Meinong District, Taiwan · Sunday, December 13, 2026

Fixed Distance Marathon

Meinong Ultramarathon

55 days away
45 km Distance
not publishedn/a Climbing
2.3 est Grit · Entry level

Calculated from 45 km alone — the organiser has not published an elevation profile. Read 2.3 as a floor, not a verdict.

22.8979° N, 120.5415° E © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Time limit 7 hours 9:20 min/km average. Tight. Climbing is unpublished, so this pace is a ceiling on the effort, not a measure of it. Among the tightest Marathon cut-offs we track. Measured against 46 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →
Field size ~54 Small. Long stretches with nobody in sight.

DUV results for the 2020 edition (45km (Partial)) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, December

Daytime high 23°C
Night low 14°C
Rainfall Mostly dry
Daylight 10 h 45 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for December — NASA POWER, grid elevation 514 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2020 45km (Partial) 54 Chuan-Ching Cheng · 04:36:08 Chi-Mei Tsai · 05:20:22
2018 45km (Partial) 183 Cheng-Hsien Chang · 04:11:00 Kai-Yun Tsai · 05:08:50
2017 46km 164 Ming-Ta Yang · 03:50:19 Hsiu-Ju Lin · 05:03:24
2016 45km 268 Ching-Tai Ke · 03:58:33 Kai-Yun Tsai · 04:44:38
2015 52km 43 Ping-Cheng Hsueh · 05:18:03 Mei-Hui Huang · 06:19:16

The field shrank 70% between 2018 (183) and 2020 (54). 24% of the 2020 field were women.

DUV results for the 2020 edition (45km (Partial)) — 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 45 km of trail.

  • Trail Running Shoes 45 km of trail — cushioning that is still there in the last quarter.
  • Race Nutrition 45 km of self-supported fuelling between aid stations.
  • Hydration Vests Flask capacity for 45 km, without the bounce.
  • GPS Watches Battery life first — a 45 km day outlasts most full-GPS modes.
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