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VIETNAM MOUNTAIN MARATHON

NEW RACE DATE: 29/11 – 1/12/2024

Welcome to the longest-established mountain run in Vietnam! VMM offers distances of 10km21km, 50km70km, 100km and 100 miles around Sapa, a spectacular mountain region in North Vietnam.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

NEW RACE DATE: 29/11 – 1/12/2024

Due to Typhoon Yagi. Runners: please check your emails for full details.

ROUTE PROFILES

All you need to know about the routes.

See the details for your distance here: 10km,  21km50km70km100km, and 100 miles.

All GPS tracks will later be available for download. This will be announced in a newsletter to come.

AN EXTRAORDINARY MOUNTAIN TRAIL MARATHON

Vietnam Mountain Marathon is the result of a lifelong love of running and a fascination with Vietnam. Our beautiful route will take you through the inspiring mountain range of Hoang Lien National Park and its remote valleys near Sapa that are usually closed territory to all but the few.

Choose distances 10km, 21km, 50km, 70km, 100km, 100 miles. Run between villages, through rice terraces, across bamboo bridges and past water buffalo and cheering ethnic minority people. Prepare for an extraordinary adventure!

DISTANCES

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10km

Participate in this year’s biggest public run in Sapa and race against the local Black Hmong, Red Dao and Tay minorities.  

21km

This Half Mountain Marathon is tough, but highly rewarding, starting off with a serious climb right from the gun

You will see beautiful valleys, local ethnic minority villages, streams, forest and high mountain views. 

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50km

A hard but stunning 50km for the experienced runner who is looking for a tough challenge.  

The trails will lead you off the beaten track to areas which are rarely visited by anyone but locals. 

70km

The VMM 70km ultra trail has become a classic on the trail running calendarExpect huge variety and incredible scenery.  

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100km

This is an extremely challenging 100km ultra-marathon that covers every type of terrain the Sapa area has to offer. 

100 miles

The VMM 100 miles offers 162km and 8,600m of gain in the Sapa mountains.  

Welcome to the hardest run in Vietnam!  

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FINISH LINE

The VMM finish line is at Topas Ecolodge

Join us as we turn the hilltop of Topas Ecolodge into a mountain running party!

GIVING BACK: VMM CHARITY

VMM is part of the Vietnam Trail Series which has now raised over USD462,000 for good causes. Since 2013, VMM has funded: 

  • Projects in villages along the route, for example school boarding houses and classrooms have been constructed to vastly improve the education conditions for children living in the mountains. 
  • Support for kids in crisis through Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation. 
  • Surgery for children via Operation Smile. 
  • Saving lives with Newborns Vietnam.