BTR Bali: spectacular racing expected around Mt Batur

A doubleheader weekend in ATM before a month’s break, as we are ending a very busy event period that began in early January. Jumla Rara Ultra takes place in remote western Nepal , and in Indonesia we have one of the country’s flagship trail events: BTR Ultra on the island of Bali. BTR has returned to the ATM calendar for the first time since 2022 and is de facto replacing Bali Ultra this season, the other event that has been postponed from August to a later date to be announced soon and in any case will be outside the framework of our current Championship season. Long-term followers of ATM know that BTR today is not the same as BTR 2022: the Mount Batur volcano is still the highlight, but the main race categories are now fully matured. Runners will embark on 60k and even a 100k journey, both distances offering ATM Championship points for the Top 25 in the race results. 100k finishers also collect a Grandmaster point. The question, though: how many finishers will be there on the 100k?

The 100k starts on Friday afternoon at 4 pm and is, in fact, 106km long for well over 7200 metres of elevation gain. Given the climatic conditions of Bali, this is what many would indeed call ‘brutal’, and in any case a serious test of physical and mental strength. With that in mind, it is both remarkable and admirable that Indonesia’s female trail star and 2018 ATM Champion Ruth Theresia has chosen BTR 100 as her 20th long ultra in ATM, or in other words, the race that may crown her as a 4-star Golden Grandmaster!

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