4:10 finish, 33/111 place overall. Unique race in and around the small city of Kamphaeng Phet in west-central Thailand, about halfway between Bangkok and Chiang Mai. It’s not visited as much as other parts of the country and English is barely spoken, but people are friendly and encouraging during the race, which did have a few other foreign runners. Marathon starts at 3am due to the intense heat and humidity, and even then it was about 80 degrees and oppressively muggy. With most of the race in the dark there isn’t much to see, but near the end - in the daylight for all but the fastest runners - it does go through a historical park with ancient city ruins and old Buddhist temples from the 1300s. Slower than usual finish time, as expected, due to the weather and short two-week turnaround from last marathon.
*includes Thailand photos from 2022 side trip attached to Cambodia marathon