Join the first ever trail run empowered for women.
This is an event outside Baguio and will be held in the outskirts of Pintong Bukawe, San Mateo, Rizal.
Registration fees for the different categories are as follows:
- UPHILL KIDDIE MILER INDIVIDUAL – AUGUST 13, 2017 Php 250.00
- SWEET 6K INDIVIDUAL – AUGUST 13, 2017 Php 600.00
- SUB-SANDI CHALLENGE INDIVIDUAL – AUGUST 13, 2017 Php 600.00
- FIERCE 15K INDIVIDUAL – AUGUST 13, 2017 Php 800.00
This will be a fund-raising event for the benefit of Sandi Menchi, who is one of the distinguished female runners in the country. A champion runner who is aiming to join the TDS or Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie which is part of the UTMB festival of running races.
Regarding the TDS race, the TDS is a trail run that starts in Courmayeur in Italy running along the Grande Randonnée routes that cross Mont-Blanc, Beaufort, Tarentaise and the Aosta valley which were were once part of the Savoie State. The TDS race is 119 kilometres including several sections at altitudes surpassing 2,500 metres and a positive altitude gain of 7,250 metres. The highest points of the TDS are Arête du Mont-Favre (2,435 metres), Col Chavannes (2,603 metres), Col du Petit Saint-Bernard (2,188 metres), Passeur de Pralognan (2,567 metres), Col de la Gitte (2,322 metres), and Col du Tricot (2,120 metres). All participants must be fit carrying the appropriate equipment and ability to run in semi self-sufficiency and finish within a cut-off time of 33 hours.
Running at the TDS is the goal of Sandi Menchi and let us all hope and pray that she will finish the TDS race on time.
Sources:
https://www.runultra.co.uk/Events/TDS
https://raceyaya.com/