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#2 Sitapaila • November 3, 2018

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Race Date

Nov 03 2018

Trails of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

#2 Sitapaila


Race Recap


Overview Photos Participant Summary Results Crew



Overview

ks2-Hasantar-Poster

Event Date

November 3, 2018


Venue

Hasantar Gumba
Located at Hasantar, Kathmandu
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Distances

10K and Kids 3K




Observations, Learnings and Updates

  • Visual (photo) direction published for easy navigation. Number of people losing their way decreases drastically.
  • Distances changed to 14K, 6K and 2K for some obscure reason.
  • Ribbons and trail markings get color-coded by distance. 14K is orange, 6K green and 2K yellow.
  • Decision to hire fewer but technical staff - all paid. Crew size comes down to 22.
  • Free bus service (Ring Road to/from venue) commences.
  • Race starts only after receiving final go-ahead from all checkpoint teams.
  • Sealed off finishline and added timekeeping assistants. Results more accurate. Leaderboard review to ensure no mix-ups in winning results.
  • Hiking removed for 15K distance for safety reasons.
  • Cut-off time set to 5hrs from start.
  • Enforced sign up deadlines to get accurate participation numbers, thus minimizing wastage of food and water.

Photos

R3 Sitapaila - Album I

Start, Trails and Finish

139 photos by:

Cyril Raj Satyal
Anuj Adhikary
anuj.d.adhikary

Participant Summary

Count
136Nepal
34United Kingdom
19United States
7Denmark
5Canada
5France
4Brazil
4Finland
4Italy
3Belgium
Count
3Germany
3Netherlands
3Spain
2India
2Norway
1Albania
1Argentina
1Australia
1Bangladesh
1China
Count
1Guyana
1Ireland
1Senegal
1Slovakia
1Slovenia
1Uzbekistan

Results

Download 15K Results

Download 7K Results

Crew

Anuj Adhikary

Founder / Race Director

Aashish Mishra

Trail Lead

Anil Tamang

Trail Asst.

Rashila Tamang

Trail Asst.

Rakesh Prajapati

Photographer

Tek Bahadur Shrestha

Driver

Anuj Adhikary

Founder / Race Director

Aashish Mishra

Trail Lead

Anil Tamang

Trail Asst.

Rashila Tamang

Trail Asst.

Rakesh Prajapati

Photographer

Tek Bahadur Shrestha

Driver

Anuj Adhikary

Founder / Race Director

Aashish Mishra

Trail Lead

Anil Tamang

Trail Asst.

Rashila Tamang

Trail Asst.

Rakesh Prajapati

Photographer

Tek Bahadur Shrestha

Driver

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