Penonton: laguna phuket

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Laguna Phuket Marathon 2012 - Top 10 Results

Date: 10 Jun 2012
Distance: 42km, 21km and 10.5km
Detail results here

It was a holiday marathon...was looking forward to a good makanthon with the family in Phuket. Weather has been reported to be bad..pouring for the last few days. But on race morning it rained heavily around 1.00 am and then stopped for the runners :) . Nice.

Saw many friends and met many new ones in this race. Managed to have a small group photo taken before gun off. It was wet and muddy at the starting point...not much place to warm up and before we realized we were running on the road. Weather was rather humid for the first 15 km but got cooler as we progressed.

The terrain was dark and hilly at certain stretch of the route so there wasn't much view on the first 15km but it was a peaceful, and when it got bright, we realized that we were running besides villages, rubber estates, secondary forest and occasional beach side.

Refreshment stations were plenty...almost one every 3km without fail with water, 100plus and sponge. But unfortunately, instead of paper cups, some water stations used plastic cups...which means not environmental friendly and difficult to drink while on the go. And always at least a marshall can be found at every junction along the route.

This is our first time to experience the Laguna Phuket Marathon, and overall it was still a quality event, although I must say the entry fee is one of the most expensive in the region. The prize given is a trophy and a Timex watch for each of the top 3 age group of the marathon and half marathon. (Strange but for the 10.5 km, they allocated 5 trophies instead of 3????) May be some of the organizers think that running 10.5km is harder than full and half marathon.

10.5km and 42km medal

Group photo before the run

Runners ran in traditional costume

10.5km is about to start

Miss Thailand joined in the charity walk

Had a finishing fight with a runner from Thailand for the 2nd position.

One picture before we go for our massage

10.5km runners

42km top men (Thailand) and women (Japan)

21km top men (Sweden)

10.5km top men (Loas) and women (Singapore)

42km top 3 men 40 - 49 age group

Age group winners line up to get the trophy and Timex watch

21km female

10km male

10km female

42km male

42km female

Superman feel tired too

Timex Ironman Race Trainer watch

Timex Ironman 30 Laps Crono watch

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Laguna Phuket Marathon 2012 - Race Kit Collection

Date: 9 Jun 2012
Venue: Laguna Phuket

Before we arrived, Phuket was raining non-stop for 72 hours. Luckily on the 9th June it was a sunny hot day. When we arrived at the bib collection tent, workers were busy cleaning and paving the start/finish area as the area was very muddy. The collection process seems to be a bit chaotic as some runners couldn't find their name on the list, but it was later on resolved by issuing manual bib.

Pasta party is compulsory for foreigners and it cost 950 baht (abt RM95) for an additional ticket. Although the party was scheduled from 5:30pm to 9pm, unfortunately most of the food have finished by 7pm and many runners were unable to get any food, especially when the runners are expected to retire early for the marathon happening in the next early morning. The organizer only managed to replenished the food after 8:30pm, but most of the runners have left. Moreover runners have to queue for 45min to get their food. The pasta party were poorly organised.