Trail Running Nepal succeeded this year in raising funds and sending 7 runners (3 ladies and 4 men) to 2018 Trail World Championships held earlier this month at Penyagolosa Trails in Spain. Four memebers of 2017 Oxfam Trailwalker Hong Kong wining team – Purna Tamang, Bed Sunuwar, Samir Tamang and Tirtha Tamang – as well […]
Purna Tamang and Suman Kulung competed at last weekend’s HK100 ultra. This was the first HK100 appearance for Purna – he just missed out on the podium and finished in 4th place in 10h11m16s. For Suman this was the second HK100 attempt. Suman improved significantly on his 2015 performance and after very strong finish after CP8 he climbed to […]
Bed Sunuwar of AWOO Team Nepal won the 2017 The North Face 100 race in Hong Kong (TNF100)! Despite getting lost during the race and not being fully fit (still recovering from heavy cold) Bed ran a perfect race. The highlight must have been the blistering pace on the last section where he was even […]
AWOO Team Nepal won the 2017 OXFAM Trailwalker. The boys successfully defended their 2016 title. Purna Tamang (team captain), Tirtha Tamang, Bed Sunuwar and Samir Tamang finished the 100km long race along the MacLehose trail in 12h01min. It was an amazing team performance on an unusually hot November day. We caught up with the AWOO […]
Flashback to November 20, 2015. We had high hopes for our first ever AWOO Team Nepal. We believed an interesting battle with the strong XEMPOWER/Compressport team was on cards. Then after the first 3km both front running teams were sent the wrong way by a misguided marshal – it was over before it had begun… […]