One month later than usual due to upcoming elections, the popular Manjushree Trail Race in and around Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu has been scheduled for 18 April 2026. No 100 Miler this year as the event can only go through on one single day, i.e. Saturday, due to the national elections in Nepal. For the same reason, the 100km will be reduced to 80km.
The event will neverthless again feature two categories offering Asia Trail Master championship points, the 80km and the 50km. Runners focusing on the Grandmaster Quest can of course also score a point on that 80km long ultra.
The longest distance of the event takes runners for a long way onto the Kathmandu Valley Rim, which is named after the god Manjushree. As part of this, the racecourse also crosses the two national park (Nagarjun and Shivapuri) that border the valley. Over 85% of the route is single track, where it sometimes takes hours before runners come across a little settlement. Even though you are technically still within the Kathmandu valley, you will feel like you are far away from urbanization many times during the race. The venue for start and finish is Single Tree, near the city centre.
The updated 80km course map will become available in due course.
The 50 km race will start from Badikhel, above Godavari. Participants will go to the start venue by shuttle bus from Kathmandu city in the morning to take flag off at 8 am. The cut-off time is 14 hours. The course is challenging and technical for a 50km, even though it is essentially a daytime race. Last year, Priya Rai and Man Kumar took the victories in the women’s and men’s categories.
Registration is open and can be accessed via the official website linked below. Please note that upon successful registration, you will receive an email from the event crew with details on travel and accommodation packages, should you require these. In any case, it is possible to stay in Kathmandu City and head out to the race start/finish venue from there by taxi/motorbike.
