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It's been a while, this is Tsutsumi from GO ASIA TRAIL, and on April 11, 2025, I participated in the Explore Your Backyard, a local trail running race held in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. I actually ran this race eight years ago in April 2017.
XTERRA Taiwan 2023 参戦記。台北経由で墾丁へ移動し、トレイル部門を走破。旅程と現地の様子を記す。
This is a continuation of the following article I wrote last time. Although the last review was about running Taiwan Sandals for trail running on the road, this time I would like to summarize my impressions when I ran in the mountains.
The long new coronavirus, which began in December 2019, closed the road to overseas travel for three years. After a long period of endurance, the ban on inbound travel to Japan will be lifted in the fall of 2022, and Taiwan will resume accepting tourists from October 13, 2022, as if to coincide with the ban (some restrictions apply; notification will be made in late September 2022).
this is the first time I have DNS'd in an overseas race after making it to the area. I was very disappointed, although I had hoped to actually run the race and report back to you all. I was not able to run in a foreign country, so it was a trip to recuperate and see the sights.