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Chiangmai Thailand by UTMB - CHIANG DAO 160

10:0010:00 AM Wat Tham Chiang Dao
Chiang Dao District
Chiang Dao District. Photograph by Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The Chiang Dao 160 is listed at 173 km and 9,800 m of climbing: it starts at Wat Tham Chiang Dao and finishes at Chiang Mai PAO Park, with 48 hours allowed.

The course in short 2 lines
  • From Doi Luang Chiang Dao to Chiang Mai PAO Park173 km and 9,800 m+ from Chiang Dao to Chiang Mai PAO Park in 48 hours.
  • Sixteen aid stations in villages and templesSixteen aid stations, from a garden home at A1 to the waterfall at A16.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseTacticsFrom Doi Luang Chiang Dao to Chiang Mai PAO Park173 km and 9,800 m+ from Chiang Dao to Chiang Mai PAO Park in 48 hours.

The organiser describes the route as starting at Doi Luang Chiang Dao, climbing to San Pa Kia and Doi Pha Sam Liam for mountain views, passing the Hmong village of Ban Doi Pui and the Monthathan Waterfall, and finishing at Chiang Mai PAO Park. It lists 16 aid stations, from Khiri Kiang Dao Garden Home (A1) to the Montha Than Waterfall (A16).

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsSixteen aid stations in villages and templesSixteen aid stations, from a garden home at A1 to the waterfall at A16.

Among them are Ban Mae Mae School (A2), the Pagia Highland Research Station (A3), Doi Mon Ngo (A6), the Mae Taeng Watershed Research Station (A7), Wat Phraphutthabat Si Roi (A9), Wat Pang Hai (A11), the Maesa Elephant Camp (A13) and Wat Doi Pui (A15).

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Gels for Wat Tham Chiang Dao, between the aid stations

Over 100 km a gel every 40 minutes stops being a plan: most runners eat real food at the aid stations and take gels between. Practise what you will eat on your longest runs.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

Order by 13 November to test them on two long runs first.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
162.0 km100.7 mi
cut-off
48:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Friday 4 December Race day

  1. 10:0010:00 AM

    Chiang Dao 160 start Wat Tham Chiang Dao. The race finishes at Chiang Mai PAO Park.

  2. Time not published

    Maximum race time 48 hours from the start. 48:00 limit: 17:46/km for 162 km48:00 limit: 28:36/mi for 100.7 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Wat Tham Chiang Dao time, checked .

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Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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