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Quick notes on our trip end of year trip to ChiangMai Thailand.







The city of Chiang Mai itself has little to offer exept a few good Thai restaurants and night Bazars but the montains behind it are quite interesting. Altitude of the highest spot is around 2500m. Lots of Temples, local villages and splendid waterfalls.















The race: Leng finished second overall with a time of 3:41 in the full marathon which, effectively, turned out to be her first ultra since she, along with the first lady and a few other Singapore runners, did an extra loop somewhere on the course adding about 3-4k because of bad signage. Such a shame!





I finished 3rd in my age group with a time of 1:20:42 a huge PB... maybe a little too huge as the course is not AIM certified (only certified by the jog&joy running association of Thailand) and might have been short. Again, shame as i needed a 1:22:59 to obtain a garanteed entry at the 2008 NYC marathon and am confident i have achieved that time today but NYC may not recognise the time. Anyway, anyday you get a pb is a good day even an "unknown pb"!







I can always try to do it again in 2 weeks along the Arakawa river although i really feel the need for a break at this point ...

happy new year !