KS13 Lubhu

Race Recap

Overview

Event Date

January 11, 2020

Location

KTM Valley

Venue

Bisandol Farm House
Located at Lubhu, Lalitpur

Distances

15K 7K 3K

Observations, Learnings & Updates

Smoother admin workflow. Deadline shifted from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Bibs revamped and on-spot registration processed faster.
Timekeeping system improved. Race concludes at 11am for the first time.

Race Route

15K	Distance: 14K (will vary by device) Elev Gain/Loss: +786m/-785m/ Elev Start, Max, Finish: 1315m, 1739m, 1316m

10K	Distance: 7.8K (will vary by device) Elev Gain/Loss: +425m/-425m Elev Start, Max, Finish: 1315m, 1549m, 1315m

Photos

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (7 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (8 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (6 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (5 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (4 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (1 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (2 of 8)

KTM Series - KS13 Lubhu - Trail Running and Hikes in Kathmandu Valley (3 of 8)

KS13 Lubhu - Album I

Trails & Award Ceremony

116 photos by:

Pranuj Lal Shrestha
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KS13 Lubhu - Album II

Finish, Trails & Award Ceremony

104 photos by:

Rakesh Prajapati

Participant Summary

Count
91		Nepal
25		United States
12		United Kingdom
8		Denmark
7		Netherlands

Count
5		Australia
4		Canada
3		France
3		Italy
3		Sweden

Count
2		Belgium
2		Finland
2		Norway
1		Kyrgyzstan

15K Male
15K Female

		NAME			TEAM
1	17	Ashok Lama	1:26:14	293	Bhotang
2	29	Dipesh Neupane	1:44:13	650	HCF Kailash Home
3	47	Gabriel Raastrup Bonefeld	2:16:33	149	Ostehandlerne
1	2	Phurpa Singi Tamang	1:08:52	292	Bhotang
2	4	Prazol Bista	1:10:20	794
3	5	Nor Lama	1:11:47	288	Bhotang
4	6	Pemba Dorje Tamang	1:13:54	291	Bhotang
5	7	Sadip Sorali Magar	1:13:57	874
6	8	Rabin Gurung	1:14:38	1335
7	9	Singhi Tamang	1:14:58	1359
8	10	Tek Bahadur Basnet	1:16:05	101	Dare2Gear
9	11	Sunil Tamang	1:18:39	521	Bhotang
10	13	Harshotsav Jalan	1:21:02	1135
11	14	David Chalmers	1:21:09	1083
12	15	Sher Bahadur Tamang	1:24:36	1318	Bhotang
13	16	Daniel James Wichmann	1:25:12	834
14	18	Np Purnesh Syangbo	1:26:19	290	Bhotang
15	19	Manish Sijapati	1:33:40	356
16	21	Deepak Shah	1:35:14	185
17	22	Binay Raj Dangol	1:35:18	584
18	24	Shashank Agrawal	1:35:56	112
19	25	Pawan Rana	1:38:12	1301
20	27	Chhiring Tanba Lama	1:40:02	1336	15k
21	28	Indra Tamang	1:42:50	1350
22	31	Shivam Agrawal	1:49:05	205
23	35	Ayaj Ahmad	1:59:21	1106	Trail Mob
24	36	Karan Agrawal	1:59:24	446
25	37	Lhanam Dorje Tamang	2:00:22	1351
26	39	Amit Neupane	2:01:38	1321
27	40	Santosh Nath Karmacharya	2:03:18	360
28	41	Wasim Ahmad Siddique	2:05:19	1312	Trail mob
29	42	Ajaz Ahmad	2:05:26	1128	Trail Mob
30	43	Sandesh Sigdel	2:09:25	1324
31	44	Matthew Smith	2:11:54	169
32	45	Rajesh Lama	2:14:33	1333	La Ma Runs
33	46	Hussain Bolt Uddin	2:15:14	192
1	1	Damodar Budha Magar	1:08:12	195	Budha Magar
2	3	Philip Jonathan Morris	1:10:01	1343
3	12	Jimi Oostrum	1:20:57	898
4	20	Yves Cams	1:33:57	382
5	23	Tad Brown	1:35:37	1354
6	26	Nagendra Bahadur Baduwal	1:39:03	1231
7	30	Ramesh Singh Bhandari	1:44:17	1111
8	32	Suman Basnet	1:50:44	570
9	33	Simon Howarth	1:54:53	1344
10	34	Toruka Chigozili	1:59:17	1299
11	38	Bibhusan Bista	2:01:09	155
12	48	Nic Raastrup	2:16:35	148	Ostehandlerne

		NAME			TEAM
1	1	Humi Budha Magar	1:19:08	210	Mira Rai Initiative
2	2	Lynn Schneider	1:34:09	1097
3	3	Mingma Sherpa	1:34:13	577
4	4	Whitney Polstra Whitt	1:34:27	605
5	5	Marina Cauchy	1:39:58	1143
6	6	Camille Chapron	1:41:33	1206
7	7	Amy Elizabeth Austin	1:44:21	111
8	12	Madison Wrobley	2:01:06	1030
1	8	Mette Nielsen	1:49:08	259
2	9	Charu Arjyal	1:49:56	485
3	10	Stine Heiselberg	1:54:59	122
4	11	Leslie D Iverson	1:59:27	422
5	13	Joana Morrison	2:05:20	899

7K Male
7K Female

		NAME			TEAM
1	12	Tsering Furba Lama	1:07:10	671	HCF Kailash Home
2	14	Leo Sova	1:07:23	1334
3	19	Tej Bell	1:15:36	1357
4	25	Nijal Jay Shrestha	1:31:06	876
5	26	Samuel Turkington	1:34:45	563
6	27	David Richard Turkington	1:34:53	1309
7	32	Simon Cams	2:02:36	216	EFIK
8	33	Oskar Edwards	2:02:44	163	EFIK
1	3	Sagar Sijali Magar	0:53:03	1332
2	4	Pasang Tenzin Gurung	0:56:40	648	HCF Kailash Home
3	6	Rinzin Khedup Gurung	1:02:55	654	HCF Kailash Home
4	13	Kunchok Dhondup Gurung	1:07:15	670	HCF Kailash Home
5	18	Moulik Maharjan	1:14:23	954
6	29	Sabiha Khatoon Siddique	1:47:56	1313	Trail mob
1	1	Him Bahadur BK	0:42:48	1358
2	2	Ram Kumar Bohora	0:48:43	1029
3	7	Shailesh Shrestha	1:04:52	1355
4	9	Niranjan Kunwar	1:06:14	728
5	10	Keshar Rana	1:06:32	1348
6	11	Suman Tamang	1:06:51	1342
7	15	Daniel Zaleski	1:07:36	1316
8	17	Kashi Chanithra Samaraweera	1:12:16	1320
9	20	Rishi Agawal	1:17:33	621
10	21	Tushar Shroff	1:19:08	620
11	23	Sumit Dugar	1:24:51	1131
12	30	Roshan Kumar Shrestha	1:48:00	1212
13	31	Raunak Agrawal	1:52:32	1353
1	5	Santosh Shrestha	0:56:43	732
2	8	Ageen Shrestha	1:05:27	1349
3	16	Matt Sova	1:07:46	910
4	22	Andrew Golda	1:20:11	1182
5	24	Pradeep K Shrestha	1:26:49	1347
6	28	Alistair Turkington	1:34:55	108

		NAME			TEAM
1	11	Elisheva Turkington	1:34:42	562
2	16	Freja Edwards	2:02:32	162	EFIK
1	4	Yuska Maharjan	1:14:19	1303
1	3	Athena Karen Chan	1:12:13	1319
2	5	Eleanor Bainbridge	1:18:44	622
3	8	Anupa Ijam	1:29:34	1307
4	9	Rumee Singh	1:31:09	875
5	12	Saloni Sethia	1:42:01	931
6	13	Sabu Puri	1:48:03	1326
7	14	Faiza Khan	2:01:16	1346
8	20	Rojina Limbu	2:26:54	1310
1	1	Vivian Hilde Opsvik	1:06:48	437
2	2	Sudha Basnet	1:07:33	787
3	6	Anne Aimee Lancelot	1:23:07	1087
4	7	Subina Shrestha	1:28:21	1356
5	10	Dagny Mjos	1:32:21	1323
6	15	Nisha Muslim	2:01:21	1282
7	17	Ruby Banu	2:26:43	1305
8	18	Ruhi Muslim	2:26:46	1284
9	19	Farhana Banu	2:26:50	1306

Jati Pokhari Hike

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April 3, 2021

KS13 Lubhu

Race Recap

Table of Contents

Overview

Observations, Learnings & Updates

Race Route

Photos

KS13 Lubhu - Album I

KS13 Lubhu - Album II

Participant Summary

Results

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Jati Pokhari Hike

Feb 06 (Saturday)

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These hikes were one of the absolute highlights of my entire 4 years in Kathmandu!

Bravo! They know the best part of Kathmandu for hiking. All of the team members are professional, friendly, punctual pick up time and have great sense of humor.

The hike was absolutely fantastic. Great team, great views and landscape, professional organization, super care... You guys do a perfect job. It can't get more professional than that.

The pre-info about the hike, communication and pick-up points were well explained and clear. The organizers had really made a lot of effort to ensure a good hiking experience, regarding the path, snack and lunch and accommodating the pace to the group. I highly recommend hikes by KTM Series!

They know the best trails in Kathmandu valley, honed with week after week of recce hiking. Together they bring some of the best crew and do not compromise on the quality of service.

Valley Hikes by KTM Series along with their trail races are extremely well-organized. The hikes are a wonderful way to explore the outskirts of Kathmandu.

Thanks for organizing it so well with pick-up, lunch, water and snacks! So many beautiful scenes with diverse walking routes.

Thanks for the awesome hike on Saturday. It was a beautiful day. Looking forward to another great day of hiking.

KTM Series does a fantastic job organizing a safe and fun day hike suitable for all ages. I look forward to joining many more!

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April 3, 2021

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In just over a year, it has become the center of a wide and diverse community. Few events with this much complexity manage to feel both so well organized and so personal at the same time.

Thank you for a really nice run, excellent route and, as always, so many good people. KTM Series is really turning into one of the major highlights of living in Nepal.

A huge thanks and gratitude to the KTM Trail Run Series for their tireless work that resulted in amazing events. We look forward to the next iteration and more memorable miles in the hills.

My son Daniel (aged 9) got gold medal twice for racing and he is still proud of this, in fact it has boosted his confidence so much! Naomi (7) got silver and they still have their medals hanging in their rooms.

I have loved the races and have enjoyed sharing the experience with my two young daughters and my wife as well.

They have transformed this race into a family event. Never thought that a race could be a family event. Love for the race is growing with each passing race, especially for the Little Troopers. Cheers!

Very many thanks indeed for organising the run on Saturday. It was absolutely excellent, and I was delighted to be able to participate. Excellent run, with perfect organisation. Many thanks from us all.

Love how responsive and well organized your team is! These races are a highlight for me.

It quickly became the day in the month that I most looked forward to.

12.7K	5 to 6 hrs walking	Moderate	NRs. 2,500
Distance	Duration	Difficulty	Price

	Unbroken trails leading through the woods all the way up to Jati Pokhari
	Paddy fields and rolling hills of Fakhel
	Views of the city and Chandragiri hills
	Glistening mountains on a clear day
	Giant grassy field with views from Jati Pokhari, the highest point of the hike. Feel free to make a Tik Tok. Need some extras? Our crew will gladly volunteer.
	The anti-climatic pond (pokhari). Pretty underwhelming.

Views	80%
Farms	85%
Villages & Culture	85%
Monuments	40%
Wilderness	80%
Solitude	80%
Rivers & Streams	30%
Waterfalls	20%
Lakes & Ponds	10%
Uphills	40%
Downhills	60%

	Walk up on the pine tree hill to Pilot Baba, with view of the valley and mountains
	Gradual downhill on the forests of Ghyampe Daanda to Suryabinayak on a less trodden ridge
	Ganesh Temple, Pilot Baba and Changu Narayan temples, and countless ones in Bhaktapur
	Chaos of reaching the ancient city of Bhaktapur (outside or inside of the Durbar Square, depending on your preference). Try the famous Jujudhau yogurt and local Newari food
	7Km of picturesque farm trails running along a stream all the way to Changu Narayan, the oldest temple in Nepal