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#1 Hattiban • October 6, 2018

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Race Date

Oct 06 2018 To be decided

Trails of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

#1 Hattiban


Race Recap


Overview

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Event Date

October 6, 2018


Venue

Hattiban Resort
Located at Hattiban, Kathmandu
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Distances

~10K and Kids ~3K



Observations, Learnings and Updates

  • KTM Series launches on October 2018 as "KTM Trail Race Series". Over 250 participants show up, a hundred more than anticipated. Several learnings.
  • Dozens of participants lose their way to Hattiban because of unclear directions. Start time hence delayed.
  • Heavily overstaffed - 40 crew and volunteers mobilized - most with poorly defined responsibilities.
  • Underestimated water consumption (ran out of water at a checkpoint) and overestimated food at finish (an entire contianer of leftover bean soup fed to cattle).
  • Conflicting race brief about trail marking colors to follow.
  • Some runners reach first checkpoint before trail team is ready. Confusion at CP1.
  • Search party dispatched to find 15K hikers. Everybody accounted for and race wrapped up at 5pm.
  • Quite a few inaccuracies in results (wrong, missed or repeated timings).
  • Promising feedback overall. Received several requests to have a venue closer by, and easier trails. Took both into consideration, thus shaping all future races for KTM Series - easy on the knees and open to all.

Photos

R1 Hattiban - Album I

Start, Trails and Finish

108 photos by:

Rahul Agrawal
Anuj Adhikary
anuj.d.adhikary

R1 Hattiban - Album II

Start, Trails and Finish

138 photos by:

Cyril Raj Satyal
Rocky Mishra

Participant Summary

Results

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