Running Events in Thailand
Chiang Mai Marathon on December the 21st is perhaps this month’s largest running event in Thailand. But the running Sunday of the month has to be December 14th. It’s one of those packed race Sundays with three marathons, one of …
The weekend’s big one is without a doubt the Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon. Last year, the route had to be adjusted due to the unrest in the city at the time. The race course is back to normal this year, …
Thailand’s largest running event is coming up, the 27th Bangkok Marathon is only two weeks away. Tens of thousands runners will fill the streets of Bangkok early Sunday morning, November the 16th. The marathon starts at 2.00 AM, so runners ought …
Fellow runner and a fifth of the winning Team Brooks Thailand, Craig Sauers, shares his thoughts on the Ekiden Relay, held in Bangkok on October the 23rd. The alarm clock rings before dawn. You roll out of bed, get dressed …
Race review by 3rd overall finisher of the Thailand Ultra-Marathon 100 km 2014, Randy Travis. This was the funnest race I’ve ran in Thailand. Epic location, I didn’t know a place like this exists in Thailand! Crazy course, so f***ing …
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 …
Q3 of 2014 was wrapped up with a new marathon world record in Berlin and a bunch of races in Thailand. Thailand offers running events all through the year, but October is when the season really kicks off. Some weekends/Sundays …
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 …
Saturday, September 13 Panther Run Series: The second race out of four in this monthly series. 3.2k and 5k in Nonthaburi. Sunday, September 14 River Kwai Int’l Half Marathon: The 33rd edition of Thailand’s oldest road race. Scenic out and …
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 …
New month, new races! Here are some September highlights from the Thailand Running Calendar: September 7 EGAT Green Running – Mini Marathon in Nonthaburi. Central Group Mini Marathon – 3-10.5k runs through central Bangkok. September 14 River Kwai International Half …
A few races this weekend and a lot of popular ones in the months ahead. September offers quite a few interesting running events and the last quarter of 2014 will be packed! New races in October to December are being …
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 …
August’s Thai race calendar is a smorgasbord of interesting running events! Everything from fun runs to 50k races are on offer, from Songkhla in the south to Chiang Mai in the north. Here’s a taste of the buffet: August 3 …
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. …
Late July and early August are packed with popular running events in Thailand! Compared to the weeks ahead, this weekend is relatively quiet. There are a few races also this weekend though. The World Light Foundation is organizing a 10k …
July kicks off with some interesting races indeed. Both the Columbia Trail Masters in Petcahburi and the ESSO Mini Marathon in Bangkok are fully booked. Running is (ambiguously) hot in Thailand! For the Bangkokians who didn’t get a spot in …
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 …