The 16th National Mountain Running Championships is on this weekend October 16-17, 2026 in Kapchorwa.
The two-day event to be run in the Kapchorwa hills is expected to attract over 500 athletes from various clubs across the country.
Individual national titles will be contested across the senior uphill 14km, Junior U20 6.5km and 8.km races bringing together the country’s top runners in mountain and trail event
The event will serve as national trial and at the same time, one of the build ups for athletes bidding to represent Uganda at the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, scheduled for October 6 to 10, 2027, Cape Town, South Africa.
The athletes are set and are aiming to deliver a strong performance in what is expected to be a highly competitive race.
Martin Kiprotich Magengo (Police) and Rispa Cherop (Prisons) won the 14km senior men’s and women’s titles respectively at the 2025 National Mountain and Trail Running Championships, held. Meanwhile in the junior men’s race, Enos Chebet (Arua) and Nancy Chekwurui (UPDF) emerged winners in their respective events.
Uganda made its debut at the World Mountain Running Championships (then known as the World Mountain Running Trophy) in 2007 in Ovronnaz, Switzerland, where distance runner Geoffrey Kusuro won the gold medal in the junior men’s race.
The country has since then maintained a strong presence in international mountain running championships with growing dominance particularly at the junior (U20) level.
