champers Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Takes place over the weekend. The King's daughter is one of those competing so security will be tight. Any of our fitter members takinlg part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Ahaa this might explain why they have lots of white traffic barriers waiting to be set up at all the U-turns on Sukhumvit (at least in Na-Jomtien)Normally they start early hours and are finished before most of the city awakens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Yeah, Beach Road will be shut down from 26-5 afternoon for at least 18 hours. The route goes from Beach Road, South Pattaya Road, 2nd Road/Thappraya, Jomtien 2nd Road, Sukhumvit. The entire happening including roadblocks should be over with around 9 a.m. Just noticed that it will be on 27 and 28 May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 17 minutes ago, johng said: Normally they start early hours and are finished before most of the city awakens. Fortunately this event is far far from what I understand as a triathlon. More like a breakfast run. World best times for a real triathlon are close to 9 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Nine minutes in this heat would be enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Nine minutes in this heat would be enough for me.Nine minutes of running,swimming or cycling ? I think i could do 9 minutes of cycling...maybe " The course includes a 1500m swim at Pattaya beach, a 40km / 25km cycle on flat roads through the Sukhumvit highway and a 10km / 5km run through Pattaya beachfront leading into the most popular nightlife area ”Pattaya Walking Street” " ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: Fortunately this event is far far from what I understand as a triathlon. More like a breakfast run. World best times for a real triathlon are close to 9 hours. There are several official distances for triathlons, such as sprint and olympic. I understand they are having both these two in Pattaya this weekend. The 9 hour event you are referring to is likely to be classified as a full Iron Man. That's a 180k cycle, full marathon run, and a 3.9km swim. A quick google tells me that the world record for an Iron Man is 7 hours 44 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Yes I am spoiled/fascinated by the Ironman Hawaii. Wish I once could be there as a spectator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Beach road is already backing up near Hard Rock. A cop told me Beach road shut down 1am to 9am Sat. and Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynotme Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Benq, Lived on the Big Island and watched several Ironmans in October. Clean waters for the swim and long straightaways for the run and bike ride. Most of the time there are cool ocean breezes too. A great event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 No brollies and deckchairs on Saturday and Sunday on Pattaya Beach Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprender Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Nine minutes of running,swimming or cycling ? I think i could do 9 minutes of cycling...maybe [emoji14]" The course includes a 1500m swim at Pattaya beach, a 40km / 25km cycle on flat roads through the Sukhumvit highway and a 10km / 5km run through Pattaya beachfront leading into the most popular nightlife area ”Pattaya Walking Street” " ! Followed by a week in Pattaya Bangkok hospital having a stomach pump and an intensive course of antibiotics. Sent from my Lenovo K52e78 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal65 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Did my 6am run north on beach road and was quite surprised to see what must have been 1,000 thais running the other way. A smattering of farangs in there as well. Lots of yellow/black shirts which I think said 5k 10k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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