Quang Tran and Loi Luong return at Brah Yang Trail Summit

Season XI of the Asia Trail Master Championship series continues this weekend with the Brah Yang Trail Summit in Vietnam, a new entry on our Championship calendar. From the same organisers as Prenn Trail Summit, this event features two qualifiers with ranking points: 100km and 50km. On the start list we find a few names of runners whom we have not seen in quite some time.

On the men’s 100km, for example, we find none other than Quang Tran. For a long time considered the benchmark for male trail running in the country, Quang focused on marathon and road running over the past two years and longer. Brah Yang will be kind of his return to long ultras. He will be up against several other strong trail runners such as recent Kalaw Ultra Trail Run winner Trung Nguyen and last year’s Brah Yang race winner Nghia Tran. Also, Russia’s Evgenii Makarov is a contender - he was second behind Trung in Myanmar a month ago.

The women’s 100km sees the presence of Loi Luong, fourth in our Season 9 Championship Final at Borneo TMBT Ultra in 2024. Loi has kept a low profile since and has actually been out of general competition running for quite a while. Let’s see what she can do in Brah Yang against other strong Vietnamese contenders such as Le Thi Hang.

On the 50km we are looking forward to the performance of Nguyen Dang Quang . The talented youngster is a local and the Brah Yang area is his training ground making him the one to beat. Last year, he still had to leave victory to the aforementioned Nghia Tran - who is running the 100k this weekend. Lots of runners on the start list of the 50km, though, so we might just as well get to know a new name, too!

Quang Tran