More than 4,000 runners to race in Việt Nam Trail Marathon

France versus Việt Nam

In the men’s  七0km distance race, last year’s second-place runner, Đỗ Trọng Nhơn, will return. He will compete with his compatriot Quang Nguyễn who finished third in the Việt Nam Mountain Marathon (VMM)  一00km and Việt Nam Jungle Marathon (VJM)  七0km event.

They will face two strong runners from France, namely Gaetan Morizur and Valentin Orange, who were both on the VMM podium last year.

In the women’s ultra field, the first, second and fourth place of the VTM  二0 二0 Nguyễn Thị Đường, Nguyễn and Hiền Trần will be back to compete again.

While Đường beat Dung into second place at the VTM last year, Dung won the VJM  二0 二0. This will be the first time since then the two have gone head to head, so it promises to be an interesting race. 

They will both have to compete with a strong contender of France, Axelle de Feraudy, who won the VMM  四 二km two months ago. Two other Vietnamese contenders are Hà Thị Hậu, VMM  二 一km champion, and Lê Thẩm Thúy Hằng, third place at the VJM  五 五km.

This will be Hậu’s first ultra race and it will be interesting to see if her fierce shorter distance speed can translate to a much longer test.

In the  四 二km category, last year’s champion Markus Gnirck of Germany will return and so will the overall Việt Nam Trail Series marathon champ Trịnh Nam Hải of Việt Nam. They both have to compete with double VMM  一00km champion Nguyễn Tiến Hùng who also took second place at the VTM  二 一km last year.

In the female battle, two strong French contenders Nathalie Cochet and Constance Louasse will compete with an elite runner of Việt Nam, Lèo Thị Tình, who took third place at the VTM  四 二km last year, and Elizabeth Charles, second place at the VJM  二 五km.