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Title: Running/Road Running/Marathon - The World's Most Beautiful Marathon A reprint of the March 1996 Runners World-UK article about the Mt Everest Challenge Marathon in Sikkim. (March 1, 1996)
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The World's Most Beautiful Marathon  "The World's Most Beautiful Marathon" (Headline from cover of Magazine) article reprinted from Runner's World, UK edition March 1996 BY STEVE SEATONFor two days I sat listening to the rain fall on the tin roof of the sherpahut, uncertain whether I wanted it to stop of continue pouring. There isn'ta lot to do when you're stuck on the edge of a barren mountain plateauat 12,000ft with a gale blowing outside. When it's dark you curl up inyour sleeping bag, throw on an extra blanket and try to sleep. When it'slight you pop your head out of the top, find a book and count the hoursto the next meal - the highlight of the day.  The muchtalked-about view outside was just one big gray cloud throwing out hail.sleet and rain at regular intervals. This was my second visit to Sandakphu,and it wasn't going much better than the first. A seek earlier I had traveledup with the Stage Race - and promptly come downwith pneumonia. Dr. Brown was surprised I was the only one to catch it,which was ironic, as I was one of the few not to run a step on that firstday. Looking at the state of most of the competitors, I considered myselfthe lucky one. Now, a week and a full course of antibiotics later, I was backwith the Marathon group, contemplating whether runningwas wise. If it kept raining, I wouldn't have to decide.  The two trips dovetailed perfectly. The Marathon group was midway throughthree days of acclimatizing and sightseeing in Mirik as the StageRacers returned for their post event dinner and prize giving, whilethe early tour was much the same for both groups. Even the course for theEverest Marathon, which was being run for the firsttime, mainly followed the route of Day Two of the Stage Race. The maindifference seemed to be the mode of travel to Sandakphu. After enduringthe jeep ride for a second time, I did wonder whether it could have beenmuch worse on foot. Calling the race the Everest Marathon seemed a bit cheeky. yes,you could see the worlds highest peak in the distance, but flanked by twomountains of almost equal height, it really wasn't that impressive. Theevent should have been called the Kanchenjunga Marathon, but then no onewould have turned up. The Marathon party was a smaller group and was mainly British,with one American and a smattering of other Europeans, including Rusek(again the hot tip). The atmosphere, however was very similar with a genuinefeeling of camaraderie. But as the rain continued to fall, the big question was whetherthe event would actually take place. Half the members of the party werestill unable to make it up to Sandakphu because of the rain.  Fortunately the morning of race day broke to the kind of clear, crisp mountainviews we'd been promised. The rest of the party arrived that afternoon.Surprisingly confident, I joined them on the start line at six the followingmorning, the race having been put back 24 hours. The sole advantages ofsitting in the huts for two days were rest an acclimatization. Running at 12,000ft was like trying to breathe with two smallmen sitting on your chest; you just had to slow down and prepare yourselffor five or six hour on your feet rather than three or four. Actually,it was easier than I expected. Sometimes in a long race, when your quadsare screaming and your lungs set to burst, you just want to stop and walka while. Running the Himalayas, that's exactly what you have to do: walkup the hills and run down them - it's almost impossible to do anythingelse. Covering this course in a jeep a week earlier, I had labeled itas flatish. Now going over it again on two feet, it seemed full of themost monstrous climbs. Funny, that. In fact the gradient was a little upand down, but the altitude was roughly the same at both ends of the course.There were three tough climbs which though minor by the standards of theprevious week, that had me bent double, gasping for breath and desperatelytrying to pull my legs forward. But apart from those few moments, the emphasis was on lookingout rather than in. It really was the most beautiful course. As we wererunning above the treeline and the cloud base, there was nothing to obstructthe view of the world's highest mountains. From halfway I had lost sight of the leaders. I know either were four orfive people ahead, led by Rusek, but I was more concerned with those behindme, who I caught occasional glimpses of in the far distance. However, thebest view I had all day was the first sighting of the Sherpa huts at Sandakphu. Unfortunately they were still five kilometers off, and it wasall uphill. Again, I didn't remember this on the way out. It was the slowestand most painful 5K of my life: the last 2K took about 25 minutes, andI missed my target of six hours by 11 minutes. Rusek, who is usually a2:30 marathon runner, arrived just over an hour and five places ahead ofme. My 6:11 was a Personal Worst by some way. But who cares? You don'tcome to the Himalayas for fast times. In any case, it was the most enjoyablerace I've ever run, and certainly the most memorable. Thank goodness it stopped raining. More information about the Himalayan 100 Mile StageRaceMore information about the Everest Challenge MarathonBack to the HRT Home PageHimalayan Run & Trek© 1996 Runner's Worldreproduced with permission last modified Nov 1997 |
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A | reprint | of | the | March | 1996 | Runners | World-UK | article | about | the | Mt | Everest | Challenge | Marathon | in | Sikkim. | (March | 1, | 1996) |
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