Vietnam Mountain Marathon 10km (Sapa, Vietnam) 2026
Also known as: VMM
A loop from and back to Topas Ecolodge, the event's finish venue. It crosses streams on a suspension bridge and a bamboo bridge, climbs through rice terraces to the Black Hmong village of Lech Mong and visits the Red Dao village of Ban Moi, with valley and peak views throughout.
The course tops out at 1,238 m (low point 847 m). The longest descent drops 391 m around 5 km at about 13% on average. About 50% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). The median finish was about 4 h.
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- Date
- Sat, 19 Sep 2026
- Start
- 09:00
- Location
- Vietnam
- Distance
- 10.4 km
- Elevation gain
- 500 m
- Time limit
- 6h 30m
- ITRA
- 10K
- Official website
- vietnamtrailseries.com/mountain-marathon/10km-moutain-run
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.1 km | Aid 1Lếch Mông A（WS・給水のみ） | 5.1 km | — |
| 2 | 7.4 km | CP M4 Bản Mới | 2.3 km | Day 1 13:304h 30m |
| F | 10.4 km | FinishTopas Ecolodge（FINISH） | 3 km | Day 1 15:306h 30m |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
2025 results
342 finishers. Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 1h 6m
- Top 10%
- 2h 2m
- Top 25%
- 2h 55m
- Median
- 3h 50m
- Top 75%
- 4h 51m
- Top 90%
- 5h 29m
- Last finisher
- 5h 55m
"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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