Reprint of Ultra Running Magazine's 
Report Race of the 1995 
Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race

A field of 56 participants from thirteen countries started the 13th annual international Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race, which took place near Darjeeling, India, on some of the most spectacular terrain in the world. The course offered views of many major Himalayan peaks, and traversed isolated jungles, pine forests, and major rivers while passing through small settlements and villages. Yaks, wild ponies, and the red panda were seen at higher elevations by some runners. At each overnight stop, meals were fully catered and accommodations were in rustic mountain huts.

The first stage started in Manebj and covered 24 miles on trails to Sandakphu (12,000 feet). It was not an easy day, as the route had over 10,000 feet of altitude gain. Day two was out ten miles on trails to Molle and then back to Sandakphu with spectacular views of Mt. Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, and Maklau (four of the five highest peaks in the world). The third stage of 26 miles was out past Molle and then down to Rimbik (6,000 feet) on trails. Days four and five were 13 miles and 17 miles respectively, both on rural roads. 

Sergio Fernandez Perez from Spain won the 13th International Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race with an overall time of 16 hrs and 17 minutes and got the privilege to receive the Gold Award. The second and third position won by Noel Hanna (N. Ireland with a time 16 hrs 50 minutes) and Ronald Logan (UK with a time 17 hrs 37 minutes) respectively. While Ms. Lynne Stark (N. Ireland with 19 hrs 49 minutes) and Grethe L Petersen (UK with 21 hrs 37 minutes) won the first and second position among females, Ms. Amanda English 24 hrs 26 minutes from UK minutes declared the third winner. The finish rate was 98%.

The 16th international annual Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race is scheduled to be held during 31 October to 07 November 2006 (Seven nights/eight days and from Bagdogra airport to Bagdogra airport)


Linda Van Tilborg adds:

C. S. Pandey. and crew put on a first-class run over some of the most beautiful trails I have ever seen. My expectations and the reality of it all were far apart in some areas and close to the mark in others.

I expected the race to be difficult; I didn't expect the difficulty to be mitigated by the views. Somehow, even when you're nauseated and tired, the magnificence of the course buoys you up and makes you glad you're there.

I expected "cobblestones" to mean rounded rocks set into the tread of the road. What we got were long, rough-edged rocks set end-up into the road tread -- a more grippable surface and less slippery than anticipated (except in the riparian areas the first day, when we got patches of ice-covered cobbles). What we also got from the cobblestones was at least 30 miles of cobble-practice with some of it starting right off on the first day.

Then them was the expectation of seeing nothing in the way of vegetation above treeline. maybe 11,000 feet, like in the States, Well, there was plenty of vegetation up there. grasses. mosses, fir-type trees, hardwoods at 12.000 feet.

I expected to need supplemental oxygen up there. but no-o-o-o. the aid stations only had English tea biscuits, native bananas, and mineral water. Actually, the air was very breathable up there. (Had I spent enough time training at altitude in the States or was I just going too slowly?)

I expected to run more than I did. I am not surprised, though, that I walked probably two-thirds of the course. Those hills were steep -- I even walked a good deal of the downhills! 

I expected to eat like a horse -- Lord knows there was enough delicious food supplied by Mr. Pandey's crews -- but no-o-o-o again, it was all I could do to cram down enough to fuel the machine for the next day's stage! Altitude, they say, does nasty things to one's appetite, and just when I had an excellent excuse to pig-out, I couldn't really take advantage of it.

I expected to be an "Ugly American" over there. Not at all! The village people we came in contact with -- I never greeted so many people while running in my life -- were gracious and excited, and the children loved to run alongside. We were welcomed and cheered everywhere we went.

I expected to be thrilled and exhilarated if I could finish the event on my feet, healthy, and uninjured (I tend to fall a lot). And I was. Do this one if you get a chance! 


HIMALAYAN 100 MILE STAGE RACE - 2007 :  TIME CHART
28 Oct. - 01 Nov., 2007
FINISH RATE  98.30%
 
Sl. Pax Name Cntry M/F # ID Age Activity Total
Hrs / Mints.
01. Duncan Larkin USA M 131 35 RUN/JNLST 15:39:00
02. Miguel Angel Merino Gomez SPN M 98 32 RUN 15:58:00
03. Alan David  Colley UK M 109 42 RUN 17:33:22
04. Robert Forbes Murdoch UK M 66 37 RUN 18:01:00
05. Alistair Charles William Powell UK M 62 29 RUN 18:07:00
06. Ramiro Munoz Puentes USA M 69 49 RUN 18:17:00
07. Marc Alan Miller USA M 105 25 RUN 18:25:05
08. Josef Andreas Mayerhofer AUT M 110 42 RUN 18:25:07
09. Elin Margrethe Engdahl  Wright Norwegin F 78 45 RUN 18:33:28
10. Paul Charles Biddulph UK M 108 38 RUN 18:35:35
11. Toby Underwood UK M 92 39 RUN 19:03:00
12. Emlyn David Christie UK M 68 31 RUN 19:12:28
13. Vincent Hua Chuan Ting UK M 72 36 RUN 19:50:28
14. Brent William Haywood NZ M 82 42 RUN 19:51:28
15. Jonathan James Barrow UK M 80 30 RUN 20:06:00
16. Samuel David Woods UK M 81 25 RUN 20:16:16
17. Peter Watson UK M 120 56 RUN 21:54:45
18. Howard Bailey UK M 61 51 RUN 22:02:59
19 Prunella Venning Hayhow UK F 84 40 RUN 22:17:30
20 Russell John Clarke UK M 90 50 RUN 22:19:18
21 Miles Philip Conrad Barnett UK M 73 34 RUN 22:21:30
22 Martin Chandler Nuttall UK M 74 34 RUN 22:21:30
23 Tsafnat Ne'eman Einhoren ISRL F 107 48 RUN 22:29:50
24 Judith Brown UK F 119 53 RUN 22:38:00
25 Nicholas John Fleming UK M 75 34 RUN 22:52:05
26 Tracey Chalfant Nicholson USA F 100 24 RUN 23:28:28
27 Paul Stuart  Newman GER M 95 48 RUN 23:29:47
28 Philip Ronald Billing ISRL M 93 52 RUN 23:42:28
29 Yoshiaki Ishihara JPN M 123 62 RUN 23:48:00
30 Raquel Alvarez Yanez SPN F 99 31 RUN 23:52:30
31 Lisa d'Oger de Speville SA F 130 31 RUN/JNLST 24:14:00
32 Christopher Peter Hayhow UK M 85 44 RUN 24:16:30
33 Patrick Charles Frank Powell UK M 64 53 RUN 24:16:40
34 Claus Dahms GER M 129 50 RUN/JNLST 24:21:52
35 James Griffin CAN M 71 60 RUN 24:32:38
36 Arun Kumar Krishnamurthy UK M 89 40 RUN 25:02:16
37 Chun - fa Chen TIWAN M 126 48 RUN 25:17:00
38 Britta Sendkhofer AUT F 128 35 RUN/JNLST 26:29:30
39 Katsuyoshi Miyano JPN M 124 63 RUN 26:43:00
40 Dr. Steven Rhodes UK M 86 48 RUN 26:47:26
41 Declan Vincent Gleeson UK M 67 32 RUN 27:06:55
42 Hai-Yen Chong SGP F 114 35 RUN 27:08:00
43 Kurt Wallnberger AUT M 112 47 RUN 27:14:30
44 Dhaksha Chunilal Hargovan SA F 87 46 RUN 27:20:30
45 Stephen John Hamlet UAE M 96 41 RUN 27:56:15
46 Petrus Christoffel Snyman SA M 77 30 RUN 28:26:28
47 David Thomas Crombie SA M 76 63 RUN 28:38:00
48 Christopher Alan Robbins Czech M 121 42 RUN 28:46:00
49 David Combe UAE M 97 36 RUN 29:26:30
50 Terance Edward Phipps UK M 104 61 RUN 29:44:00
51 Keith Edward  Rumbold GER M 94 42 RUN 30:37:30
52 Chieko Nakadaira JPN F 125 42 RUN 31:21:00
53 Julia Ann Curtis SA F 88 40 RUN 32:53:27
54 Jacqui Kaufman USA F 127 RUN 33:45:53
55 Melanie Okeroa Winder NZ F 101 34 RUN 34:22:27
56 Thomas Reinhold Klotzel GER M 115 50 RUN 34:34:07
57 Sethuraman Ramasubramaniyam USA M 117 48 RUN 40:01:15
58 Priyadarshini Shyamsunder IND F 118 23 RUN 40:01:15
59 Michael Bertie Cosby UK M 70 62 RUN DNF
60 Andrew Kotulski USA M 122 67 WALK -
61 Jose Manuel Limenez Chilean M 132 27 JNLST JNLST
62 Kathryn Williams UK F 133 27 JNLST JNLST
63 Elizabeth Hufton UK F 116 28 JNLST JNLST
64 Naomi Elizabeth Harradence UK F 63 31 WALK -
65 Carolyn Ann Powell UK F 65 53 WALK -
66 Alan Cary Miller USA M 106 66 WALK -
67 Christiane Bertolini AUT F 111 43 WALK -
68 Sabine Konigseder AUT F 113 43 WALK -

 

MT.EVEREST CHALLENGE MARATHON - 2007
30 OCTOBER, 2007
FINISH RATE  100%
Sl. Pax Name Cntry M/F # ID Age Activity Time
01. Miguel Angel Merino Gomez SPN M 98 32 RUN 4:31:00
02. Duncan Larkin USA M 131 35 RUN/JNLST 4:37:00
03. Robert Forbes Murdoch UK M 66 37 RUN 5:04:00
04. Ramiro Munoz Puentes USA M 69 49 RUN 5:11:00
05. Paul Charles Biddulph UK M 108 38 RUN 5:12:35
06. Alan David  Colley UK M 109 42 RUN 5:14:22
07. Josef Andreas Mayerhofer AUT M 110 42 RUN 5:26:20
08. Toby Underwood UK M 92 39 RUN 5:35:00
09. Elin Margrethe Engdahl  Wright Norwegin F 78 45 RUN 5:40:28
10. Alistair Charles William Powell UK M 62 29 RUN 5:47:00
11. Jonathan James Barrow UK M 80 30 RUN 5:48:00
12. Nicholas John Fleming UK M 75 34 RUN 5:52:05
13. Samuel David Woods UK M 81 25 RUN 5:52:05
14. Marc Alan Miller USA M 105 25 RUN 5:52:05
15. Russell John Clarke UK M 90 50 RUN 6:06:30
16. Brent William Haywood NZ M 82 42 RUN 6:12:10
17. Tracey Chalfant Nicholson USA F 100 24 RUN 6:14:00
18. Miles Philip Conrad Barnett UK M 73 34 RUN 6:36:30
19 Martin Chandler Nuttall UK M 74 34 RUN 6:36:30
20 Prunella Venning Hayhow UK F 84 40 RUN 6:40:30
21 Christopher Peter Hayhow UK M 85 44 RUN 6:40:30
22 Patrick Charles Frank Powell UK M 64 53 RUN 6:54:40
23 Tsafnat Ne'eman Einhoren ISRL F 107 48 RUN 7:00:50
24 Howard Bailey UK M 61 51 RUN 7:09:40
25 Emlyn David Christie UK M 68 31 RUN 7:12:28
26 Vincent Hua Chuan Ting UK M 72 36 RUN 7:12:28
27 Paul Stuart  Newman GER M 95 48 RUN 7:17:47
28 Philip Ronald Billing ISRL M 93 52 RUN 7:20:28
29 Yoshiaki Ishihara JPN M 123 62 RUN 7:22:00
30 Judith Brown UK F 119 53 RUN 7:23:00
31 Claus Dahms GER M 129 50 RUN/JNLST 7:24:52
32 Declan Vincent Gleeson UK M 67 32 RUN 7:28:55
33 Peter Watson UK M 120 56 RUN 7:29:45
34 James Griffin CAN M 71 60 RUN 7:35:38
35 Lisa d'Oger de Speville SA F 130 31 RUN/JNLST 7:42:00
36 Raquel Alvarez Yanez SPN F 99 31 RUN 7:43:30
37 Dr. Steven Rhodes UK M 86 48 RUN 7:48:16
38 Arun Kumar Krishnamurthy UK M 89 40 RUN 7:48:16
39 Katsuyoshi Miyano JPN M 124 63 RUN 7:54:00
40 Chun - fa Chen CHINA M 126 48 RUN 7:57:00
41 Dhaksha Chunilal Hargovan SA F 87 46 RUN 8:19:30
42 Kurt Wallnberger AUT M 112 47 RUN 8:19:30
43 David Thomas Crombie SA M 76 63 RUN 8:42:00
44 Terance Edward Phipps UK M 104 61 RUN 8:42:00
45 Hai-Yen Chong SGP F 114 35 RUN 8:52:00
46 Christopher Alan Robbins Czech M 121 42 RUN 8:52:00
47 Petrus Christoffel Snyman SA M 77 30 RUN 9:02:28
48 Britta Sendkhofer AUS F 128 35 RUN/JNLST 9:06:30
49 Stephen John Hamlet UAE M 96 41 RUN 9:08:15
50 Keith Edward  Rumbold GER M 94 42 RUN 9:23:30
51 David Combe UAE M 97 36 RUN 9:23:30
52 Andrew Kotulski USA M 122 67 RUN 10:23:00
53 Chieko Nakadaira JPN F 125 42 RUN 10:27:00
54 Terence Lee Burns UK M 102 47 RUN 10:39:12
55 Jacqui Kaufman USA F 127   RUN 10:39:12
56 Julia Ann Curtis SA F 88 40 RUN 10:47:27
57 Melanie Okeroa Winder NZ F 101 34 RUN 10:47:27
58 Thomas Reinhold Klotzel GER M 115 50 RUN 11:17:15
59 Sethuraman Ramasubramaniyam USA M 117 48 RUN 11:17:15
60 Priyadarshini Shyamsunder IND F 118 23 RUN 11:17:15
61 Christiane Bertolini AUT F 111 43 WALK 12:27:26
62 Sabine Konigseder AUT F 113 43 WALK 12:28:20
63 Michael Bertie Cosby UK M 70 62 RUN 13:13:00
64 Caitlan Rebecca Burns UK F 103 17 RUN 14:58:40
65 Naomi Elizabeth Harradence UK F 63 31 WALK -
66 Carolyn Ann Powell UK F 65 53 WALK -
67 Alan Cary Miller USA M 106 66 WALK -
68 Elizabeth Hufton UK F 116 28 JNLST -
69 Jose Manuel Limenez Chilean M 132 27 JNLST -
70 Kathryn Williams UK F 133 27 JNLST -
 


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