Vietnam Mountain Marathon 100km (Sapa, Vietnam) 2026
Also known as: VMM
From Sapa town the course climbs Ham Rong and runs along the Muong Hoa valley under Mount Fansipan, then via Mount Silverstone and Red Dao villages drops into the valleys before crossing the Cow Mountain ridge to the Topas Ecolodge finish.
The course tops out at 2,306 m (low point 749 m). There are 4 big climbs: 405 m around 0–3 km; 647 m around 31–44 km; 1,224 m around 49–64 km; 536 m around 78–85 km. The longest descent drops 1,043 m around 64 km at about 15% on average. Only about 30% is gentle (under 5% grade); most of it is climbing or descending. The median finish was about 26 h, through one night.
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- Date
- Sat, 19 Sep 2026
- Start
- 05:00
- Location
- Vietnam
- Distance
- 101 km
- Elevation gain
- 5,500 m
- Time limit
- 28h
- ITRA
- 100K
- Official website
- vietnamtrailseries.com/mountain-marathon/100km-ultra-trail
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.7 km | CP M2 Hang Đá | 6.7 km | — |
| 2 | 12.7 km | CP M3 Hòa Sử Pán | 6 km | — |
| 3 | 17.7 km | Aid 3Lếch Mông（WS・給水のみ） | 5 km | — |
| 4 | 23.1 km | CP M4 Bản Mới | 5.4 km | — |
| 5 | 25.9 km | CP Topas Ecolodge | 2.8 km | Day 1 12:007h |
| 6 | 31 km | Aid 6Suối Vạn Dền（WS・給水のみ） | 5.1 km | — |
| 7 | 40.2 km | CP1 Cầu Lao Chải | 9.2 km | — |
| 8 | 48.4 km | Aid 8Ý Linh Hồ（WS・給水のみ） | 8.2 km | — |
| 9 | 52.7 km | Aid 9CP2 Cát Cát（ドロップバッグ） | 4.3 km | — |
| 10 | 60.9 km | CP3 Ô Quý Hồ | 8.2 km | Day 1 21:0016h |
| 11 | 70.3 km | Aid 11CP4 Tả Phìn（ドロップバッグ） | 9.4 km | Day 2 00:0019h |
| 12 | 78.1 km | CP5 Cầu 31 | 7.8 km | Day 2 02:0021h |
| 13 | 82.9 km | Aid 13Sâu Chua（WS・給水のみ） | 4.8 km | — |
| 14 | 87.4 km | CP6 Hầu Chư Ngài | 4.5 km | Day 2 05:0024h |
| 15 | 93.1 km | CP7 Sử Pán | 5.7 km | Day 2 06:3025h 30m |
| 16 | 95.7 km | Aid 16Lếch Mông（WS・給水のみ） | 2.6 km | — |
| F | 101 km | FinishTopas Ecolodge（FINISH） | 5.3 km | Day 2 09:0028h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2025 results
298 finishers. Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 13h
- Top 10%
- 20h 41m
- Top 25%
- 23h 43m
- Median
- 25h 53m
- Top 75%
- 27h 17m
- Top 90%
- 27h 37m
- Last finisher
- 27h 58m
"Top 25%" means one in four finishers had crossed the line by this time.
Years with a different course or different cutoffs are not directly comparable.
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