Vietnam Mountain Marathon

100 Miles Welcome to the hardest run in Vietnam! This is a seriously tough, but also extremely beautiful 100 miles ultra marathon that covers every type of terrain the Sapa area has to offer.  You need to be an experienced, capable mountain runner to complete this course within the Cut Off Times. Please do refer to the Cut Off Times (COTs) and the elevation gain charts before you sign up. The race begins in the heart of Sapa town. The first part of the course is unique to 100 miles runners. You will run high up onto a ridge line which we call Sapa’s Dinosaur Back. This section is very special, with high mountain panoramic views. The ridge line is 100% trail. 100K Welcome to the hardest 100k run in Vietnam. This is a seriously tough ultra marathon that covers every type of terrain the area has to offer. You need to be an experienced, capable mountain runner to complete this course within the Cut Off Times – please do refer to the Cut Off Times and the elevation gain charts before you sign up. The race begins in Sapa town. This means you can expect crowds to be cheering you at the start line before you run into the night. Your route begins with a climb up to Ham Rong mountain above Sapa town, before a rolling downhill to CP6 in the village of Hau Chu Ngai. Here you will turn onto a new trail section that is for 100k runners only, before you meet up with the trail to CP7 in Su Pan village. 70K This is an extremely hard ultra-trail marathon covering all types of landscapes of the Sapa mountain range. Please refer to the elevation chart and cut off before signing up. The race starts at Topas Ecolodge. After a short flat start to Van Den Su village, you will descend steeply in darkness down into the valley where you will find a Water Station. Across the river you will face a very steep climb then a traverse to the Red Dao ethnic village of Giang Ta Chai. A stunning rice terrace section will then bring you to CP1 in Lao Chai village. 50K Welcome to our tough, but spectacularly beautiful and rewarding 50km ultra trail. With 2,600m of gain, this is a race for those who truly love the mountains. The course starts in the middle of Sapa where you can expect a huge atmosphere. 21K This Half Mountain Marathon is very hard. The race starts in Sapa town. After a small loop, the route goes uphill across the Ham Rong mountain giving you incredible views from early on in the course. You will see beautiful valleys, local ethnic minority villages, streams, forest and high mountain views. After the first climb onto the trails your efforts will be rewarded with incredible views of rice terraces and Mount Fansipan (3,143m), the highest summit in Indochina. 10K Participate in this year’s biggest public run in Sapa and race against the local Black Hmong, Red Dao and Tay minorities. Maybe you watched your friends and families run the Mountain Marathon on Saturday and now want to show them how to run 10km! Or maybe you just cannot get enough competition and want to combine a Saturday run of 21km, 50km, 70km or 100km, and 100 miles with a 10km run.