Mira Rai is an athlete and the ultra-runner trail runner. She has participated in many international competitions and has won numerous awards. She was the winner of 2017 Adventurer of the year of National Geography.[1] She has participated in some of the world’s most challenging trails.
Mira Rai hails from Bhojpur, a remote part of Eastern Nepal. She is from a farming family and her parents struggle for everyday necessities through farming. She left her school at the age of 12 to help her parents in daily household chores. Her family couldn’t afford her education. She had to walk for two-three hours over steep hills to collect water. At the age of 14 she joined the Maoist party, without asking permission from her parents. During the insurgency, she walked through the jungles to support the Maoists’ mission. But during the Maoists’ integration into the army, she was declared disqualified. Then she returned home, back to the same life she had led before joining the Maoist party. She had to manage her sibling’s fee and support her family financially. So she came to Kathmandu and joined Karate.
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