The Most Beautiful Thing Ultra Trail Marathon Sabah 2012

The Race

The Most Beautiful Thing (TMBT) Ultra trail marathon will see competitors competing over the Crocker Range mountains of Sabah which includes village trails, open gravel roads, very short tar sealed sections and crossing over hanging bridges on the race course. There may be 1-2 sections which involve river crossings at very reasonable water levels which will be controlled by SAC officials. Competitors may elect to race in the 25km, 50km or 100km categories.

This is a SINGLE STAGED EVENT. This is a MARKED RACE COURSE.

Competitors will be competing solo over difficult terrain and under difficult conditions with extreme heat over the race course. Competitors will be independent and on their own without any race support crews except for check points spread every 10-18 kilometers which will have drinking water for competitors to top up their hydration packs and also race doctors or paramedics for competitors should they need assistance.

Cut off times for 100K category:

27km check point cut off time-6 hours or less

70km check point cut off time-24 hours or less

100km Finish point cut off time-30 hours or less

The 100k event is catered for seasoned, experinced marathon, trail runners and ultra marathon runners who are comfortable being independent on the race course and are physically fit to compete under difficult circumstances and over difficult terrain and should have a medical clearance from their doctor. We strongly recommend competitors also undergo an ECG check to ensure they are physically capable of being able to compete in any of the categories available.

Competitors register at their own risk and understand this is an extreme event and understand medical response to an emergency MAY BE slow or delayed due to terrain, distances or weather conditions. Competitors are expected to use common sense when competing on the race course and not to entirely depend on course markings 100% of the time.

Competitors understand this is not a guided race course for novice runners.

Entry Fees 2012

Standard Race Entry Rates  25K Malaysian-RM120.00 50K Malaysian-sold out (malaysian quota full) 100K Malaysian-sold out (malaysian quota full) 25K Non-Malaysian-USD$80.00 50k Non-Malaysian-USD$280.00 (few race slots left) 100K Non-Malaysian-USD$400.00 (few race slots left)

Entry fee for 25K Runners/Trekkers include:

25K trail run includes transportation to start location from Kinabalu Park Headquarters, transfer back to Kota Kinabalu or Kinabalu Park Headquarters where you may park your vehicle if you are a local participant or if you wish to stay in Kundasang or the mountain area for the weekend.Transfers will be at reasonable intervals. Alternatively, if you are renting a vehicle and driving yourself, you should head to "Kinabalu Park Headquarters" at Kundasang.

All 25k competitors receive an event tee prior to the race during the registration.

No accomodation is provided pre or post race by the organizers for this category.

Organizers will transport finish line bags for 25k competitors to designated venue for collection. All bags must be passed to organizer before START of event. We are only accepting 1 bag per competitor and it should not be larger than a regular backpack as far as size is concerned.

Entry Fee for 50K Marathon Runners include:

Entry fee for 50k competitors includes transportation to start location from Kinabalu Park Headquarters, transfer back to Kota Kinabalu or Kinabalu Park Headquarters where you may park your vehicle if you are a local participant or if you wish to stay in Kundasang or the mountain area for the weekend.

Transfers will be at reasonable intervals.

Organizers will transport finish bags for 50k competitors to designated venue at/near finish line for collection. 

All bags must be passed to organizer before START of event.We are only accepting 1 bag per competitor and it should not be larger than a regular backpack as far as size is concerned.

No accomodation is provided pre or post race by the organizers for this category.

All 50k competitors recieve an event tee during official registration.

Entry fee for 100K Ultra runners include:

Entry fee includes transportation to start location from Kinabalu Park Headquarters, transfer back to Kota Kinabalu post-race. No accomodation is provided for competitors registering after the 30th April 2012 post-race and competitors must arrange their own accomodations for the 16th September 2012 onwards.

For those registering and paying after the 30th April 2012, we will transport you back to Kota Kinabalu to hotels at these locations only:

1) 1Borneo Mall
2) Downtown Kota Kinabalu (city center)
3) Sutera Harbour

We are not providing transport to any hotels outside of these areas's including:
1) Shangri-La Tanjung Aru
2) Shangri-La Rasa Ria
3) Nexus Resorts

Transports will conduct transfers between the start time till 9:00pm only. Transfers begin again after 7:00am the next morning at intervals.

Organizers will transport finish bags for 100K competitors to designated venue at/near finish line for collection. All bags must be passed to organizer before START of event.We are only accepting 1 bag per competitor and it should not be larger than a regular backpack as far as size is concerned.