Manjushree Trail Race: Story behind the birth and growth of Nepal’s only one certified 100-miler

When a group of Nepali runners started assisting foreigners who ran the Kathmandu valley rim , a 100-mile-long trail that goes around the hills surrounding Kathmandu valley, around 2018, little did they know that they were sowing the seeds for one of the toughest races in the country.

These runners ran with trail runners like Lizzy Hawker and Seth Wolpin and developed a liking for long-distance running. After years of being pacers, in 2021, a few wanted to run the trail themselves and the Manjushree Trail Race was born.