Running Events in Thailand
On the 25th of January I participated in my 7th Khon Kaen Marathon, and did my 4th full marathon there. I was well prepared for this race. It had been my only focus for 12 weeks and I had done …
“Do not be complacent about the current situation. Take it upon yourself to make changes. Do something different to get different results.” A sub 2.30 marathon in Khon Kaen on January 25th has been my main focus since November. 50k …
The Midnight Run attracted a lot of participants once again. Seems like last year’s record of 7,000 registrations was broken. Hopefully even more than 4.6 million Baht was raised to charity this year. The race was as always a combination …
River Kwai International Half Marathon is Thailand’s oldest road running race, 2014 marked the 33rd edition of the event. It’s a popular race and this year it was sold out almost a month in advance even though they opened up …
Arrived to the race venue (CentralWorld) almost an hour before the start. Remembered from last year that the registration and bib number collection was overcrowded. This year’s race was sold out (4,000 sign-ups), still I had no problems whatsoever to …
I went to Sampeng 2 Mini Half Marathon early on Sunday morning with low expectations. It was hard to find information about the race and even harder to find out exactly where the start/finish was located. Fortunately, my friend is …
Followed up the 100-mile week and Pattaya Marathon by running my first ever ultra run. The Bangkok Ultra Trail Festival in Nong Chok offered a pretty humane course and it was just another 8k compared to the marathon distance. 50k …
Slept in and woke up 20 minutes before race start! Made it to the start just in time after a quick warm-up jog from the hotel and had my mandatory pre-race Snickers bar after the gun had went off. As …
In all my previous marathons, my goal has been to run my fastest 42.195 km ever. In the last three (Bangkok, Taipei, Stockholm), I’ve aimed for sub 2.30. Pattaya Marathon on Sunday however, will be a training race for me. …
Over two weeks since I ran 2.33.08 in Stockholm. Even though Stockholm is not a fast course, I was aiming for sub 2.30 and PB. I’m not really satisfied, but not too disappointed either. Stockholm Marathon attracts both the Swedish …
I’ll let Saturday’s Stockholm Marathon sink in before writing a proper race review. In summary though, effortless for 25-30k, then I had to work a bit until I hit the wall completely with 8k to go. The splits and videos …
Tomorrow (Saturday, May 31) it’s time to run a marathon again. Stockholm Marathon is a big race with 21,942 runners signed up for this year’s 42.195 km and 93 countries are represented. The race is also the Swedish Marathon Championship …
Last weekend’s 10-Hour Suan Pruek 99 Ultra Marathon was a different kind of race. Your or your team’s goal was to run as many laps in a park as possible within 10 hours. For the crazy ones competing individually, it …
I took part in the Run For Hope last week, a charity race for differently-abled people. I was trying to get away with a “smash and grab trophy” (i.e. run to the race, win a trophy and run back home) …
A busy March has come to an end and April has started. The marathon in early March was followed by a few easy weeks without much running. I planned to have two easy weeks after the race, but it became …
I went to Taiwan last weekend to run the New Taipei City WanJinShi International Marathon. The target for my 6th marathon was clear, sub 2.30. I had prepared well and everything went according to plan all the way to one …
March is almost here and there are of course some interesting running events in Thailand coming up. The Ocean to Ocean Relay is postponed, but March offers a 10-mile race, bikini beach run, interesting charity runs and a lot more. …
Almost a week has passed since the North Face 100 Thailand 2014 and much have been said about it already. Well organized, great atmosphere, many participants, scenic course and an indeed impressive 100k winning time of 8:35 hrs by Vlad …
Packed running weekend in Thailand! Races from Chiang Mai in the north, to Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south and other regions in between. Two Bangkok races on Sunday; RU 42nd Anniversary Mini Marathon and BITEC Half Marathon. The latter …
Yesterday I followed up the Functional Movement Screen I did two months ago. I was glad to see improvements, especially as I’m in a tough training period now with quite high milage. Feels like I’m on the right track for …