Comments on: Chaotic Kathmandu Marathon

By: Moire

Moire — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:55:32 +0000

Hi Laveta, there aren’t that many races in Nepal – which I quite liked as I spent more time having fun relaxing runs.

For excellent long trail running, contact Roger or Richard at http://trailrunningnepal.org/ . Nepal is also a nice place to get into ultra running, so I would highly encourage you to do the Annapurna: http://annapurna100.com/. It’ll also be a chance to get to meet some fellow runners and find out what the scene is like.

Alternatively, the hash house harriers do very good long runs and they are nice and friendly (not too crazy like other hashs): http://aponarch.com/hhhh/

Enjoy Nepal – its hard not to!

By: Laveta

Laveta — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:54:56 +0000

I just moved to Nepal two weeks ago and I was hoping to get in a few races while I am here for the year working on a PhD. I am a marathon pacer in the US but have not done the ultra distance so I doubt Annapurna would work for me. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

By: Everest Marathon

Everest Marathon — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:03:17 +0000

Hello Moire, welcome to Everest Marathon.

A chaos free, true marathon event.

Everyone is welcome.

By: Moire

Moire — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:02:52 +0000

I’m not sure I’d totally agreed Nilendra. Its good that Kathmandu has a marathon event as a capital city. And its only fair that Nepali athletes get a chance to race each other over a marathon distance on home turf. And it was only the 5th running of the race, with each year improving. However I think there’s a point to looking at the course route again. There are other roads that are much quieter than city centre and ring road that could be used e.g. out toward Godavari, through the World Heritage sites, and by using quieter roads there wouldn’t be the big issue of closing the roads (that is kind of necessary if you want to run in city centre).

By: Nilendra Shrestha

Nilendra Shrestha — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:09:07 +0000

This is one of the worst kind of marathon event ever. This game should be stopped at all times.

By: ponownie

ponownie — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:53:19 +0000

Thanks Moira. I’m gonna try KTM Marathon next year. Definitely.

By: Moire

Moire — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:25:08 +0000

Hi Kiran, I’m afraid I don’t know Pradeep and so don’t have his contacts. Apologies!

By: KIRAN ADHIKARI

KIRAN ADHIKARI — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:44:59 +0000

Hi……..need Pradeep Shakya’s contact. Need to talk to him.

By: KIRAN ADHIKARI

KIRAN ADHIKARI — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:44:09 +0000

Can you please provide me with Pradeep Shakya, Photographer’s contact. I need to speak to him on our upcoming project……………..

By: niamh

niamh — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:39:52 +0000

Bit of an experience, I’d say it’s a good thing you’re used to competing and running in unusual conditions. Am kind of surprised that even 95 people did it with the traffic – though the protest was probably unexpected??