The fourth edition of The Buddha Trails Ultra Marathon was successfully conducted in Rimbick, Darjeeling, West Bengal. The event witnessed close to 300 runners participating in three different categories of 53 KM, 30 KM, and 12 KM.
RESULTS
CATEGORY 12 KM
| BIB | Name | Category | Gender | Final TIME | Status | Certificates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | Hriday | 12km | Male | 1:27 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1202 | Md. Saad ul islam Ninad | 12km | Male | DNS | DNS | |
| 1203 | Nitish Bhattacharjee | 12km | Male | 1:48 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1204 | Anirban Datta | 12km | Male | 1:45 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1205 | Anmol Pradhan | 12km | Male | 1:04 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1206 | Chodenla Sherpa | 12km | Female | 1:38 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1207 | Prajjwal Dewan | 12km | Male | 1:07 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1208 | Shradha Rai | 12km | Female | 1:32 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1209 | Namrata Subba | 12km | Female | 1:44 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1210 | Sananda Dutta | 12km | Female | 1:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1211 | Monowar Hossain Zahid | 12km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 1212 | Pooja Singh | 12km | Female | 1:49 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1213 | Biplab Das | 12km | Male | 1:18 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1214 | Elizabeth | 12km | Female | 1:19 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1215 | Agnimitra rai | 12km | Male | 1:05 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1216 | Mayank Agarwal | 12km | Male | 2:00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1217 | Gopal Krishna Garg | 12km | Male | 1:50 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1218 | Biswajit Dutta | 12km | Male | 1:33 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1219 | Chetana G | 12km | Female | 1:55 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1220 | Poppy Roy | 12km | Female | 1:56 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1221 | Rhitam Bhattacharjee | 12km | Male | 1:28 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1222 | Suraj Gupta | 12km | Male | 1:09 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1223 | Ruma Das | 12km | Female | 1:46 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1224 | Krishna Chaitanya Cherukuri | 12km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 1225 | Pankaj Kumar Keshari | 12km | Male | 1:14 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1226 | Geeta Dahiya | 12km | Female | 1:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1227 | Tshering Gyatso | 12km | Male | 1:38:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1229 | Souvik Sen | 12km | Male | 1:26 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1234 | Surendar | 12km | Male | 1:49 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1235 | Venkataramana | 12km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 1236 | Ujwala Chakole | 12km | Male | 1:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1237 | Clementine Hochet | 12km | Female | 1:50 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1238 | Rejoice Rai | 12km | Male | 0:58 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1239 | Riya R | 12km | Female | 1:55 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 1240 | Ronak Hansaria | 12km | Male | 1:36 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
TBT 30 KM – OVERALL
| BIB No. | NAME | CATEGORY | GENDER | FINAL TIME | STATUS | CERTIFICATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3113 | Prabin Rai | 30km | Male | 2:51:11 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3086 | Sannat Sachdev | 30km | Male | 3:00:48 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3083 | Matt Barrett | 30km | Male | 3:44:33 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3073 | Nithyam Nachappa | 30km | Male | 4:00:15 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3042 | Raghav Upasani | 30km | Male | 4:02:49 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3089 | Roshan Harith | 30km | Male | 4:04:35 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3018 | Suvradeep Banerjee | 30km | Male | 4:05:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3013 | Devesh Pradhan | 30km | Male | 4:10:49 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3076 | Soumyajit Ghosh | 30km | Male | 4:21:24 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3069 | Shibam Sarkar | 30km | Male | 4:25:10 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3030 | Amit Shinde | 30km | Male | 4:27:43 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3037 | Sayandip Mazumder | 30km | Male | 4:28:13 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3039 | Sandip Banerjee | 30km | Male | 4:28:23 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3055 | Jonas Dsouza | 30km | Male | 4:33:25 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3001 | Caldwell C Manners | 30km | Male | 4:33:49 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3036 | Jaskaran Singh | 30km | Male | 4:38:38 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3088 | Chewang Norbu Sherpa | 30km | Male | 4:42:56 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3100 | Tenkyong Tenzin | 30km | Male | 4:42:56 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3043 | Shubham Salekar | 30km | Male | 4:45:13 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3066 | Clhamu Gensapa | 30km | Female | 4:49:10 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3016 | Shristi | 30km | Female | 4:50:44 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3091 | Pavithran | 30km | Male | 4:55:13 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3104 | Lal Prasad Rai | 30km | Male | 4:56:52 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3092 | Smita Chamling | 30km | Female | 4:57:41 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3080 | Veronica Lepcha | 30km | Female | 5:00:52 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3005 | Denis Singh Phuritshabam | 30km | Male | 5:07:35 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3077 | Junali Patir Doley | 30km | Female | 5:14:09 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3075 | kunal netrapal | 30km | Male | 5:16:20 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3078 | Anil Dhyani | 30km | Male | 5:25:24 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3081 | Gaurav S Gandhi | 30km | Male | 5:25:43 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3101 | P L K Ravi Chandar | 30km | Male | 5:28:31 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3028 | Ajay Kumar | 30km | Male | 5:30:06 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3032 | Raja Sekhar Bv | 30km | Male | 5:30:58 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3056 | Nandita Bayan | 30km | Female | 5:31:12 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3048 | Prabhat Kumar | 30km | Male | 5:31:38 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3054 | Binod Jha | 30km | Male | 5:32:55 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3017 | Saheb Roy | 30km | Male | 5:32:55 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3038 | Kartick Modi | 30km | Male | 5:39:59 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3082 | Saumya Siddhartha Mohan | 30km | Male | 5:41:07 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3102 | Dr Naresh Babu A | 30km | Male | 5:43:47 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3023 | Deepak Turlapati | 30km | Male | 5:44:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3057 | Bikash Gurung | 30km | Male | 5:47:18 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3053 | Shilpa Thakur | 30km | Female | 5:47:24 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3094 | Sugandha Singhal | 30km | Female | 5:48:43 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3084 | Pavish shankarnathan | 30km | Male | 5:52:50 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3044 | Chinmaya Kajagar | 30km | Male | 5:53:51 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3085 | Spoorthy | 30km | Female | 5:53:51 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3106 | Syamantak Sen | 30km | Male | 5:53:51 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3112 | Rohit Baitha | 30km | Male | 5:59:04 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3051 | Saransh Ahlawat | 30km | Male | 6:00:06 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3074 | Laxmikant Krishna | 30km | Male | 6:01:07 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3072 | Akshay Mhaskar | 30km | Male | 6:02:00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3114 | Abhinay Kharga | 30km | Male | 6:03:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3103 | Sanjay Singh Karki | 30km | Male | 6:07:05 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3004 | Umesh Subba | 30km | Male | 6:07:58 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3109 | B SRI RAM | 30km | Male | 6:09:59 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3096 | akshay durugu | 30km | Male | 6:12:14 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3065 | Abhay Sapru | 30km | Male | 6:12:58 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3090 | Manish gurung | 30km | Male | 6:14:22 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3015 | Nishant Gupta | 30km | Male | 6:16:15 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3060 | Tushar Kanti Samal | 30km | Male | 6:17:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3052 | Sukumar Deb | 30km | Male | 6:18:05 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3012 | Yashraaj Balaga | 30km | Male | 6:19:53 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3014 | Madhavi Sharma | 30km | Female | 6:26:01 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3093 | Jai Thakur | 30km | Male | 6:29:26 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3095 | S.R.P. HARI | 30km | Male | 6:30:00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3097 | Varun S | 30km | Male | 6:30:00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3108 | Radhika | 30km | Female | 6:30:01 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3098 | Vardhani Gundu | 30km | Female | 6:31:00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3111 | Disha Gulati | 30km | Female | 6:31:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3045 | Prem G Menon | 30km | Male | 6:35:46 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3020 | Shiven Mehru | 30km | Male | 6:46:07 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3068 | Anirban Bhattacharyya | 30km | Male | 6:46:16 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3010 | Anirudha Chakraborty | 30km | Male | 6:52:03 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3040 | Darshit Bhodia | 30km | Male | 6:52:03 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3033 | Jayashree Marjit | 30km | Female | 6:52:03 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3059 | Sarfaraz Ahmad | 30km | Male | 6:57:08 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3061 | Murali Iyer | 30km | Male | 6:59:34 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3047 | Aman Verma | 30km | Male | 6:45::00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 3099 | Akhil Sapru | 30km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 3070 | Balasubramanian | 30km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 3024 | Chirag Tyagi | 30km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 3031 | Debjit Banerjee | 30km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 3105 | Dilleeswara Babu | 30km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 3041 | Karthik Valluri | 30km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 3035 | Marian Mukherjee | 30km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 3071 | Raj Raman | 30km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 3064 | Tarun M Guntanur | 30km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 3025 | Varsha SN | 30km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 3009 | Yashashree Chakole | 30km | Female | DNF | Non Finisher |
THE BUDDHA TRAILS – 53 KM OVERALL
| BIB No. | NAME | CATEGORY | GENDER | FINAL TIME | STATUS | CERTIFCATES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6606 | Som Bahadur | 53km | Male | 6:09:46 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6607 | Hemant Limbu | 53km | Male | 6:39:20 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6552 | Suktshering Lepcha | 53km | Male | 8:11:51 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6604 | Vinay Krishnamurti | 53km | Male | 8:15:16 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6599 | Pemba Sherpa | 53km | Male | 9:01:00 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6601 | Ankit Chhetri | 53km | Male | 9:54:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6600 | Sajan Lama | 53km | Male | 9:54:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6612 | Ashish Tamang | 53km | Male | 10:03:41 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6613 | Gautam Shrestha | 53km | Male | 10:03:41 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6560 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay | 53km | Male | 10:05:35 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6535 | Raman Kumar | 53km | Male | 10:27:02 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6598 | Safal Sundas | 53km | Male | 10:29:43 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6530 | Kaustav Saha | 53km | Male | 10:36:12 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6547 | Avisek Tunga | 53km | Male | 10:36:36 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6505 | Yengkhom Suraj singh | 53km | Male | 10:39:44 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6576 | Utsow Pradhan | 53km | Male | 10:41:58 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6518 | Angshuman Bhattacharya | 53km | Male | 10:43:36 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6603 | Lipi Kalita | 53km | Female | 11:11:10 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6597 | Sameer Chhetri | 53km | Male | 11:23:37 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6522 | Tashi Dorji Tangbi | 53km | Male | 11:41:44 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6526 | Ekesh Tewari | 53km | Male | 11:57:26 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6534 | Siddharth Shetye | 53km | Male | 12:00:54 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6571 | Anurag Nath Majumdar | 53km | Male | 12:07:02 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6574 | Urgen Lepcha | 53km | Male | 12:15:12 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6609 | Sara Lepcha | 53km | Female | 12:27:16 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6562 | Sourish Dam Roy | 53km | Male | 12:41:46 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6559 | Mohit Oberoi | 53km | Male | 12:45:14 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6610 | Raju Chhetri | 53km | Male | 12:45:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6579 | Tashi Chhophel Bhutia | 53km | Male | 12:47:27 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6589 | Srinivasa Rao i | 53km | Male | 12:47:36 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6572 | Rohan Vijay Chavan | 53km | Male | 12:48:42 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6584 | Chandan Kumar Mahato | 53km | Male | 12:49:43 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6608 | Rasik Chhetri | 53km | Male | 12:50:18 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6558 | Chetan Trivedi | 53km | Male | 12:50:25 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6577 | Md Nawaz | 53km | Male | 12:50:44 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6502 | Kshitish Purohit | 53km | Male | 12:51:39 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6508 | Trupti Katkar Chavan | 53km | Female | 12:53:19 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6555 | Mahesh Nath Tiwari | 53km | Male | 12:55:12 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6513 | Santanu Paul | 53km | Male | 12:55:24 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6594 | Satish Movva | 53km | Male | 12:55:24 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6550 | Nagaraj B | 53km | Male | 12:56:37 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6556 | Nilesh R | 53km | Male | 12:56:37 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6545 | Debabrata Ghosh | 53km | Male | 12:58:08 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6539 | Ravi Koruprolu | 53km | Male | 12:58:51 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6569 | Manikandan M | 53km | Male | 12:59:17 | Finisher | DOWNLOAD |
| 6564 | Abhishek Duttagupta | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6570 | Non-Finisher | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6551 | Ajay Kumar Agarwal | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6527 | AKASH PAUL | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6615 | Aman Nadaf | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6514 | Amit Ranjan Mahato | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6538 | Anik Ghosh | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6602 | Arun Moktan | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6506 | Ashwin S L | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6587 | Basanta Sahu | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6509 | Bharani Kumaar | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6544 | Darsha Chandarana | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6524 | Vishal Raghav | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6511 | Dr Santosh Ingle | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6512 | Dr Saswati Biswas | 53km | Female | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6591 | Garima Pugalia | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6565 | Gaurav Manchanda | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6595 | Geetanjali Dei | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6593 | Harinath S | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6516 | Harshit Singh | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6553 | Juby George | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6546 | Jyoti Ghosh | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6529 | Kajal Kumar Dutta | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6578 | Kaushal neopaney | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6517 | Kingshuk Chanda | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6618 | Koushik Kahali | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6515 | Krishna Chaitanya Katikitala | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6590 | Lakshmanan M | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6563 | Madan Mohan Badi | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6596 | Madhuri | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6573 | Mahesh Shankar Jagajjiven | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6542 | Mukul Singh | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6533 | Murali Karanam | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6543 | Neetu Singh | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6583 | Nitin Kumar Munda | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6554 | Pravinya | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6592 | Preyasee Chari | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6581 | Rajat Sharma | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6520 | Rajendra Chakole | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6561 | Rajesh Mysore Sadashiva | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6531 | Rajkumar Reddypalle | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6611 | Renu Rana | 53km | Female | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6537 | Saroj Kumar Mati | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6588 | Shunmugasundaram T | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6525 | Sifat Fahamida Naosin | 53km | Female | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6519 | Sourav Ray | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6567 | Sourav Samadder | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6557 | Subhrajyoti Nayak | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6548 | Sudhakar Silveru | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6582 | Tapabrata Bhattacharya | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6521 | Tenzin Norsang Norbhu | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6586 | Veeraraj Urs | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6575 | Abhishek Sharan | 53km | Male | DNF | Non-Finisher | |
| 6532 | Yashas Chakole | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6568 | Yuvaraj J | 53km | Male | DNF | Non Finisher | |
| 6541 | Gurdeep Kadian | 53km | Male | DNS | DNS |
This year’s Buddha Trails Ultra Marathon was extra special as the Race Director Vishwas Sindhu announced the launch of a support system for the local boys of Rimbick, Hemant Limbu, and Som Bahadur. These two young athletes have been selected to represent India at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships 2023. The support system will provide them with the necessary training, nutrition, and equipment required to compete at the international level.
The Buddha Trails Ultra Marathon is an annual event that attracts running enthusiasts from across the country and abroad. Local lad Som Bahadur Thami and Lipi Kalita aced the 53 KM in 06:09:46 hrs and 11:11:10 hrs respectively. Prabin Rai and Clhamu Gensapa won the 30 KM category with timings of 02:51:11 hrs and 04:49:10 hrs respectively. The 12 KM Category was won by Rejoice Rai and Elizabeth. DIG GANGTOK SSB, Sh. Balwan Manderna handed over the trophies and awards to the winners.
The race was flagged off by Sh. Norden Sherpa – the executive member of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. The GTA and the local administration of Darjeeling extended full support to the event, making it possible for the runners to experience the beautiful and challenging terrain of the Himalayan foothills. The event was supported by The Department of Tourism GTA, Rimbick Nature Guides Association and SSB. In the recently concluded 2nd Tourism Working Group Meeting of the G20, The Hell Race was also mentioned by Vikram Rai of Vikrun Foundation where the emphasis was laid on adventure tourism in the rural parts of West Bengal.
The challenging terrain and beautiful landscapes of the Himalayan foothills make it a popular destination for adventure sports. TheHell Race, through its different races in India, provides a platform for runners to test their endurance and skills and also promotes tourism in the region.
