Running Events in Thailand
Blog posts about training.
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. …
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 …
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 …
Second exercise video, Rear Foot Elevated Split Squats using a TRX. Again, sorry about the sound. FREE Functional Movement Screen is still available at Aspire? Just fill out the form below! [contact-form-7 id=”2051″ title=”FREE Functional Movement Screen at Aspire”]
Back to normal training again after a few weeks of “prehab” where I cut down significantly on the running volume and instead focused on mobility, balance and strength. These exercises are still a part of my weekly training regime, even …
It’s now 3.5 weeks since the Bangkok Marathon and consequently 3.5 weeks into my recovery and build-up program. The first week was easy, focusing on recovery. The second was also a recovery week, but here I included some harder workouts, …
After the marathon just over a week ago, I’m having four weeks of less running. I will instead focus on other exercises and train somewhat differently than I normally do. The objectives of this four weeks program are to heal …
Less than four days to the Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon. It will be a different kind of Bangkok street rally than we have seen the last couple of days. The event seems to be held as scheduled, even if the …
Randy Travis is an American ultra runner based in Bangkok, Thailand. He has prepared himself for Sunday’s Zulu W Run in Kanchaburi by alternating speed sessions and shorter races with long runs such as the almost 70 kilometer Runventure from Bangkok …
Today I got a little reminder of how the Vertical Marathon is like. I was shooting a promotion video for the sponsor of this race which takes place next week. Fortunately I only had to run a few floors each …
The Vertical Marathon 2013 is coming up next month. Every time I’ve run this race, I’ve promised myself not to do it again. Most likely though, I will break that promise and climb up those painful 1,093 steps this year too. This …
Ran in the heavy rain today. I waited until the first rainfall had passed before I took off. unfortunately the rain came back, and it came back heavily! I don’t mind running in the rain, so I wasn’t going to …