course is that it is a point-to-point route, without any loops. So every moment will be a new experience in the heart of the Sahyadri mountains. Runners will pass through evergreen mountains, dense forests with abundance of flora and fauna.

SRT Ultra is highly challenging in the sense that almost 70% of the marathon route comprises of technical trails, rocks, mud, scree, grass & roots, at an average altitude of 1000 metres. The SRT Ultra not just involves mountain running, but also considerable amount of climbing, which is encountered while ascending as well as descending one of the most pristine locations in Pune.

3 RUNNING CATEGORIES:

• Sinhagad Half Vertical Kilometre: 11km with elevation gain of 700 meters ASL. (Distance & previous route subject to change)

• Sinhagad to Rajgad (S2R): 25km with elevation gain of around 1000+ meters ASL. (Distance & previous route subject to change)

• Sinhagad Rajgad Torna (SRT): 53km with elevation gain of 2320+ meters ASL. (Distance & previous route subject to change)

Check out the event website and the SRT Ultra Facebook Page .

Registration is available on 2 websites:

1. India Running (individual) https://events.indiarunning.com/Event/Details/SRTULTRAMARATHON/3142

2. Townscript (group discount of 10% on a group of 3 or more runners) https://www.townscript.com/e/srt-ultra-marathon-331030

Video trailers and presentations can be seen below:

While all the Championship and Grandmaster Quest runners were focused on Ultra Trail Chiang Rai in Thailand last weekend, a 2020 Asia Trail Master Candidate Race unfolded in Malaysia at the same time. The Great Malaya Trail lived up on its pre-race promise of being ‘probably the toughest’ ultra in the country, and the very wet weather early on was not even needed for that. The 100 km had 6600m of elevation gain and went through three states: Selangor - Pahang - Negeri Sembilan. The eventual race winner - former Asia Trail Master Champion Arief Wismoyono from Bandung, Indonesia - needed 22 hours and 20 minutes to complete the course. As Arief said himself afterwards, ‘harder than anything he has done before in Malaysia’ , and he even compares it with some of the renowned extreme trail running events in his own country. Fandhi Achmad, also a known mountaineer and technical trail runner from Indonesia, came in second twenty minutes later.

It is clear that the Great Malaya Trail appeals to the hardcore trail runner. Only 19 finishers on the 100 km of roughly 100 starters, and only two women. However, the finishing rate on the 50 km was much higher at even 80%. The extra bits on the double distance therefore clearly seem to make the difference. Participants were also happy with the event organisation and services. The experienced event organisers from Team Pacat did have a hard time as well as heavy rainfall forced them to cancel the short distance categories of 30 km and 16 km - usually the categories with most paying registrants. It is very brave of a trail organiser to make that decision and Team Pacat deserves a lot of credit for that.

Ahmad Aqua Bin Othman completed the men’s podium of the 100k in 24h50. The two women into the finish were Sammy Yiaw in 30h49 and Izzah Hazirah in 33h26.

Despite all the challenges faced by the organisation, the Great Malaya Trail made a solid debut and those who like the rough’n tough will look forward to the next edition, now scheduled for end of September 2020. It is not yet decided whether or not the event becomes a points race in the 2020 Asia Trail Master Championship. All Malaysian slots on our ATM calendar are currently occupied, but one or two are yet to be guaranteed, so stay tuned for news on this one.

2015 ATM Champion Arief Wismoyono is still going strong on the toughest of terrains

We are pleased to announce that EcoTrail Al Ula, the first trail running event in Saudi Arabia, will have a points race in the 2020 Asia Trail Master Championship series. The first edition of EcoTrail Al Ula is set for 8 February 2020 and features the standard race distances of the renowned European EcoTrail brand: 80km, 50km and 10km. The 80 km is the race that matters for the ATM point seekers, be it for the Championship or the Grandmaster Quest. Asia Trail Master’s General Manager Kris is part of the technical organisation of this exciting new event, which has the objective of developing sport and tourism in the beautiful area of AlUla area in the northwest of the country, known for its prehistoric and rich cultural sites.

EcoTrail events offer real eco-responsible nature race courses that are accessible to all types of runners. This implies that the races will indeed be of the speedy kind with technical sections rather limited and mainly occurring on the 80k long distance race.

As the official EcoTrail website explains: ‘The concept of the EcoTrail® was born from the desire to create REAL ECO-RESPONSIBLE NATURE RACE COURSES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL in major emblematic cities and their suburbs. These events aim at highlighting THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT of a region, emphasizing the importance of RESPECTING THE EVIRONMENT as well as PROMOTING TRAIL RUNNING & OUTDOOR SPPORT. With various places already involved, we want to prove that organizing mass events can go hand in hand with ECO-RESPONSIBILITY and CONVIVIALITY, and that a city can also become a place fit for nature race courses. Each destination offers its own trail running events on short and long distances, but also Nordic walking and hiking events. Each event must have a universal dimension and be committed to our cause.’

The first Al Ula sporting event takes place as part of the Winter at Tantora Festival to promote tourism and culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There will therefore be several activities taking place in the time around the running event. For Asia Trail Master, it will be the first time a points race will be held so far west in Asia and on the Arabian peninsula.

Registration for the races is already open via our familiar platform of Race Timing Solutions in Hong Kong. Please also check the recently introduced new visa policies for entering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Runners will be able to get assistance for their visa requirements should this be needed. To get to Al Ula, you can fly international to Riyadh and connect domestically, or fly to Jeddah and arrange bus or car transport. All these details can already be checked on the official EcoTrai Al Ula website.

Fantastic sunset pictures can be taken at Al Ula

The terrain is much more than “just” desert. This is Elephant Rock, start place of the 50k.

The 80K course will have a few technical sections and more elevation gain as well

John Ellis defeated Hisashi Kitamura in a straight battle that went on for 60 km to the finish line. Milton Amat and Sukrit Kaewyoun had been distanced, and the two trail stars went head-to-head for the Asia Trail Master Championship lead and the prestiguous race win in Chiang Rai. The battle goes into the history books of ATM and Asian trail running in general, as Ellis regains the Championship lead with a 75-point gap over Kitamura going into the last six weeks. Milton Amat was third in Chiang Rai, but the Sabahan did well and is anything but count out yet for this year’s championship campaign.

Christine Loh from Malaysia scored her second ATM race victory of the season and is now a serious challenger for the ATM title. One of her rivals for the title, Fredelyn Alberto, had to be content with second place.

Wilsen Singgin won the Ultimate 230K race ahead of female champion Xie Wenfei.

The Classic 125K of Ultra Trail Chiang Rai, the Thailand SuperTrail event in this season’s Asia Trail Master Championship series, promises to be an all-out battle between the current top 3 in the points ranking and the number 6, who’s in better shape than ever. Hisashi Kitamura, John Ellis , Milton Amat and Sukrit Kaewyoun are set to treat all trail running fans across Asia and beyond to a fast & furious, but undoubtedly fair competition like we do no see enough in this sport. Kitamura is the Championship leader with 50 points advantage over Ellis, but the Hong Kong-based Australian has better improvement margins than his Japanese contender from Team Uglow Malaysia. T8-runner Ellis can boost his total points tally by no fewer than 125 points in Chiang Rai this weekend if he wins the battle. That would put him on top and the others on the backfoot. (note: as per ATM rules, only a runner’s best five results are taken into account for the total ranking. Ellis’ current 5th best is ‘only’ 425 points for 5th in CMU and 3rd in SMFT. A win in Chiang Rai earns a runner 550 points. By comparison, Kitamura’s 5th best is already a 500-pointer, so he can earn a maximum of 50 points only). Hisashi KItamura may be in the lead, but his foe - whom he considers also his ‘big example’ - John Ellis holds the key to the next chapter of the 2019 Asia Trail Master Championship. If Kitamura wins and Ellis finishes second, the points gap between then will still be reduced to just 25 with all still left to play for in the final couple of races of the season. If Kitamura does NOT win, and Ellis arrives back in Singha Park in the top 3 of the race he will always be the new points leader unless Kitamura comes in ahead of him in second place. Meanwhile, the hungry dog waiting patiently in the shadow to run away with the highest prize bone could indeed very well be Milton Amat.

The Sabahan grabbed his most prestigious and by all means best victory of his trail career in his home race Borneo TMBT 100 five weeks ago. Already for months, Amat is displaying incredible maturity, speed and resilience on the trails of the ATM circuit. In the Championship, he chases the two others by 125 and 75 points respectively, and even though in no scenario can he claim the points lead, just like John Ellis Amat has margins for improvement that Kitamura just does not have. MIlton Amat therefore looks like a Kingmaker who could still be crowned King himself at the end of the final running battle in Taiping, Malaysia, on 14 December. For the latter to happen, though, for sure he better beats his title opponents in Chiang Rai to avoid seeing the points gap open too widely.

Home favourite Sukrit Kaewyoun did not have the pace in the early season to compete for the race victories, but has made a step forward in the last two months that was proven with his podium result in UT Chiang Mai ahead of e.g. Job Tanapong. It will be interesting to see what the strategy of Sukrit will be in his attempt to get on the podium of his country’s SuperTrail and get back in the top 5 of the Championship ranking, a spot he lost two weeks ago when Koi Grey scored third place on Mt Talinis in Philippines.

In the women’s 125K Classic race in Chiang Rai, Fredelyn Alberto, Christine Loh and Ces Wael will contest the victory and take as many points as possible in the absence of Championship leader Asuka Nakajima. The latter may have a more comfortable position than her male counterpart and compatriot, but not making the journey to Thailand could turn out to be a miscalculation later on. Nakajima can never lose her points lead this weekend as her 136-points advantage is too large for Alberto to beat, but the Filipino can bring it all down to a mere 13 points with a race win and then she would still have good improvement margins in the same manner as described above for Ellis and Amat. Turn it around and if Nakajima were here and win UTCR 125, it could have been ‘books closed’ for many female contenders except the inevitable Veronika Vadovicova, who is waiting in the trenches for Izu Trail Journey and TNF MMTF Malaysia. Alas, the Championship competition for women remains exciting as well. Christine Loh can even join that debate in full if she scores a second race victory after taking UT Chiang Mai end of August. The same goes for another Filipino up-and-comer, Ces Wael, who only a fortnight ago took her maiden win at the Mt Talinis Mountain Ultra. Ever improving, we are excited to find out what Wael can do on the ultra distance of 125k in a country not hers and a trail that is generally runable. Not in contention for the title, but always a podium candidate if she doesn’t run passed herself is Jess Lintanga. For the home crowd in Thailand, hopes for the podium are being put on Natthanan Matthanang and Kanlaya Srinantawong.

A win or Milton would be desirable: he needs the points more than Kitamura and Ellis at this moment

Fredelyn Alberto is looking to bridge the gap to Championship leader Nakajima to just 13 points

Jess Lintanga will aim to go once more out of her own comfort zone on the 125K race distance

The 3rd edition of Ultra Trail Chiang Rai in the north of Thailand brings together a lot of trail talent from across the continent including most of this year’s Asia Trail Master Championship protagonists. It is not for nothing the Thailand SuperTrail. On the programme are two A-races, the Ultimate 230km - the longest points race in the Championship - and the Classic 124 km (race preview tomorrow). Contenders-in-need of extra bonus points - the 100 miles+ bonus - are gambling to tackle that mega distance in 60 hours. Among them ATM Champion Alessandro Sherpa, homeboy Job Tanapong and Tomohiro Mizukoshi. They are joined by other top runners such as Noy Gentoleo, Wilsen Singgin, Abimanyu Shunmugan, Yotchai Chaipromma and Robert Butcher, who knows the terrain in Chiang Rai very well and was on the podium of the 122K race here two years ago.

Sherpa is not convinced he is making the right choice because he would be a top candidate to win the 124K race. It is certainly brave that he wants to give the 230K - a distance even he has never done before - a try. If he were to manage to win it this weekend, it would be close to a miraculous comeback within a time span of just a few weeks. Many had already written the Italian off for this ATM season, after two consecutive DNFs in Mantra Summits and Magnificent Merapoh Trail, but a second place on Mt Talinis gave him the mental boost he probably needed a bit. A win in the Ultimate 230K is worth 600 ATM Championship points bringing his total to 2075. That’s a standard race win away from equalling Hisashi KItamura’s current points lead…

Thailand’s Job Tanapong is in a similar situation after a somewhat disappointing UT Chiang Mai result - fourth. The NKOTB scored 1450 points so far in three races, 25 less than Sherpa. Tanapong also still has UT Panoramic on his programme before the final in TNF MMTF in Malaysia on 14 December. But at the race briefing this afternoon, Tanapong claimed he is opting for the “slow-pace” 230K instead of the “fast-pace” 124K as he is carrying a hamstring injury. If he fails to finish this weekend, it will be all or nothing for him in the aforementioned last two ATM Championship races of the season - just like Veronika Vadovicova in the women’s.

Tomohiro Mizukoshi was a great third in last year’s championship and currently ranks fifth after what has been a tough season for the Tokyo runner - also plagued by smaller and bigger injuries now and again. Chiang Rai should be a course that suits him, though, and the distance should also not deter him - see his Penang Eco 100 miles last June - second and his best race result of 2019.

Jag Lanante, the fantastic Filipino based in Thailand who won the 230 last year in just over 37 hours is unfortunately not starting the race tomorrow. due to injury.

The women’s Ultimate 230K also has an impressive list of starters and podium contenders. China’s Xie Wenfei is tipped by many as the biggest favourite for the victory, but the colourful runner from Guangdong has also never been close to that distance. This year, she was 3rd in Ultimate Tsaigu last April - the Chinese partner race of UTCR. Thailand’s Montha Suntornwit won the race a year ago and is certainly a candidate to repeat that feat. Habiba Benahmed is not afraid of ultra long distances and usually keeps a solid pace throughout, just like Malaysia’s Siokhar Lim - one of this season’s new ATM Grandmasters and even #4 in the Championship ranking. Been Lee from Korea is not to underestimated neither.

We will be reporting live from the Ultimate 230 in Chiang Rai as of the start at 5 am on Friday morning. There is also a live tracking of elites via GPS provided by Dot Track Asia.

Job Tanapong

Montha Suntornwit

Xie Wenfei

Wilsen Singgin

Habiba Benahmed

Siokhar ‘Steel’ Lim

Last weekend we also had the pleasure of the first Asia Trail Master Candidate Race in India! A large new country is slowly opening up to the trail running world and the Solang Sky Ultra in the “Hell Race series” is a great example of what India has to offer to ultra trail runners. The Solang valley is indeed very remote in the north of the country, but very rewarding and the event was a grand success. The Indian Himalayas saw amazing athletes prepared to grit it out on technical terrains. Perhaps the best known Indian runner in Asia and a Grandmaster to boot, Shashwat Rao, managed to win his home race in 23:21:04 for the 100K. The 60K was won by Nupur Singh in 9:46:48.

Stay tuned for more details on the Solang Sky race in 2020.

Full results on https://www.townscript.com/e/solang-skyultra-021131/results

Kristian Joergensen has won his second ATM points race win in his running career in a difficult Mt Talinis Mountain Ultra on Negros Oriental in the southern Philippines. The Manila-based Dane ran together with Davao’s surprisingly quick Arnie Macaneras for 50k, until the Filipino left aid station 7 at the end of the mountain descent half a minute slower than Joergensen. Macaneras apparently felt the pressure and then somehow took a wrong turn, which eliminated his chances for victory. Joergensen’s time was 10:14 unofficially. It was a pity to see Macaneras quitting the race after going the wrong way. A second place would have been his and a podium picture alongside Joergensen and Sherpa would have put him on the Asian trail map with opportunities to come. Unfortunately, now he is just a footnote in the race story. Asia Trail Master Champion Alessandro Sherpa therefore finished in second place, adding 450 useful ATM Championship points to his tally. As in Borneo TMBT, the Italian was only a minute, two minutes behind the leading duo for the first half of the race, yet somehow did not bridge that gap and eventually lost more terrain. Still, for Sherpa it is an important result as he keeps his title ambitions alive, even though he will be needing a win soon and preferably in a SuperTrail (Thailand or Japan, or the ATM Final in Malaysia). Baguio’s Koi Grey is the highest ranked male Filipino runner in this year’s ATM Championship and after a conservative early phase, made his way up the leaderboard. Nobody descends a mountain faster than Koy Grey but even Talinis was a tough one for him. He caught the very solid Noy Gentoleo only after the most technical parts but still he stormed to the podium and grabbed third place. Koy Grey moves back into the Championship top five. Noy Gentoleo came in as fourth. 

The women’s race saw a first ATM career win for Ces Wael from Manila. Ces Cornista Wael was also the dominant force in the race, but she made her own life hard by taking a wrong turn towards the end and losing heaps of time. As such, Bangkok-based Elviemma Catabay actually managed to catch up still. Nevertheless, Ces Wael claimed victory and she is now a superb third in the ATM Championship ranking. That’s impressive as she has been working very hard to get to this competitive level. A lot of people were very happy to see the women’s podium being completed by Grandmaster and Filipino trail icon. Cheryl Bihag. When the going gets tough, Cheryl’s always right up there at the end. Even established and younger podium runners such as Melanie Hingpit were unable to match her pace on and around Mount Talinis.

Before the start, Kristian and Alessandro were already discussing war strategy

First ATM race victory for the ever-improving Cecile Wael

Koi Grey managed to overtake Noy Gentoleo at the end to grab third place

Hydration and nutrition were key this weekend. Grandmaster Richard Akol did well and scored solid

One group of the 333 runners who started the 70K and 50K race categories this weekend

Talinis is a technical mountain, so no wonder even Spartan athletes are joining the race

It is commonly said that a true champion never buries the hatchet until the fight is really over. After a difficult start of his 2019 campaign, recovering from a surgical measure that took longer to heal than expected, Asia Trail Master Champion Alessandro Sherpa certainly wants to live up to the stereotype as he enters Mount Talinis Mountain Ultra in Negros Oriental, Philippines, this Sunday. Already written off by several people, the charismatic Italian has a lot of points to catch if he wishes to retain his ATM title, but mathematically it is still possible and so he races. After a strong victory in Penang Eco 100K at the end of June, Sherpa suffered two DNFs (Mantra Summits Challenge and Magnificent Merapoh Trail) that have made his ATM championship journey a tough one. A third place in Borneo TMBT, albeit behind his title rivals Milton Amat and Hisashi Kitamura, were a sign of hope but he will need more and better race placings. Still, more than anyone else perhaps he knows that a succession of strong results in the last three months can do wonders. A year ago it was Spain’s Salva Rambla who did just that to take the battle to Sherpa all the way until the final in Izu Trail Journey. That is the mindset Sherpa - already in Philippines since a few days - will bring to the start in Valencia, a town not far from Dumaguete, the main city on Negros Oriental, an island in the southern Philippines that hosts an ATM points race for the first time ever.

A popular Candidate Race last season, the 70k race across one of the country’s biggest mountains (peak at 1903m) is a technical one if the weather turns wet, which is always a possibility. The main race starts at an unusual time of 11 pm Saturday night, making it a predominantly dark race for the protagonists. Sherpa will not get the victory presented on a silver platter. In the southern Philippines we have seen the sudden emergence of great running talent over the past years in ATM, and there’s some established contenders on the start list in any case. Manila-based Dane Kristian Joergensen is in the best running shape of his life this year and will definitely push Sherpa forward - if not put him on the backfoot. Joergensen so far has only 1 ATM result behind his name, 2nd in Cordillera Mountain Ultra, so he currently plays no role in the Championship. However, what counts for Sherpa also counts for him: it ain’t over until it’s over. Nevertheless, the highest ranked male in Talinis will be Luzon’s Koi Grey - who himself is also running better than ever since his surprise comeback ten months ago. Koi Grey is sixth in the point standings and is keeping the filipino honours high in the men’s competition this season. Koi is best on the medium distance, so Sherpa and Joergensen better watch out.

Roy Gentoleo is by all means a podium candidate on a good day. Carlo Chiong and Arnie Macaneras: the same.

In the women’s, we will be looking at Ces Wael to propel herself back inside the top five of the ATM Championship. Third place if she scores a race victory this weekend, which would be her first ever. If she finishes second in Valencia, she will move alongside Malaysia’ Siokhar Lim in the ranking. Ces Wael, from the northern Philippines, is one of those runners who keeps getting better and more competitive by the month. This weekend she will need to compete with Melanie Hingpit and Maria Sepe, amongst others, for that maiden race victory.

We will be reporting live from the Mt Talinis Mountain Ultra on Negros Oriental all weekend via our usual social media channels.

Kristian Joergensen is always a dangerman in his resident country Philippines

Alessandro Sherpa has not given up on his 2019 ATM title bid just yet

Koi Grey, now 6th, will aim to get back into the ATM Championship Top 5 as leading Filipino male runner.

In-form Ces Wael could very well be scoring her first career ATM points race victory on Sunday

Outsider: Roy Gentoleo

Outsider: Melanie Hingpit

A lot of events in Malaysia are keen on joining the Asia Trail Master Championship series and EcoTrail Putrajaya on Saturday, 26 October is the third Candidate Race in the country this season. While The Great Malaya Trail the weekend before is food for technical trail lovers, this one in Putrajaya caters for pure runners. The traditional categories of the EcoTrail brand events are on offer: 80km, 50km, 30km and 15km. For pure beginners even a 5km is on the programme, so the whole family can take part in the event.

It will be the first ever EcoTrail-branded event in Asia and the technical organisation is in the hands of Ten Senses, who brought you TMMT. EcoTrail has grown to a premier event brand in Europe with environmentally conscious races in Europe’s capital cities such as Paris, Madrid, Florence, Geneva, Stockholm, Brussels and Oslo.

“Trail running comes to the city” is the main slogan of EcoTrail. Start and finish will be in the city centre, and from there the course will lead through parks, forests, hillsides and along rivers and lakes. This is a very runable race that will please the road runners who like to get a taste of off-road running.

Registration is open via Ticket2u .

For more details check out the official website.