Bangkok Marathon Still On Despite Toxic Smog

[Aussieroaming]

Let the participants decide whether they want to participate in the  marathon. Good luck to them

[balo]

Well , this will be interesting to see , I guess many of the Western foreign runners will skip the marathon if it's red alert. 

But there are money to be won here so I guess the African runners will go for it anyway.  

 

 

 

[fullcave]

Maybe they can follow up with a cigarette smoking contest. ????

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 hours ago, fullcave said:

Maybe they can follow up with a cigarette smoking contest. ????

 

Not cigarette smoking contest... Cigarette smoking MARATHON!!!

 

Because that's pretty much what people are doing when they breathe in the heavily polluted air that BKK has had almost daily for the past month.  Scientists and medical experts have likened breathing that kind of air to cigarette smoking.

 

So when the PM2.5 levels here get to 60+ micrograms of PM2.5, which they have been frequently of late, that's like the equivalent of every non-smoking man, woman and child breathing that air unfiltered of smoking three cigarettes per day!!!

 

 

[StayinThailand2much]

On 2/1/2019 at 12:30 PM, NCC1701A said:

yes. Amazing if you survive.

Quote: "The marathon in Bangkok left me breathless, literally!"

 

Seriously, Bangkok should take advantage of the situation and organise a heavy metal festival before the dust settles down! ????

Edited February 2, 2019 by StayinThailand2much

[kingkenny]

I've decided I'm not going to run tomorrow. 

 

Nothing to do with the smog, but because I'm a fat bastard.  

 

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[camble]

The air quality seemed fine today with fewer cars on the road and most of the factories closed.  I went out for a long hike.