Three course records broken at Border Ultra

Three course records were broken at The Border Ultra at its 2025 edition held on December 6 – 7, 2025 at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

The new course records were set in the woman’s 100-mile run, woman’s 100 kilometre run and the men’s 50 km run, said Vishwas Sindhu, Race Director and Founder of The Hell Race, the organiser of the event.

Ultrarunner Aparna Choudhary set a new course record for women in the 100-mile run finishing the distance in 18 hours, 52 minutes and five seconds. She broke her own course record of 19:47:31 hours, which she set during the 2024 edition of the race.

Aparna Choudhary – Photo courtesy The Hell Race

Sweta Rao set the new course record in 100 km finishing the distance in 11:32:31. She broke Komal Singh’s record of 12:16:00, also set in 2024.

In the 50 km men’s race Sugourav Goswami set the new course timing of 3:55:12, bettering the previous course record of 4:07:14 set by Jitendra Singh in 2024.

Kashinath Katare was the winner of the 100-mile men’s run finishing in 16:50:17.

Ajay Khandelwal won the 100 km men’s race with a timing of 9:31:50.

In the women’s race of 50 km, the winner was Sonia Rana with a timing of 5:15:08.

The total number of runners at The Border 2025 was 982, Vishwas said. About 100 runners missed the race because of the several flight cancellations ahead of the race days, he said.

IAU 50 km World Championships 2025 rescheduled to Mar 14, 2026

The IAU 50 km World Championships 2025 has been rescheduled to be held on March 14, 2026, a statement from IAU said.

The Championships were slated to be held on December 7, 2025 in New Delhi but postponed due to air quality issues and Indian government mandating suspension of sport activities in November and December.

IAU had previously announced that the Championships will be held on a 5 km loop course that will include the stadium loop of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

The Championships will now be held on March 14, 2026. The opening ceremony will be held on March 13, 2026. 

(The author, Latha Venkatraman, is an independent journalist based in Mumbai)