About Us

Since 2012, GlobalLimits has committed to organising multi-stage races (6 stages, 200+/- km) that everyone has the opportunity to shape their own race the way they want to enjoy/endure it.

We are here to provide the meticulously selected running trails, spectacular cultural backdrops, safety measures and the opportunity to meet like-minded people. And of course, unforgettable experiences.

You do not need to carry your supplies. Focus on the trail and the experience. We carry your supplies from campy to camp. We organise, you run.

Our races are committed to the 3S principles: Sustainability, Social commitment and Sportsmanship exchange.

Sustainability

GlobalLimits is a company that supports sustainability. Our small and professional team ensures the minimal carbon footprints and in setting up races aboard. We also facilitate and encourage our participants to learn about local cultures and its people.

Social commitment

We engage with the local communities, work with the local service providers and employ locals to bring direct economic impacts to the communities. We also support various social program that bring positive impacts.

Sportsmanship exchange

We have a program to inviting local running talents to participate in all our race locations. Through this program, local athletes could experience first hand endurance races, showcase their talents and exchange both sports and cultural experiences with our participants.

Join our races - with our four race locations, you are going to find a challenge that you want to shape. We have no Limits!

Stefan Betzelt/Germany - Founder and CEO of GlobalLimits

Stefan was born and lives in Wiesbaden/Germany. He founded GlobalLimits in 2012. Stefan has a wealth of extreme racing experience, having participated in many of the most gruelling ultra races around the world. He also participated in about 20 city-marathons (PB 2:46) and successsfully climbed the Kilimanjaro and the Mount Aconcagua.

Stefan has visited more than 101 countries and learnt a great deal about different cultures and people. He now makes use of this experience to select outstanding and unique locations for the GlobalLimits races.

Stefan has worked as a managing director for some of the leading global financial institutions before he retired in 2006 to become a self employed financial and personnel consultant but now is full time focused on GlobalLimits.

Stefan is also a member of the Curatoship of the Institute of Sports Medicine in Frankfurt/Germany.

Daniel Meyes, Zürich/Switzerland - Course Director

Daniel is a passionated multisport athletes coming from Zürich, who loves to be in nature. When traveling he tries to combine his activities with all kind of outdoor sports such as running, mountain biking, kayaking or rock climbing. Daniel is a frequent starter in international desert or mountain ultra races, triathlons and other multi-sport events.
He successfully completed the inaugural GlobalLimits events Cambodia 2012, Sri Lanka 2015, Albania 2017, Sao Tome 2020 and finished all of them in the Top 6.
In 2013 he already volunteered at GlobalLimits Bhutan and in 2016 in Cambodia.
Now Daniel makes use of his excellent knowledge of the course in Cambodia and the needs of the runners when navigating.

Kaitlin Roth, Reno/USA - Race Doctor

Dr. Kaitlin Roth was born in Chicago, Illinois, where she grew up playing soccer alongside her sister. She attended the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she discovered an interest in running and exploring the mountains. During medical school, she crewed and paced several ultramarathons, including the Black Canyon 100K, Wyoming Range 100-Mile Endurance Run, and Run Rabbit Run 100-Miler.

Dr. Roth is passionate about medical education and improving clinical outcomes. She has taught first aid courses internationally in Peru and Costa Rica and enjoys applying emergency medicine in remote settings. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Denver Health Medical Center and will be practicing as an Emergency Medicine physician in Reno, Nevada.

Isabelle Chatroux, Denver/USA - Race Doctor

Dr. Isabelle Chatroux was born and raised in Oregon and earned her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Lewis & Clark College. She attended the University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Denver Health Medical Center. She is currently a Wilderness Medicine Fellow at the University of Colorado, with a special interest in search and rescue and wilderness medical education. She has taught multiple wilderness medicine courses in the U.S. and abroad and works with a local search and rescue group to develop field protocols and wilderness medicine courses for its members. In her free time, she enjoys climbing, backcountry skiing, biking, hiking, and spending any time she can outdoors.

Geert Meese, Tielt/Belgium - Volunteer

Geert is a Belgian medic who decided to work a little bit less and spending more time doing his passions: multi stage racing ( 100 km del Sahara, Marathon des Sables , Grand to Grand ….) , marathon racing , or volunteering in multi stage races ( Spain, Portugal, Oman …). a passion he sheares with his wife.
If not working or racing , his time is spend abroad with a high preference for unbeaten tracks in Asia or South America. Always enthusiastic to help participants to make their dreams come true.

Geert already served as a volunteer for GlobalLimits in Cambodia 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, Bhutan 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, Albania 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and Sao Tome 2022..