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A trail runner's wife is appealing for witnesses following her husband's death during a race at Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei province. The incident, which occurred on December 7, saw the runner lose consciousness at a location called Sam Bon and later pass away. The plea came on December 22 as part of a Facebook post, seeking clarity on the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

 

On December 7, the runner participated in a trail event but tragically lost consciousness. Since then, the case has remained largely unresolved. The runner's wife took to social media, urging anyone who witnessed the incident or interacted with her husband to share their experiences. Her heartfelt message expressed a desire to understand her husband’s final moments and recover from the loss.

 

In her digital appeal, she requested the public refrain from criticisms or judgmental comments toward her deceased husband or their family. She emphasized their efforts in managing his health and expressed the added emotional pain caused by negative remarks. Her focus is solely on uncovering details from the event to gain closure and continue forward.

 

The widow hopes to piece together information about her husband’s condition during the race and has struggled emotionally without knowing his final thoughts. She once encountered a related TikTok video, but it was deleted before she obtained useful insights. Her post appealed to anyone with relevant information—eyewitnesses or those who interacted with him—to come forward.

 

Looking ahead, the hope is for individuals who were present on the day of the incident to provide valuable insights, potentially assisting in understanding the circumstances. This account helps highlight how vital community support is in difficult times as families seek answers and healing, reported The Thaiger.

 

Key Takeaways

• The runner's wife is asking witnesses to share information about her husband's last moments during a race.
• Online comments have added to the emotional strain, despite the family's efforts in health management.
• Information from witnesses is crucial for closure and understanding what truly happened.

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-12-23

 

 

 

Was this up and down? If so, very dangerous trail to come down at race speed.

he ran a race, passed out & died.   closure, what else is there to know ?

 

was there not an autopsy ?  

According to the picture he ran 5kms at a pace of 37-ish miles per hour . That may have something to do with it.

30 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

he ran a race, passed out & died.   closure, what else is there to know ?

 

was there not an autopsy ?  

 

Simply dripping with empathy there @KhunLA, well done.

5 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Simply dripping with empathy there @KhunLA, well done.

 

Sorry .... My prayers for you and family, my condolences, thinking about you, GOD bless

 

R  I  P

 

How's that, better.

 

How is anyone suppose to answer her request, for closure, as if it's a social event while racing in a park, or where ever ?

 

"yea, I was running behind him, he collapse, then died" 

People with healthy lifestyles also die.  Being fit doesn't exempt a person from death. If the family really wants to know, they should have requested an autopsy.  Instead it looks like the widow is attempt to assign blame to an outside agent.  I hate to be blunt, but **** happens.  Sad, but true. 

Here's a list of things that can kill a healthy, active middle-aged athlete:

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Congenital coronary artery anomalies
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC)
Ion channelopathies
Commotio cordis

 

It's a rarity, but athlete on occasion just keel over and die.

And I hate to list the thing most people don't want to believe, but did the guy get an mRNA shot in the last 5 years?  People can argue that the mRNA shots cause damage that is "extremely rare" like cardiomyopathy, but "rare" does not mean non-existent. It means that some unlucky soul keels over dead for no apparent reason - like the un-named man in the article. 

54 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

he ran a race, passed out & died.   closure, what else is there to know ?

 

was there not an autopsy ?  

Considering they are Thai citizens, I think they have to actually request an autopsy. 

32 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

According to the picture he ran 5kms at a pace of 37-ish miles per hour . 

Usain Bolt, reached a top speed of about 27.8 miles per hour

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On 12/23/2025 at 4:51 PM, snoop1130 said:

In her digital appeal, she requested the public refrain from criticisms or judgmental comments toward her deceased husband or their family. She emphasized their efforts in managing his health and expressed the added emotional pain caused by negative remarks. Her focus is solely on uncovering details from the event to gain closure and continue forward.

Given this comment I'm wondering if her husband had a pre-existing medical condition.  "She requested the public refrain from criticisms or judgmental comments toward her deceased husband," and "She emphasized their efforts in managing his health...." 

Think about it? What's that mean?  Sounds like there in more to this story then we'll ever hear about on this English speaking forum.  I imagine Thai media may have more information on this, but there looks to be more going on than meets the eye.

45 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

According to the picture he ran 5kms at a pace of 37-ish miles per hour . That may have something to do with it.

I asked Grok if they was possible:

 

"No, it is not possible for a human to run a 5 km race at an average speed of 37 miles per hour (approximately 59.5 km/h).

To achieve this speed over 5 km (equivalent to approximately 3.10686 miles), the required completion time would be about 5 minutes and 2 seconds, with an average pace of roughly 1 minute 37 seconds per mile or 1 minute 1 second per kilometer.

For context, the men's world record for a 5 km road race stands at approximately 12 minutes and 51 seconds (set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020), corresponding to an average speed of about 23.3 mph (37.5 km/h). Elite track 5000 m records are similarly around 12–13 minutes, yielding comparable average speeds. These performances represent the pinnacle of human endurance and speed over this distance."

 

But - "For context, the men's world record for a 5 km road race stands at approximately 12 minutes and 51 seconds (set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020), corresponding to an average speed of about 23.3 mph (37.5 km/h)."  👈 If that is the case he was running at world record pace. Maybe he blew a gasket, metaphorically speaking.

17 minutes ago, connda said:

People with healthy lifestyles also die.  Being fit doesn't exempt a person from death. If the family really wants to know, they should have requested an autopsy.  Instead it looks like the widow is attempt to assign blame to an outside agent.  I hate to be blunt, but **** happens.  Sad, but true. 

Here's a list of things that can kill a healthy, active middle-aged athlete:

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Congenital coronary artery anomalies
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC)
Ion channelopathies
Commotio cordis

 

It's a rarity, but athlete on occasion just keel over and die.

And I hate to list the thing most people don't want to believe, but did the guy get an mRNA shot in the last 5 years?  People can argue that the mRNA shots cause damage that is "extremely rare" like cardiomyopathy, but "rare" does not mean non-existent. It means that some unlucky soul keels over dead for no apparent reason - like the un-named man in the article. 

 

Where on earth do you see a blame game going on?

 

Oh, and give us a friggin break with your mRNA diatribe. Nobody's listening.

 

As you said somewhere around the middle during a brief flash of lucidity, even healthy people die unexpectedly.

9 minutes ago, connda said:

Given this comment I'm wondering if her husband had a pre-existing medical condition.  "She requested the public refrain from criticisms or judgmental comments toward her deceased husband," and "She emphasized their efforts in managing his health...." 

Think about it? What's that mean?  Sounds like there in more to this story then we'll ever hear about on this English speaking forum.  I imagine Thai media may have more information on this, but there looks to be more going on than meets the eye.

 

Or simply her husband, with typically male stoicism, denied he had any health concerns as he pursued an athletic pastime.

 

I believe the widow is probably struggling with the understandably depressing notion that her husband died alone, without friends and miles from home.

45 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

According to the picture he ran 5kms at a pace of 37-ish miles per hour . That may have something to do with it.

 

I don't think so, as way too fast. ...

 

... "37 miles per hour (mph) is approximately 59.5 kilometers per hour (km/h)," ...

 

.... "Humans can run a 5K (3.1 miles) incredibly fast, with the world record being around 12:35 for men (Joshua Cheptegei)" ...

 

... "The speed achieved in the 5 km race with a finish time of 12:35 is approximately 23.84 kph." ... 

18 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Nobody's listening.

You obviously are "listening" considering the butt-hurt response.  I had you on my ignore list before.  You're back on it again. Bye bye.  Lordy - you gotta love the "terminally offended by everything" members.  🙄  I normally keep that crowd "ignored." 

27 minutes ago, papa al said:

Usain Bolt, reached a top speed of about 27.8 miles per hour

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Usain Bolt was a sprinter.

 

As far as I've gathered, sprinting doesn't cause damage to the heart.

 

But jogging can. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Usain Bolt was a sprinter.

 

As far as I've gathered, sprinting doesn't cause damage to the heart.

 

But jogging can. 

 

 

Bottom line - When it's your time to go?  Then it's your time to go.  Even if you are an athlete. Anicca annica annica 🙏🙏🙏 RIP

22 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Or simply her husband, with typically male stoicism, denied he had any health concerns as he pursued an athletic pastime.

 

I believe the widow is probably struggling with the understandably depressing notion that her husband died alone, without friends and miles from home.

This.

 

Though perhaps the husband was not sufficiently informed or otherwise aware of the health risks.

1 hour ago, connda said:

You obviously are "listening" considering the butt-hurt response.  I had you on my ignore list before.  You're back on it again. Bye bye.  Lordy - you gotta love the "terminally offended by everything" members.  🙄  I normally keep that crowd "ignored." 

 

Nobody cares about your ignore list either.

On 12/27/2025 at 6:42 PM, connda said:

"No, it is not possible for a human to run a 5 km race at an average speed of 37 miles per hour (approximately 59.5 km/h).

 

On 12/27/2025 at 6:55 PM, KhunLA said:

 

I don't think so, as way too fast. ...

 

... "37 miles per hour (mph) is approximately 59.5 kilometers per hour (km/h)," ...

 

.... "Humans can run a 5K (3.1 miles) incredibly fast, with the world record being around 12:35 for men (Joshua Cheptegei)" ...

 

... "The speed achieved in the 5 km race with a finish time of 12:35 is approximately 23.84 kph." ... 

 

I think I will add Equi to the front of my forum name. Just so others don't take my posts literally 

I compete in road and trail events - six in the past eight weeks. Plenty of medical support at the road events, both stationary and mobile (paramedics on motorcycles). one last year I was stopped and asked if i was ok - I'd recently been unwell with flu and apparently looked like death - had to reassure them before I was permitted to run on (and I was followed!).

Some events have had runners wearing vests Bangkok Hospital Medical Team spread out through the field. I have wondered if they spot likely victims and that's why one runs with me.

For remote trail runs obviously more difficult with several km between checkpoints. I've seen runners receiving attention from other runners, people will always stop to assist but in this man's case maybe there was nothing that could be done.

On 12/27/2025 at 6:04 PM, VocalNeal said:

According to the picture he ran 5kms at a pace of 37-ish miles per hour . That may have something to do with it.

That is the time, Not his race time.