With a passion for running at the age of 17, a female runner could finish the 100km trail running event when she was 20. Ho Thi Thao My, 22, who lives in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, told Saigon Tiep Thi news site that her training effort to complete this ultra trail marathon was a long and bumpy road. After participating in the Mekong Delta Marathon 2019 held in her home province of Hau Giang, My began to seriously focus on running. She has ever since attended other marathon tournaments and trail running competitions. Within three years practicing running, My could run from short distances at first, and then increased the running distances to 21km. She began to run 42km in 2021. In 2022, she managed to take part in trail running events, raising distances from 70km to 80km. That year, it took her about 26 hours to finish the 100km at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2022 held in Sapa Town, Lao Cai Province. My told Saigon Tiep Thi that to obtain the current results, aside from the strength of the youth, there should be adequate preparation processes. As for her first 100km run at the VMM […]
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