Last day. Time to do a final equipment check. As you can see from the equipment page, there is a few mandatory items that one must bring, in total an 8kg allowance. Not sure yet how to make latter one happen as my power bars are already 2 kg. I shall master this! I will do…

Just received the news. My visa for Bhutan arrived. Check! One more step towards a great adventure completed. The most pressing topic on my list left is my visa for India. As mentioned in my last post, I was not successful last time. Hopefully this will work out in time. But it’s getting even better….

Great, easy long jog (32km) today, with perfect conditions. I again used every bit of hill I was able to find. My buddy Kurt joined me on his bike. We had a blast! I’m steadily getting there. Testing power bars right now, to avoid trouble in Bhutan.  Enjoying my new shoes, also. Altra Olympus 2.0,…

Equipment At the equipment check before the race, the mandatory equipment will be thoroughly checked by the organisers. Competitors are not allowed to participate in the race if any of the items declared as mandatory equipment is missing. Irregular equipment checks might be carried out at any time during the race week. Absence of any…

Bhutan Bhutan the land of the thunder dragon kingdom is a trekker’s paradise and an environmentalist’s dream. With 72 percent of the country under forest cover, Bhutan’s pristine ecology is home to rare and endangered flora and fauna. This spiritual land is the last bastion of the Vajrayana school of Mahayana Buddhism which provides the essence…

starts on Friday, May 27st 2016,  with a meeting of all runners at the team hotel in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan and will end in Paro on Saturday, June 4th. The event host is GlobalLimits, a group of professionals that have done many extreme races themselves. The race will start 80km east of Thimphu…