450 athletes will participate in the "Sa Pa Run in the Flood Season"

The 2024 “Sa Pa Flood Season” race will take place on May 11. This is the 4th year the race has been organized by the People's Committee of Sa Pa town.

The "Sa Pa Water Season" race creates a playground for those who love running, while promoting the image of Sa Pa land and people.

According to information from the Organizing Committee, there are currently 450 athletes registered to compete in the tournament. The athletes come from districts, towns, and cities in the province and provinces and cities across the country, such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Yen Bai , Ha Giang...

Athletes will compete in men's and women's categories in 3 distances: 8 km, 16 km and 20 km. The race route stretches through Hoang Lien commune and Cau May ward. The starting point is at the Cat Cat tourist area parking lot, Hoang Lien commune.

Participating in the tournament, athletes will be immersed in nature with terraced fields in the flooding season, green bamboo forests, and peaceful mountain villages.

Throughout the race, athletes will run along the Muong Hoa valley with its breathtakingly beautiful terraced fields during the flooding season. Not only immersing themselves in the majestic natural scenery, runners will also experience the unique cultures of ethnic minorities along the race route.

Course map.

The “Sa Pa in the water season” race creates a useful playground for athletes as well as people who are passionate about running to practice and improve their health, while helping the locality promote tourism, introduce the image of people and unique cultural identity to domestic and international tourists.

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