Changkhui: KiloZero

@MisterTrin, a long-time member of Changkhui team, had a chance to run at the Tokyo Marathon On February 25. It was a surprising event to him since he had only started running less than a year. However, due to lack of long-run experience and physical fitness required to complete the run, he did not finish the run. He was very willing to share his experience and hoped that others could learn from his lesson and would not repeat the same mistakes he had made.

One of the most popular facebook page among Thai runners is the 42.195km Club, this page is solely dedicated to first-time marathoners. On July 2, 2015, there was this particular post that was very intriguing, this Thai runner posted that he completed a cumulative distance equivalent to 29 marathon distances in 30 days, this was achieved in the whole of June 2015. This was somewhat unbelievable due to the heat reason. Therefore, we invited Mr.Gasinpoj Namsitthirote to share his story and how he achieved this. During the talk, we found out that not only he was a salary man, he was also happily married with one daughter. After the interview, we would have to believe this story. Truly inspiring.

Itthipol Samutthong has become a celebrity ultra runner among Thai running communities in the last few years. We invited him over to share his running experience and we instantly knew why he became a celebrity. He graciously offered running advice, tips and tricks, as well as his DNF (Did Not Finish) experiences with no holdback. He also created several facebook pages and groups to help out people for running and sharing equipment. You may follow him at facebook.com/mailtopok.

Most runners call him, Kru Din, meaning Teacher or Master Din (his nickname). A very well-known Thai runner who won the first medal for Thailand in marathon event in the 1985 SEA Games. He is still very active in running community, providing various talks and coaching for runners all over Thailand. His facebook page, Facebook.com/SathavornRunningClub, provides running tips and guidedance for beginners and experienced runners. We invite him over to elaborate his essay on 15 running principles.

We have met a few runners in our programs, but no one has gone through such painful as the runner in this episode. Pla, a thirty-something runner, was a serious runner who managed a mini-marathon, 10.5km, in 56 minutes before she was diagnosed with Nasal Cavity Cancer (Nasopharynx Cancer) in 2009. It was like she was hit by a car with no warning. She went through 8 months of painful experience during the treatment, including chemotherapy. She came out fully recovered with no muscles left. She could only ran 300 meters before she was out of breath. That was 2010. In June 8, 2014, this year, she managed to finish a minimarathon on Laguna Phuket International Marathon in 1 hour 4 minutes. This was her story.

It's a common question for anyone who has heard of the the North Face 100 event that how much fitness a person need in order to compete and complete a 100-km run. As usual, our friend, Dayin, points us to khun Jeng who has been participating the event since the inception and completed the event three times. We asked him to share how he trained for it and what kind of challenge he has faced during the runs. You may contact him at https://www.facebook.com/jengjanjeng.

After completing the Unique Running, Khaoyai, we managed to recorded this episode at PB Valley. After the race, we found Suksit Kwanoran, a Changkhui listener as well as a runner, who participated the Tokyo Marathon 2014 on February 23, 2014, so we invited him over to share his running experience with us. Supoj Boonyapattarakul from Unique Running also shared his experience from observing the Tokyo Marathon 2013 and his thought on what factors the most for the running event to be such a successful event. Tokyo marathon enjoyed 36,000 runners in 2014 from over 300,000 applicants.

Taweewut Waicharoen completed four marathons in 2013 and Passakorn did threes in the same year. We both shared our marathon experiences; how we prepared and how we felt. This was rather a tell-you-all experience, how we felt during the run and afterwards.

It has been a long while since the previous episode. On this first episode of 2014, we discussed a few questions that we were asked quite frequently. This is a way of saying that we are back.

For all Thai event runners, we have seen them. ShutterRunning.com is a team of runners who turn their running passion into a serious job. From runners, they took up taking photos for friends in various running events, posted them on sites and later launched their own site to sell these photos. They shared their experience and advices for all runners how to post for great running pictures.