Overview
Event Date
October 6, 2018
Venue
Hattiban Resort
Located at Hattiban, Kathmandu
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Distances
21K, 12K, 6K and 3K
Observations, updates and note to self
- 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:
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Rahul Agrawal |
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Anuj Adhikary anuj.d.adhikary |
