Tamsui District, Taiwan · Saturday, November 7, 2026

Fixed Distance 50K

Buddhas Palm 50km Ultramarathon

20 days to go
50 km Distance
not publishedn/a Climbing
2.5 est Grit · Entry level

Calculated from 50 km alone — the organiser has not published an elevation profile. Read 2.5 as a floor, not a verdict.

25.1813° N, 121.4531° E © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Time limit 9 hours 10:48 min/km average. Firm. Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it. About average for a 50K. Measured against 1057 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →
Field size ~14 Tiny. You will run alone for most of it.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (50km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, November

Daytime high 22°C
Night low 18°C
Rainfall Showers likely
Daylight 11 h 05 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for November — NASA POWER, grid elevation 229 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2025 50km 14 Min-Nan Liu · 05:49:46 Chun-Han Chen · 07:29:25
2024 50km 6 Teng-Hao Rong · 06:15:28 Yun Ling · 06:24:33
2023 50km 26 Jun-Hong (Dave) Zhou · 05:56:54 Chian-Huei Tsai · 07:09:42
2022 50km 20 Wei-Chein Chen · 05:37:10 Mei-Hsuan Chen · 05:21:08
2020 50km 14 Wei-Hao Fan · 06:35:20 Yu-Chiao Wang · 07:00:38
2019 50km 16 Chia-Ming Sung · 05:15:53 Chen-Chen Wang · 06:33:12
2018 50km 12 Shih-Pei Chang · 06:13:13 Yueh-Han Wen · 05:42:57
2017 50km 29 Liang-Chang Yang · 06:39:29 Yu-Chiu Wang · 06:23:39
2016 50km 9 Chun-Hsiung Yang · 05:38:32 Hsin-Mei Lin · 07:40:18
2015 50km 39 Yi-Lin Chung · 04:23:06 Miao-Ming Chung · 06:52:40

The field grew 133% between 2024 (6) and 2025 (14). 21% of the 2025 field were women.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (50km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Course notes

  • gear With trail terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

Gear for this race

Chosen for 50 km of trail.

  • Trail Running Shoes 50 km of trail — cushioning that is still there in the last quarter.
  • Race Nutrition 50 km of self-supported fuelling between aid stations.
  • Hydration Vests Flask capacity for 50 km, without the bounce.
  • GPS Watches Battery life first — a 50 km day outlasts most full-GPS modes.
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