This blog is about the Multisport Lifestyle in Thailand. This blog is for people who like to run, bike, swim, climb, jump, train, race and play. This blog is for anyone who wants to race a 5K or 10K, finish a Half or Full Marathon, complete a Triathlon or an Adventure Race, become a Trail Runner or an Ultramarathoner. This blog will cover races and events in Thailand, training locations and plans, athlete profiles and coaches comments, along with my experiences and recommendations from 13 years of traveling and living, training and competing, in Thailand.
While I have been racing and training for over 35 years, I am new to blogging. I hope to provide entertaining, informative, and interesting topics for you to read about and do appreciate your comments, suggestions, and input on the blogs posted here. I will reference frequently the events and athletes of TBF Racing, the company which I run with my wife Worawan and my business partner Mark Shaw in California, that puts on 60 races a year for about 10,000 athletes. The passion, emotion, drive and sheer determination that is displayed at each and every multisport event is the same whether that race is in Granite Bay, California or at Lumpini Park in Bangkok. When I am in Thailand I will attend as many races as possible, while also detailing training, equipment and other multisport endurance topics about the Land of Smiles. While in California I will blog about upcoming races and events in Thailand and preview and review some of my favorite training locations.
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| Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok National Park |
Thailand has many fantastic and famous events: the top two of which I have raced: the Bangkok Marathon and the Laguna Phuket Triathlon. There is an IRONMAN 70.3 race on Phuket along with the Phuket Marathon, an international triathlon and marathon on the island of Koh Samui, a Trail Run Series, at least two other half iron distance triathlons, lots of road races and 10Ks, cross country mountain bike races, some big name adventure races, and a running race almost every weekend at Lumpini Park in Bangkok. I will list the best and biggest events and races coming up and also provide training tips for athletes - either first time enthusiasts or experienced racers, getting ready for the events.
What I like most about Thailand is the abundance of natural beauty and nature - combined with an endurance workout, like a trail run from Mae Hong Son to Wat Chan, or a road bike ride from Sukhothai to Chiang Rai, or climbing Doi Pahom Pak on a mountain bike, or swimming from Koh Samui to Koh Phangan, or racing with a four-person relay team across the Isthmus of Kra, or riding through remote hill tribe villages on single track trails and log bridges along the Mekok River from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai, or completing the Railay Bay Adventure Race and then climbing the steps at Wat Tham Sua the next day in under 15 minutes. The people are freindly and kind, the food is delicious and healthy, the climate is warm, hot, or wet - never cold, and the opportunities for a happy and full multisport life are endless.
Sawadee krup and happy trails!
Bill
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| Mountain bike ride in Chiang Mai with Mountain Designs |
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