The final points race in Thailand of the 2022 Asia Trail Master season saw a number of great performances by emerging trail runners, as the local and regional trail elites were competing 60 km further south in the trail world championship. Doi Nhok Trail in Wang Nuea also stood out for its wonderful event management by a redesigned teelakow team, including the impressively stocked aid stations (pizza!) and start/finish arena set-up. The many hundreds of participating runners will also remember DNT for the tough race courses, providing a mixture of runable sections and extremely technical single trails that made running hardly feasible. The latter translated into a very long day for those people on the longer distance categories.

The 124 km and 58 km races were the chosen categories for the ATM Championship ranking. The male and female winners Arnon Srimat and Areerat Kareeklin ensured themselves of a spot on Team Thailand for the ATM Championship Final on Mount Apo next month. Srimat was third in UTKC earlier this year, and was in a league of his own last Saturday at Doi Nhok. His finish time of 29 hours 10 minutes nevertheless was an indication of the difficulty of the terrain. Second and third on the podium went to Phanlop Deechob and Somsak Jaejong. Areerat Kareeklin already won UTKC 70 in March, and thus scored her second ATM race win of 2022. On the podium with her were Sirinapa Phimklang and Srida Pheunghua.

On the 58 km we had a strong Malaysian winner who therefore managed to get into his national team for the ATM Finals. Amir Zaki shrugged off the disappointment of his DNF at UTOP last month by taking his first ATM race victory, more than one hour ahead of Chaisak Wangsnam and Nuttapong Sreedach. The fastest woman came next, fourth overall, and hailed from Ireland: Rachel Nolan. She proved too strong for the other women in the field, of whom Srinual Kanta and Prapaphan Thongsao completed the podium.

The 100 miles category, considered the most extreme miler in Thailand and beyond, was won by Germany’s Stefan Boeck in over 36 hours. Strongest woman was Thanussarinya Thaviphan in 53 hours.

A double ATM race winner in 2022: Areerat Kareeklin takes the 124 km race at Doi Nhok

Ireland’s Rachel Nolan was clearly the fastest woman on the 58 km despite severe stomach issues the day before the race

Chaisak Wangsnam and Nuttapong Sreedach were second and third behind Amir Zaki on the 58 km

It’s busy weeks on the ATM circuit and the trail racing continues this weekend with the final points race in Thailand for 2022, the Doi Nhok Trail near Chiang Mai. The second edition of this event unfortunately threatens to be overhadowed by the WMTRC event, which got rescheduled from last year to this weekend and which also takes place in the Chiang Mai area. Some of the biggest names in ATM and in Thailand, and other neighbouring countries and regions, e.g. John Ellis, Milton Amat, Jeff Campbell, Ezster Csillag, Sally Yap, Ruth Theresia, John Ray Onifa and Jay Jantaraboon have received the opportunity to measure themselves on a global stage. As a consequence, we expect instead to discover several new faces at Doi Nhok Trail. The start list of the event is in any case very long. The list of race distance categories is unfortunately also very long. ATM Championship points will be scored on the 125k and the 58 km races. But runners on the Grandmaster Quest can do 80km, 125km or even 100 miles.

Last weekend’s 9 Dragons in Langkawi, an ATM Candidate Race label event, saw a very nice victory by Andy Chong Chi Lee on the main 50/50 category, that is 50 miles on Saturday and 50 km on Sunday. Lee made the difference on Sunday, when he distanced Singapore’s Lem Chee Ng - with whom he had finished together a day earlier. Siokhar Lim was, as expected, the only female finisher of the 50/50. Francesco Floris ran with her quite a bit to be third in the men’s. The 50 miles single race was won by Ben Hails and Law Bee Chiao. The 50k single race went to Radzi Mokhtar and Gladys Ang.

The plagued Malaysia Mountain Trail Festival in Taiping has now been forced to reschedule the event date as a consequence of Malaysia’s national elections taking place on the original weekend of 19/20 November. MMTF is now set for one week later. Both the 100km and 50km races have a very competitive field of entrants, hopefully most of them can still make it on the new date. Along with Malnad Ultra in India, Cordillera Mountain Ultra in Philippines and Izu Trail Journey in Japan, MMTF is one of the final points races for the 2022 ATM rankings, and thus opportunity for runners to get into their national country team for the ATM Championship Final on Mount Apo in Davao, Philippines, on 17 December.

A media conference on the Mount Apo Sky Race event was held in Davao City this week and can be watched here.

Runners who are currently in the Top of their country ranking will receive all details on the event in the coming days. As previously announced, all qualifiers will get free race entry for the 75k Final race, free 3-night accommodation, free country team t-shirts, and free airport shuttle services from/to Davao City.

Andy Chong Chi Lee scored a very nice victory in the 50/50 of the 9 Dragons Langkawi

Credit: teelakow/UTCM

Japan’s Yuta Matsuyama repeated his 2019 victory at Ultra Trail Chiang Mai in Thailand last weekend and added 500 valuable ATM Championship points to his 2022 tally. Matsuyama was pushed nearly all the way by Singapore’s Deric Lau, who somehow was running even pace but could not come any closer than ten minutes. After a 5th place at Cameron Ultra last month, Lau now scored his first ATM race podium and certainly is one to watch in the upcoming races and potential leader for Team Singapore in the ATM Finals in December. Matsuyama finishing time was 13 hours. Third place went to Germany’s Olaf Stuermer, just ahead of Norway’s Eirik Knudsen in 14h46.. Malaysia’s Nancy Lem Chee Ng was fifth in a 105k points race where Thailand’s competitive home runners were remarkably absent. Not so in the women’s category, however, as Chonlada Kappiyanand scored her second ATM points race win of the 2022 season in 17h00’. She was clearly the strongest with a 3-hour gap to her compatriot Chanchaya Naphawanroed. Japan’s Maeno Yuuka took third on the podium.

A Thai woman also won the second and shorter 65k points race of the UTCM event. Sutinee Rasp was 25 minutes faster than Malaysia’s Halimatun Sa’adiah, who ended up on an ATM podium for the third time this season already. Sa’adiah is therefore also the new leader in the Malaysian ATM women’s ranking. Srinual Kanta from Thailand was third, just a minute behind Sa’adiah.

The men’s race was won in impressive style by Bangkok-based Indonesian Rama Astra Bramastana, nicknamed ‘Rambo’. A still young trail runner who has been steadily improving and who has used the covid crisis to become more competitive. He was 47 minutes faster on the 65k course than second-placed Hungarian Miklos Viczena and 1h25’ faster than third -placed Yuthakan Mana. Bramastana won in 8h02’ and is suddenly in the mix now for qualification in Team Indonesia for the ATM Finals.

Credit: teelakow/UTCM - ‘Rambo’ Rama Astra Bramastana wins the 65k race in impressive style

Credit: teelakow/UTCM - Halimatun Sa’adiah scores her 3rd ATM podium of the 2022 season!

Three years after the first edition of ‘Kiss the Rain’ - the nickname of the Ultra Trail Chiang Mai event - runners are again gathering at the Ban Noen Wittaya school, a couple of hours outside Chiang Mai City this weekend. Despite the predicted rainfall - it’s wet season - a lot of trail runners are attracted by the conditions and will toe the line in one of six race categories. Two of those matter for the ATM Championship points and the Grandmaster Quest. Competitive runners are aiming for the 104km and 65km races, GM chasers need to focus on the new 100 miles and the 104km. A lot of categories of course means the competitive field is spread out. It is great to see that the 2019 race winner of the 104km, Japan’s Yuta Matsuyama, is returning to Thailand to try and repeat his victory. He is joined by his partner Yuuka Maeno, who could be a podium candidate herself in the women’s race. She will have some stern competition from Malaysia’s Siokhar Lim and UTKC 100 winner Chonlada Kappiyanond. The former only three weeks ago completed the brutal Transnaning Adventure Challenge, but we know Siokhar Lim is able to digest a lot of mileage and elevation in a short timeframe. Moreover, she took part in UTCM already three years ago. Kappiyanond is one of the new names in Thailand, and with another strong race result could already secure her spot in Team Thailand for the ATM Championship Final on 17 December at Mt Apo in Philippines. Another woman who can boost her chances of entering her country’s team for that ATM Final, is Malaysia’s Halimatun Saadiah. With two third places this season already, she is aiming for at least the same in the 65km race this weekend. As usual in Thailand with such a huge population of trail runners, we will be getting to know many new names, too.

2019 Race Winner Yuta Matsuyama likes to mix the wet with the dry. This year he ran EcoTrail AlUla in Saudi

Singapore’s Deric Lau has a great and consistent run at Cultra last month with a 5th place as a result

Malaysia’s Siokhar Lim will be one of the favourites in the women’s race against Bangkok’s Chonlada Kappiyanond

On the 65k, Halimatun Saadiah continues her impressive first ATM season

The third confirmed Thailand event in the 2022 Asia Trail Master Championship series is Doi Nhok Trail on 5/6 November. It’s the second official edition after 2019, and the first time it is part of our calendar. DNT, as it is commonly called, is organised by the same team as a.o. UTKC, UT Chiang Mai and UT Panoramic, i.e. Teelakow. As has become common in Thailand, trail runners can choose between an abundance of race distance categories. However, in the context of the ATM Championship rankings, the focus can be maximum on two of those and at DNT the spotlights will be on the 125 km and the 60 km categories. Both have the same status, so the winners collect 500 points. The Grandmaster Quest challengers can opt for the 80K and 100 miles as well to bank a point.

‘A Beautiful Nightmare’ is the slogan of the event and it probably describes the race course accurately. Elevation gain is substantial, making DNT on paper among the toughest races on the ATM tour this season. The 125km category has 6300 hm and the 60km (actually 58km) is just shy of 3000 hm. That’s a lot of uphill climbing, but fortunately teelakow is known for being very considerate with their cut-off times.

The online registration has been open for a while, but now that traveling to Thailand is again increasingly straightforward, DNT is on the radar of many international runners, too. Follow the link below to secure your bib.

More details on the race courses will become available very soon.

Thailand-based Briton George Burkin is a strong new winner of UTKC 100 in a time of 13:13:15. Narin Kongsiri finished in second place 43 minutes later and Arnon Srimat was in third, one hour and twenty minutes back. UTKC 100 was the opener of the new ATM Championship season. The event on Koh Chang island in the south of Thailand saw an incredible number of 3500 registrants. Due to ongoing covid mitigation efforts, certainly not everyone turned up at the starting line but it was a great feast nonetheless! In the absence of Jay Jantaraboon and Sanya Khancai, both on the start list provided by the event organiser but not in the race, the trio of runners that scored the podium was actually in the leading positions all night and day. For George Burkin it’s his first ATM podium and victory.

Chonlada Kappiyanond was another newcomer on the ATM scene and a great winner of the women’s race. She managed her race beautifully as a few others faded in the second half. At the finish, Chonlada Kappiyanond turned up fifth overall and one hour and 28 minutes (!!!) ahead of experienced Grandmaster Montha Suntornwit of The T8 Team! Here I am! Montha Suntornwit ran a smart race herself and moved up the leaderboard as the race went on, as is often the case with the established ultra runner. She came into the finish together wth Sawangjit Saengow of Thailand’s Team Instinct. . Chanchaya naphawanroed scored 4th and UTCR 230 winner Kanlaya Thongfachailai of Team La Sportiva Thailand was in 5th place.

On the 70km there’s a Thai race winner with Danon Rattanatumrong. He was 27 minutes faster than Norwegian Eirik Knudsen and Somjai Pesri of Thailand. As the 100k and 70k were evenly rated in terms of ATM Championship points, that implies Danon Rattanatumrong tops the Thai national ranking with 500 points ahead of Narin Kongsiri with 450.

In the women’s race victory went to Areerat Kareeklin ahead of Suphalak Kotapae and Payungjit Kosopa, all three from the home country.

The next ATM points race in Thailand is scheduled to be Ultra Trail Chiang Mai at the end of August.

photo credit: UTKC official

George Burkin wins the men’s 100 km

An impressive introduction to Chonlada Kappiyanond, winner of the women’s 100 km

At last, we have arrived. The first trail race weekend of what currently promises to be an exciting new season of the Asia Trail Master Championship series - the first after 2019. UTKC, Ultra Trail Koh Chang, is the event and venue for the opener in Thailand tomorrow. An event with 100k and 70k race categories relevant for points, and one that brought us several fantastic runs in the past. While the big majority of participants will still be residents of Thailand, there are international athletes who have taken the step to travel and face the remaining covid-19 mitigation measures. It’s the start of a new season and one is quick - perhaps despite knowing better - to call it ‘post-pandemic’ , but unfortunately many people are still in no position to cross country borders or even take part in running events at all. Consider, for instance, Hong Kong, home city of our last two and actually still reigning ATM Champions John Ellis and Veronika Vadovicova. Nevertheless, UTKC inspires growing confidence that ‘real’ trail running events are on the return in Asia. In fact, there’s three more events on the calendar for the next two weekends, too. Borneo Ultra Trail Marathon in Malaysia, EcoTrail AlUla in Saudi Arabia and last but not least Dalat Ultra Trail in Vietnam. It may be later than usual, but safe to say that the 2022 ATM Championship is flagging off with a bang!

The road to the ATM Championship conclusion will see over 25 points races throughout the continent between now and 17 December, date of the final event at a location soon to be officially announced. In between, we will have several Candidate Races as well. New events that have applied for a spot on our championship calendar next year or after. It will certainly be busy and we are looking forward to loads of exciting stories, stellar achievements and the Big Reconnection!

This weekend’s men’s 100k at UTKC could see the second installment of a battle that took place in 2018. Local trail heroes Jay Jantaraboon and Sanya Khancai are both featuring as favourites on the start list. Four years ago, the slightly older Sanya pushed Jay forward nearly all the way without ever really relenting. Let’s see if the Thai veteran can repeat that level of performance again on a course that is less technical as back then. We know Jay has not spent his time lying on the sofa during the covid-19 crisis and by all means he is the man to beat. Outsiders and podium candidates could be Nikom Tongjai, Narin Kongsiri and probably several others. After over two years it would be logical to see the appearance of many new faces at the forefront of the competitions.

In the women’s 100km we will follow Kanlaya Thongfachailai carefully. She won the Ultimate 130 at UT Chiang Rai in 2020. And in the 70km race category, we will have Canadian Carrie Jane Stander, 9th in the 2019 ATM Championship series.

As a clear sign that things are also not yet so straightforward in Thailand, event organiser Nop Suksawat and his team have had to make amendments to the race courses up to the last couple of days. Koh Chang is a relatively small island with a small community and not everyone is already keen to see runners returning en masse for the event. A couple of reroutes is likely to reduce the total distance to some 95 km and bring the elevation gain closer to 3000 hm instead of the advertised 4300+ hm. These changes could affect the outcome of the races, as fast-paced runners will have the best chance ever for a great result at this event. The strongmen and strongwomen who prefer the more technical, dense and steeper hilly jungle trails , something UTKC is renowned for, will have fewer opportunities this year to leave a mark.

Ryan Whelan of the Gone Running team in Hong Kong won the 70k race two years ago

The Doi Nhok Trail event in Thailand on 6 November now offers two A-points races for the Asia Trail Master Championship. The longest distance, the 100 miles, was already labeled as such, but now also the medium distance of 58 km will be credited with 500 points for the winner.

The Doi Nhok Trail takes place in the north of the country in Wang Nuea in Lampang, roughly between the cities Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. The region is beloved by trail runners and certainly in Thailand it has become the playground for many events in the last few years. Doi Nhok Trail, in short DNT, is new on the ATM calendar this year. It will be the last of four scheduled events in the country, following Samui Monkeys’ Trail, Ultra Trail Chiang Mai and the classic Ultra Trail Chiang Rai - still the Thailand SuperTrail in ATM with 50 bonus points for all finishers.

Sanya Khanchai is one of the so-called big-three of Thailand’s first modern generation of elite trail runners and when he announced he would try and tackle the course record of UTCR’s Ultimate 230k race category set by Jag Lanante two years ago in 37:05:35, you could bet he was going to put up another show of his. Khanchai won the Classic 125k race of this great event in the north of Thailand two years ago and celebrated that with a handstand and salto at the finish line in Singha Park. Khanchai is no longer one of the youngest in the start lists of races, but his dedication to running and fitness continue to put him on top op podiums - at least in his own country.

At Ultra Trail Chiang Rai 2020, the Thailand SuperTrail with a field of domestic runners-only due to covid 19, Khanchai started out quickest, but made it a habit to wait for the next participant at each of the first couple of aid stations. Saving his energy for the last 100 miles or 160k - because that’s a distance he knows to manage well from past experiences. In any case it was clear nobody would even threaten to beat him in the race last weekend. Sanya Khanchai started chasing his personal goal and passed the km 200 mark one could foresee him reaching it: do the Ultimate 230 in less than 37 hours. He arrived in 36 hours and 20 minutes 4 seconds to take the victory - and importantly - 600 points for the 2020/21 Asia Trail Master Championship. Khanchai has never done enough races to really feature in the Championship shoot-out at the end of the year, but perhaps this win with the maximum points available for any race could be a stimulant for 2021. In any case, it was his 3rd ATM race win after UT Koh Chang 100 and UT Chiang Rai 125 in 2018.

Equally impressive was the first runner-rup: Robert Butcher. The 61-year-old (!) Bangkok-based Britain has had very difficult months behind him fighting with cancer and chemotherapy to complete the 230k in a remarkable time of 45:25:33, which is only four-and-a-half hours away from his time set last year in this race. The terrain in Chiang Rai must suit Butcher as he was already once on the podium before here: third on the 125k in 2017. Last weekend, the final step on the podium went to Sittisak Suwannee in 49:26:16.

The women’s Ultimate 230 was a closer battle between five women, of whom Kanlaya Thongfachalai got the upper hand at the end. She finished in a time of 56:02:37. It’s her first ATM race victory and it is not a complete surprise as Kanlaya has been improving her competitive game in the last couple of years. Second and third place went to Benjamas Chotemateepirom and Thanawal Nawachartkhosit.

In total, 36 runners completed the Ultimate 230 within the time limit of 60 hours.

A rather surprising winner emerged on the Classic distance of 125km yesterday: Somkiat Roddeeying. The Thai athlete had a two-hour gap on second place Amorn Kimnguan and five-and-a half on Graeme Fancett. What is stunning is that Somkiat’s winning time of 21:14:21 is almost exactly ten hours (!) faster than his own time in this same race three years ago! Talking about improvement! A year ago he completed the Ultimate 230 in 53:35, which was good for 16th place overall. In ATM races, he had never come close to even a podium but last weekend he took advantage of the situation and grabbed his maiden win in a time that would have given him a Top 10 ranking in last year’s elite-filled race.

In the women’s 125k race, the victory went to Patcharee Chuaythaisong in a time of 25:54:04. It was her second ATM race victory after taking UTKC 70k category in 2018. Issaree Kengnok and Natha Raveephusita were second and third in 29:20:54 and 32:48:32 respectively.

With special thanks to Running Insider and Teelakow for image material

Ultimate 230 winners in 2020: Kanlaya Thongfachalai and Sanya Khanchai

Final metres for Kanlaya in the SIngha Park

Impressive first ATM race win for Somkiat Roddeeying on the Classic 125k

After Monkeys Trail on Koh Samui got postponed a week ago, now we have also received the news that the Moon 100 on Koh Phangan cannot be held on the weekend of 20/21 June. In line with official Thai government regulations responding to the outbreak of Covid 19, Teelakow says the event will now be held at a date to be defined in Q4, ie. October-December.

Given that Teelakow is already very busy in the second semester with Ultra Trail Chiang Rai and its other trail and road events, it seems unlikely at this time that both Moon 100 and Monkeys Trail can be successfully re-integrated into this year’s race calendar. Stay tuned to our website and social media pages to hear more on this as soon as news becomes available.

Last year, the gruellingly hot and tough Moon 100 was won by Chiang Mai’s Job Tanapong and Hong Kong-based Filipino Fredelyn Alberto. Both runners scored their maiden ATM race victories on that weekend.

Regarding the Asia Trail Master Championship series, the weekend of 20/21 June still features two other events on our calendar: Dalat Ultra Trail in Vietnam and Echigo Country Trail in Japan. The organising team in Dalat remains optimistic for its major event to go ahead as planned, given that the crisis has been kept under control in Vietnam. Of course, it is too early to tell which extra conditions may need to be met. On the other hand, the team of Echigo is increasingly pessimistic given that the situation has been getting worse in Japan over the last few weeks. An official announcement is expected early next week.

We hope all runners and fans stay out of trouble in these very difficult times. Some of you are under a total lockdown at home. In order to keep your fitness level up, you could consider our new 12-week base & strength programme by The Locker Room. You can read our announcement on that here.

Last year Job Tanapong and Fredelyn Alberto grabbed their first ever ATM points race wins at Moon 100

It is probably no surprise that organisers teelakow yesterday had to inform us that their event The Monkeys Trail cannot be held next month yet. Established on the holiday island of Koh Samui in Thailand, the event was supposed to take place on 16/17 May but has now been postponed to a date-to-be-decided in Q4. As nearly every country, the Thai government has also imposed strict measures for its citizens and for anyone trying to get in the country.

The relaunch of the 2020 Asia Trail Master season is therefore now set back to early June and the Puncak Tanawan event on Negros Oriental in the Philippines. Let us hope that - indeed - the corona situation will be solved to the extent that mass events and travel can resume as normal.

UTKC in Thailand is back on the programme and participants have felt it: this is one very technical jungle race! It is one of those that is never over until it is over, and last weekend drama struck for Arnie Macaneras. After taken an amazingly big lead over the likes of Paul Dunn and Hisashi Kitamura, blisters forced the Filipino to hike most of the last 35 km. Paul Dunn - second on the 70km of UTKC two years ago - smelled blood and caught Macaneras in the final 10 km of the race and took away the victory. Dunn’s finishing time was 18:21:07. Macaneras, who is only 28 and running trail abroad for the first time, still had to conceded 40 minutes in those final kilometres and fend off a late-attack by Kitamura but managed second by nine minutes over the Japanese Uglow ace. Kitamura was the birthday boy last Saturday, but the greatest gift was never really within reach. Belly flu had seriously affected his preparation for UTKC and also on race day he had to make several unforeseen pit stops. Nevertheless, Karate Kit is the first of the big names who has done his second ATM points race of the 2020 season already and two third places are enough to put him in the lead of the ATM Championship after three races.

Sanya Khancai was on the start list, but the Thai favourite did not start. The first Thai male runner was Narongwit Piroonpaisarn in fourth place. Another contender from Japan, Tomohiro Mizukoshi, was totally uncomfortable on the jungle trails of Koh Chang island and finished well down in 34th place after he had decided it was not going to be his day. Also Nikom Tongjai was not in his element and arrived just before Tomohiro in 29th place.

A runner who was certainly very much in her element on the raw trails of UTKC was Fredelyn Alberto. The Hong Kong-based Filipino runner of Team T8 led the women’s race from almost start to finish and was even unthreatened all day. Alberto finished fourth overall (!) in a time of 20:03:01 - that’s 55 minutes behind one Hisashi KItamura. She certainly has not missed the start of her 2020 ATM campaign! It was to be expected that Fredelyn Alberto would do well in Koh Chang, as last year she also conquered Moon 100 on Koh Phangan island - another brutal hilly jungle race in Thailand taking place in June. Still, prior to the start she was not the top favourite. Australia’s Joanna Kruk was there, the second-placed woman of UTKC in 2017 and unbeaten on the ATM tour after that. But it had been a year-and-a-half since we last saw Kruk, and it turned out she has been suffering from tendinitis. When she arrived at CP1 after around 10 km, Kruk had too much pain and - wisely - decided to pull out not to wreck her knee entirely.

Montha Suntornwit had a good run to come in as second woman behind Alberto, as she managed to stay ahead of Loretta Henderson. Montha is very skilled on technical ultra trails as well and not for nothing 6th in last year’s ATM Championship. But last weekend, the gap with Fredelyn Alberto was huge: more than three hours. It illustrates just how strong the Filipino was, and yet she explained in the post-race interview (on our facebook page) that she sprained her ankle very early in the race and felt it all day..

UTKC traditionally also has a 70K race category, which also offered ATM Championship points as well as the Grandmaster point. In the men’s we had a surprisingly exciting race between Hong Kong’s Ryan Whelan and Thailand’s trail star Pharait Varesin. The top duo was a league on their own and they really set those trails on fire. Whelan had come to Thailand following the cancellation of most races in Hong Kong in recent weeks, and because the runner from Team Gone Running-Joint Dynamics has the ATM Championship on his mind. Whelan will certainly have gotten a confidence boost when he managed to drop Varesin just before halfway the race and managed to retain a gap of five-six minutes all the way to the line. A great cat-and-mouse race that resulted in a finish time of 9:23 against 9:29. No need to say more. Ryan Bonfield completed the podium but found himself over three hours behind.

In the women’s 70km, it was Philippines again to celebrate victory. Elviemma Catabay scored her first ATM race victory in a tight competition against Thailand’s Laksamee Duangjai. Supaporn Nakkawat was third.

A fantastic performance by Fredelyn Alberto on the technical trails of Koh Chang island

The two big winners: Paul Dunn and Fredelyn Alberto

The podium in the men’s: Paul Dunn, Arnie Macaneras and Hisashi Kitamura

Ryan Whelan took a fantastic victory over Pharait Varesin on the 70km race.

Elviemma Catabay made the Filipino success even bigger by winning the women’s 70km.