Ryan Sandes To Run The Korea 50k

Press Release / 23.04.2017

After spending the last week in China at the Salomon Running Camp, Ryan Sandes will be making his way home back to Cape Town via South Korea to run the Korea 50k trail race on Sunday 23 April 2017. The race was launched in May 2015 as the 1st non-stop ITRA authorized trail race in Korea, held in the capital city, Dongducheon, within an hour distance from Seoul.

"I am really looking forward to exploring a new place as I have never been to Korea before, and think this race will be great as part of my build up to Western States taking place in June, which is my focus race for the first half of 2017," says Ryan.

The race terrain is made up of 14% road, 21% tracks and 65% footpaths, with 3570m of climbing over the 59km course. Maximum altitude reached on the race is 759m and minimum 11m.

The course route is as follows:

0km DDC Stadium(113m)
1.2km Buture Hill
2.7km Jihang-dong
3.2km Jonge Goll
7.5km Peak of Chilbong Mountain (518m)
8.6km Janglim hill(326m)
9km Peak of Chunbo Mountain(423m)

CP-1 11.5km Hoiam Temple(125m)
12.5km Chunbo junction
14km Chunbo Mountain Park
16km Haeryong Mountain entrance
18.8km Octagonal Pavilion

CP-2 23km Ojijae hill(370m)
25km Ridge of Wangbang Mountain
30km Peak of Wangbang Mountain (737.2m)
31.4km Gipiul Hil

CP-3 34.5km Gipiul Valley
37.7km Wangbangi heal
38.5km Guksa Peak
44km Gulsan viliage

CP-4 51km Shook trail(110m)
51km shoimok Entrance
52.5km US Army camp, bridge
55km Motgol Junction
57km Peak of Adung Mountain(279m)
59km DDC Stadium FINISH

For more information please visit https://www.korea50k.com/home