City Shut Down ??

[Gonzo the Face]

Two people have told me today that the city will be closed (all business) after 6PM tonight. Is this just garbage talk or what.  Something, one said , about a Royal Family member coming to town.  Truth or fiction?

 

Edited December 22, 2018 by Gonzo the Face
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[Jeffkp]

Fiction. There will be a marathon tomorrow morning and the city will begin closing streets latter this evening.

[sharktooth]

Chiang Mai Marathon is what I heard.

[sanemax]

The marathon starts at 1 AM , probably need a few hours to clear the route

[cmsally]

A lot of streets closed after 8pm for marathon and I believe 1 or 2 royal family members attending.

Tapae closed, Loikroh closed, moat roads closed and the marathon goes off towards Hang Dong (peut suan lokh). Not sure what happens there.

Apparently no Saturday market but Sunday one is on.

[hml367]

Official web site

www.chiangmaimarathon.com

 

[Trujillo]

A race starting at one in the morning? That's the sleep-deprived marathon, right? 

Why not have it during human activity hours (not counting bargirls) and run from say Maerim to Mae Taeng, which is almost exactly the right distance? There could be better management and no need to close key thoroughfares. Ending at Taepae Gate? What a clusterfluke. 

[KittenKong]

32 minutes ago, Trujillo said:

A race starting at one in the morning? That's the sleep-deprived marathon, right? 

Why not have it during human activity hours .....

Too damn hot. The Pattaya marathon also starts at some ungodly hour in the morning and is over by the time most people get up.

[sanemax]

All the bars are closed and all the restaurants are full and traffic is heavy  , just been out and about

[cmsally]

Starts at Tapae Gate and there are separate races staggered.

I think the main one at 1 am and the last is the mini marathon at 0600

There was a poster up saying 11000 people attending.

[sanemax]

17 minutes ago, cmsally said:

Starts at Tapae Gate and there are separate races staggered.

I think the main one at 1 am and the last is the mini marathon at 0600

There was a poster up saying 11000 people attending.

I do believe that there a five different marathons all starting at Tapae gate 

The full marathon starts at 1 AM .

The half marathon starts at 2 AM

The 10 kilometer runs starts at 3 AM

The fun run starts at 4 AM .

The Thai Visa run starts at 5 AM

Well , no one actually does any running in the last one , they just stand about arguing with each other and wait for all the other runners to get back and tell them they should have gone on a different route 

[Shoeless Joe]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

The Thai Visa run starts at 5 AM

Well , no one actually does any running in the last one , they just stand about arguing with each other and wait for all the other runners to get back and tell them they should have gone on a different route  

Now THAT's funny....good one!

 

Regards,

 

Joe