84-floor Baiyoke run coming up

[Thaivisa News]

Bangkok:- Get your lungs strong and ready as the seventh international run upstairs of the 84-floor Baiyoke 2 Building is coming up.

The PTT Baiyoke Run Up International 2015 was announced at a press conference by Phanlert Baiyoke, chairman of the Baiyoke Group, Suparp Sriyotha, deputy chairman of the Thai Jogging Club, and Doctor Phaisarn Pornprapha, director of the Bangkok Hospital.

The upcoming seventh PTT Baiyoke Run Up International 2015 will be held on Sunday April 19 at 7am. Runners are required to register from 5am to 6:30 am. Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wissanu Krea-ngarm will chair the launch ceremony and preside over the reward giving ceremony as well.

The previous Baiyoke run events have been joined by more and more international runners, the press conference was told.

Runners will run up the fire-exit stairway of the 84-floor building with 304-meter height. The stairway has ventilation.

Each runner will have to wear a device with computer chip to record his or her run, which will be installed and checked by the Thai Jogging Club.

Drinking water will be provided on the 35th, 51st, and 75th floors. Medical teams from the Bangkok Hospital will be on standby on the first, 18th and 84th floor.

The competitions are categories by ages and sex groups. There will be competitions for runners who are between 15 to 18 years, 19 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years and more than 60 years for each sex.

The best-time runner of all groups will have his or her name recorded on the Hall of Fame on the top floor.

Application fee is Bt300.

[h90]

sounds like good fun.

[wirat69]

Hmmm... ain't got a satang!! Will have to watch it on the couch :-)

[ezzra]

The likes of me need no apply, I can only do 8 floors....

[berybert]

I might give it a go if I can get there before 6.30. That would be the hard bit.

[maidee]

any qualified medics ?

in this hot weather, seems like a good reason to get a heart attack

[Jim walker]

And the PM general will go and show how fit the government soldiers are

[orange31]

I wonder how they will control the traffic? I could easily see the problem of getting stuck being people, especially as everyone is hogging the railing.

[balo]

I'm up for a challenge. Just make sure there is a lift working from 2nd floor so I can cheat my way to the top.

[Aussieroaming]

Maybe next time

[VocalNeal]

I used to do 31 stories (80m) for work in a previous life so I reckon I could do that. The rest...?

Start going to the Hash for practice?

Edited March 26, 2015 by VocalNeal

[dave2]

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the seventh international run upstairs of the 84-floor Baiyoke 2 Building is coming up.

yeah right

dave2