Skip the writing in bold if you want to just see the race day report. Before the report I will quickly cover the year leading into it.… Read more “2026 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report “
Wulong Mountain Quest 2025 (China)
Event date: 20th-23rd September 2025. 2025 marks 12 years since I first began racing in China, I’ve been most years since then, typically for multiple events but… Read more “Wulong Mountain Quest 2025 (China)”
Wulong Mountain Quest 2024
I haven’t written a detailed race report about a race in China since 2017. I wrote a short debrief in 2019 and a very short mention of… Read more “Wulong Mountain Quest 2024”
2024 KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST RACE REPORT (+ all of last year)
The best way for me to reflect on a race is to write a race report. I use it as tool for future race preparation (Don’t want… Read more “2024 KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST RACE REPORT (+ all of last year)”
2023 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report 🏆
Race reports are done typically within a couple of weeks of any event I do and there to help me reflect on how it went but also… Read more “2023 Kathmandu Coast to Coast race report 🏆”
Motu Challenge 2022 (+the months leading in)
A recap of the past 9 months before the Motu Race report written down the bottom: Just 3 weeks after the Kathmandu Coast to Coast 2022, I… Read more “Motu Challenge 2022 (+the months leading in)”
KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST – LONGEST DAY 2022
All year long we’ve known that Covid-19 could affect this event, and always we have known that the event could well be affected by the weather. But… Read more “KATHMANDU COAST TO COAST – LONGEST DAY 2022”
Kathmandu Coast to Coast – Longest Day 2021
*Scroll past the section in bold if you wish to skip the d & m and get to the race day story. It is over a week… Read more “Kathmandu Coast to Coast – Longest Day 2021”
Recovering
As we all know (I hope), everyone is different. Unique minds, unique bodies, different strengths and weaknesses. I landed back in New Zealand after my final China… Read more “Recovering”
Weng’An, China Stage Adventure Race – June 2019
Team Privateer Adventure, aptly named since we do not have a ‘naming rights’ sponsor. Fortunately I have been invited into this team of legends for the 2019… Read more “Weng’An, China Stage Adventure Race – June 2019”
SAM MANSON 