Fast legs, inspirational feats and most importantly joyful running We received more than 60 nominations the past month for the 6 runner and volunteer awards, and our panel of 20 respected judges narrowed it down to the following worthy finalists.
We deliberately did not set specify definitions for the awards. Trailrunning has a different meaning for each person. Some might enjoy longer ultra runs, some prefer shorter and faster courses, and some perhaps like to go for elevation gains. For example, what does “best” mean? Should we consider based strictly from a ability perspective? Are ultra distances or faster races or super technical courses a better representation of Taiwan trail running? And should “best” include contribution to the Taiwan trailrunning community? Or should we only judge athletic accomplishments. There are no correct answers and hence, we would like to leave room for interpretation. Without further ado, here are the finalist class of 2017 Taiwan Trailrunning Award. Please give them a big round of applause!!!! The Best Trail Race Volunteer 歐欽濱 (Ou QinBin): Known for his passion and dedication when working the aid stations, 歐欽濱 also loves going deep into the woods with his camera to capture the images of runners at their happiest state. Races volunteered:

- Beast Trail,
- 過山蝦入門林道酥湖越野、
- CCT聖母山莊登高賽
- CCT終極礁溪越野
- Compressport – ULTRA Maokong 、
- Formosa Trail
- Dragon, Tiger, Pheonix Trail Running
- Ultra Trail Guguan
- 眠月水漾
- 萬里長城越野賽
- Beast Trail
- Explore Your Backyard 3.0
- Run Though the Jungle
- Formosa Trail
- 虎豹雙棲越野挑戰賽
- Action Asia Maokong
- Action Asia Shimen
- Run Thru The Jungle
- Explore Your Backyard
- De loop
- Beast Trail
- Formosa Trail
- Dragon Tiger Phoenix Trail Running 35km 1st
- Trail Running of Beiyi 50km 1st
- The Most Beautiful Thing 50km 50km, Malaysia 1st
- Action Asia Shimen 50km 1st
- Donhai Grand Canyon 50km, China 2nd
- Sky Ercyes Ultra Sky Trail 64km, Turkey 1st
- Beast Trail 25km, 1st
- 聖母山莊登高賽 Vertical Race 1st
- Ultra Yilan 50km 1st
- 柴古唐斯-括蒼山越野賽 62km, China 1st
- 虎豹雙棲越野挑戰賽 33km 1st
- Super Race極地超級馬拉松新疆站, China 1st
- Action Asia Maokong 26km 1st
- Ultra Maokong 50km 1st Course Record
- Formosa Trail 38km 1st Course Record
- Ultra Trai Tai Mo shan 50km 1st Course Record
- TUR谷關越野UTMG 50km Female1st
- 虎豹雙棲越野賽 33km Female 1st
- Action Asia X-Trail TAIWAN 26km Female 1st
- TUR萬里長城越野賽 50km Female 1st
- Formosa Trail 104km Female 2nd
- UTMB CCC 101km, Europe 24hr 8sec
- 柴古唐斯100km, China Female 24th
- Formosa Trail 104km Female 6th
- Donhai Grand Canyon 50km, China Female 1st
- 叢林野跑34km Female 5th
- Beast Trail 50km Female 6th
- AAE Shimen 50km Female 3rd
- Gongliao Trail Race 18km Female 1st
- EYB 3.0 Trail Race 16km Female 1st
- Deloop 25km Female 2nd
- Beast Trail 25km Female 2nd
- Ultra Maokong 21km Female 1st
- AAE Shimen 50km Female 1st