The Manjushree Trail Race (MTR) is the only ITRA certified 100 mile trail race in Nepal. The race route takes runners along the Kathmandu valley rim ridge line and across the seven peaks that surround the valley. 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 MTR has been the result of years of trail pioneers coming heading out into the hills to find and connect the tracks left by old trade routes or created by local communities. We can’t talk about the Manjushree trail and not acknowledge Lizzy Hawker and Seth Wolphin for being the first to connect different versions of the Kathmandu valley rim route, and Raj Pradhan and Narayan Acharya for providing their extensive knowledge of the lay of the land and helping to connect these different trails. However, there have been many others that helped in establishing the Manjushree trail, which you can find in the acknowledgements section. Furthermore, you can find all the different versions of the Kathmandu Valley Rim route under available routes.