The King’s Cup Pattaya Marathon This Sunday



Date: 17 July, 2016
Venue: Pattaya Beach Road, Pattaya, Chonburi

The King’s Cup Pattaya Marathon 2016, which will take place on Sunday 17 July, 2016 at Pattaya Beach Road in Pattaya, Chon Buri, is being organised in response to the increasing needs for international marathon event as well as to raise awareness of Pattaya as one of a leading sports tourism destinations especially among international travellers.

The event features overall marathon (42.195 km), overall half marathon (21.1 km), overall quarter marathon (10.55 km.) and is applicable for both male and female marathon runners. There is also wheelchair quarter marathon (10.55 km) which is open for free of charge for the people with disabilities.

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-- Pattaya One 2016-07-13

So will anyone who lives on the Pratamnak sois be able to leave the area on Sunday morning?

I'm also concerned that they are using that roundabout on Jomtien 2nd Road.

Bound to be a pile up there with runners trying to figure out who has right-of-way & whether they should just stop in the middle of it.

It might be a good spot for handing out fluids if that's the case.

Did it in 1997.

Never again.

Did it in 1997.

Never again.

Looking at the cost of entry & the amount of runners claimed to be 15,000 it seems it may quite a little earner.

Always found it strange why people pay so much to run a marathon when they do it for free most other days of the week.

Different from the pros who can earn large sums & are also sponsored.

I used to run mini marathons in the past, up to 10k . But running 42k in this heat must be a challenge. Anyway great fun for the runners who can afford to travel all over the world to run marathons. Good luck to them.

Did it in 1997.

Never again.

Never have and never will...just remember what happen to the first bloke who run it !