JJuggle wrote:


MOUNTAIN RUNNING

Any one of the thousands of trekkers who've been to Everest Base Camp
can tell you about the effects of altitude around the Khumbu. It's
difficult enough to breathe the thin oxygen without adding to your
woes by running along the tracks. But, each 18 months, including this
November, that's exactly what happens with the Everest Marathon,
officially listed as the world's highest marathon. The marathon begins
5000 metres above sea level, at Gorak Shep in the shadow of Everest,
and follows trekkers' routes down into Namche Bazaar. Forty-two
kilometres of Himalayan hardship that takes even the best and fittest
about four hours.

The Everest Marathon is a high point - literally - of the world of
mountain running, but it's far from unique. The Brits have been
mountain running - or "fell running" as they call it - for years, and
now the great adventure-racing nation of New Zealand has taken
wholeheartedly to the high sport. Across the Tasman, there are dozens
of events each year, some along New Zealand's most famous walking
routes, such as the Abel Tasman and Kepler Track. Indeed, New
Zealand's Jonathon Wyatt has won three of the last five World Mountain
Running Championships, an annual title "run" since 1985. The
championships will be held this year in Alaska in September.

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Yeah, go Jonathan- he's our local hero.

And I would love to do the Everest Marathon on a MUni. I'm not sure how
much of the Everest Trek is rideable though. Does anyone know? I spent
most of the time carrying my MUni along the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal
last year.


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