Mui Wo, Lantau, Hong Kong · Sunday, November 15, 2026

Fixed Distance 50K

TransLantau 50 by UTMB

46 days away
53 km Distance
2,800 m Climbing
6.9 Grit · Hardcore

What the course asks

Climbing rate 53 m / km Mountain. Significant climbing. Steep sections will require power hiking.
Time limit 13 hours 14:43 min/km average. Generous. Walkable throughout for most of the field. More forgiving than 77% of 50K races. Measured against 1034 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →
Field size ~521 Large. Rarely out of sight of another runner.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (53km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, November

Daylight 11 h 05 m of light

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2025 53km 521 Bogdan Damian · 04:58:38 Cho-Yu Lam · 06:54:53
2024 52km 524 Claudio Diaz Castan · 05:40:52 Veronika Leng · 06:24:15
2023 50km 681 John Ray Galutera Onifa · 04:57:00 Sunmaya Budha · 05:25:12
2022 51km 775 Lodewijk Adriaan Vriens · 05:53:32 Angelika Hahn · 07:23:43
2019 50km 627 Chun-Kit Tsang · 05:29:56 Katrina Hamlin · 07:02:17
2018 50km 727 Ji-Sub Kim · 05:22:51 Kanako Edamoto · 06:30:01
2017 50km 526 Kazufumi Ose · 05:08:37 Ruth Charlotte Croft · 05:11:51
2016 50km 542 Vladislav Ixel · 04:57:53 Elsa Jeandedieu · 06:15:21
2015 50km 465 Justin Robert Andrews · 05:42:31 Irene Montemayor · 07:44:27
2014 50km 739 Vladislav Ixel · 05:30:13 Claire Price · 06:25:44

The field has held steady: 524 in 2024, 521 in 2025. 25% of the 2025 field were women.

DUV results for the 2025 edition (53km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

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⛰️ terrain

This is a mountain course. Poles are highly recommended for the sustained climbs.

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👟 gear

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

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Gear for this race

Chosen for 53 km of trail with 2,800 m of ascent.

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Overview

TransLantau 50 by UTMB is a 50k trail race that has taken place 10 times in Mui Wo, Lantau, Hong Kong, most recently in 2025. It is scheduled for November 15, 2026. The 53 km course includes 2800m of elevation gain, making for 52.8m of climb per kilometre, and reaches 934m at its highest point.

With 521 finishers in its latest edition, this race has a larger field than 98% of 50k races, drawing from a peer group of 2651 events. The entry fee ranges from HK$990 to HK$1050.

The 13-hour time limit translates to a 14.7 minutes per kilometre cut-off pace. This cut-off is more generous than 23% of 50k races, within a peer group of 1011 races.

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