Army Doctor and Mother of Two Shivani Sangwan Completes 122-Km Ladakh Ultra
The mountains of Ladakh are unforgiving even for seasoned athletes Yet Colonel Shivani Sangwan took on one of India s toughest high-altitude endurance races and emerged with a th-place finish A superspecialist officer of the Army Medical Corps and a mother of two Col Sangwan completed the -km Silk Route Ultra within its demanding -hour cut-off The race began at Kyagar village in Nubra Valley and ended at Leh Market taking runners through an extraordinary landscape and an even more demanding physical challenge Running Against the AltitudeThe course featured an altitude gain of around metres steep gradients thin air and unpredictable mountain weather Runners also had to negotiate five intermediate cut-offs leaving little room for slowing down The event admits only around experienced ultra-runners with strict qualification requirements ensuring that participants are prepared for the extreme conditions For Col Sangwan the finish was another chapter in a growing record of
