Gorkha girl to run marathon in China

KalimNews, Kalimpong, 22 September 2016: Roshni Rai, Pedong Express, the Kalimpong marathon runner will represent India in Xinguyi Marathon of China on 23rd Sept 2016. 
Roshni arrived at China flying from Mumbai via Kolkata. She is representing in the marathon as Goodwill Ambassador of Mount Everest Marathon for India and invited to run the marathon by Nepal's Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon & their partner China mountaineering Association in China.

Bikram Pande Kaji with Bed Sunwar and Purna Tamang
winner and 1st Runner up of Everest Marathon 2016 

Roshni, who grew up looking at Mount Kanchanjunga, the 3rd highest peak of the world, conveys her gratitude to Bikram Pandey Kaji, the Chairman & Creator of World's Highest Marathon at the Highest Point of the Mother Earth, i.e Mount Everest Expedition Base Camp (5,385m) at the Everest Khumbu Ice Fall from where the climbing of Mount Everest Peak starts in Nepal. 

Roshni is grateful to Everest Marathon Chairman Kaji who nominated her to run in China as a Goodwill Ambassador of Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon. 

As a gorkha hill girl who has run in Mt Everest base camp the chance to run in China makes her feel like a daughter of mountains in a true sense. 

Beside most of the big national marathons she has run 5 international marathons in 4 countries. They are 42km Prague International Marathon in 2010, 89 km Comrades Marathon of South Africa in 2012, 21 km Maidenhead Half marathon of UK in 2013, 10km Race ‘London Run to the Beat in 2014’, and Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon of Nepal in 2016. Xinguyi Marathon is her sixth international run.

From Nepal, Bed Sunwar, and Purna Tamang winner and first Runner up of Everest Marathon 2016 are also participating in the Xinguyi Marathon