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Palani Hill Run / Mountain Biking, Oct 2-4

Location -  Palani hills is a beautiful hill range with small remote villages, scenic paddy fields and lush green forest 

sections. The elevation of the plateau varies between 2000 to 2400 meters. 

Travel - We start Thursday Oct 1st, 4pm from Chennai/Bangalore through car pooling or van to reach the base by 
night in order to have a proper night rest before the first day run/ride. We ll be camping overnight on Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday night in tents. We return from the location on Sunday afternoon and reach back home early 
morning Monday Oct 5th

Run - We cover 3 x (30, 40, 50K) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday depending on your comfort level. We run during 
the morning hours and afternoon when the climate is pleasant. During mid-day we take lunch / power nap under a 
shady tree, a refreshing dip in a nearby well or stream. It's NOT a race - we run together at a comfortable group 
pace through the entire day taking in our scenic surroundings. We'll halt on the way for breakfast, afternoon 
snacks/tea, some scenic viewpoints, etc. 

Mountain Biking - alongside the hill runners cyclists will be joining. Giving the gradients and rough trails both
 cyclists and runners will proceed at the same pace. Only MTB cycles and hybrids with suspensions should 
consider joining. 

Climate - The good thing with running/cycling at higher altitude is that the climate will be excellent throughout the 
day, even when it's sunny. As the terrain is a mix of greenery and open/paddy-fields request you to carry sun 
protection gear - e.g. cap/towel for the head and arm protectors

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Food - We take breakfast/dinner in local hotels near our campsite. As we will be running through remote 
locations/small tribal settlements the entire day we will need to carry packed lunch in a small backpack (fruits, 
sandwich with fresh veggies, nuts) on both days. To bring yourself for both days.

Water - We pass small villages every 10K where the runners can ask water near any hut/house with an open door. 
Local villagers are always most happy to provide water. The chill mountain climate will cause less dehydration 
and makes it easier to cover longer distance in between refreshments.

Camping - We will be camping in tents (we all share tents together). Take along a sleeping mat, thick blanket 
(nights are cold in hills), and torch. We can freshen up at the nearby pumpset or well or stream.

Route - We will be sharing a map with the runners/cyclists along with a few village names. We will also be sharing 
a GPX file which can be loaded in your smartphone (e.g. Oruxmaps) to navigate. Conserve your mobile battery 
(e.g. switch off data, take battery pack). Aside from these the front running group will be putting stone direction 
arrows near every major diversion. During the mid-day break we regroup all together near the lunch point. 

Terrain - the route will be a combination of tar road (70%) and off road hard trail (30%). Elevation gain over 3 days
would be around 2000 meters as we'll be running on top of rolling hills.Self-supported - Note that this is a

self-supported run. Runners/cyclists typically proceed in small groups of equal pace. Carry a small backpack with

essentials (cash, contact numbers, village names, phone, packed lunch, torch, sun cover). There are tens of villages

spread on top of Kalrayan hills connected with numerous roads/tracks so you ll never get lost. Runners who cannot

complete 30-40-50K can keep walking or get a local ride on a tractor/bus/bike or we can pick them up at the end of the day.

Expense - free. Just share fuel cost of car pooling and food cost in local hotels (typically very cheap). 

Entry criteria runners - anyone who can comfortably finish a half marathon in 2:30
Entry criteria cyclists - those who have completed at least 100K in the plains are participated in mountain biking before

It is essential that participants are in excellent fitness level not to drag down the rest of the group

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