Ho Chi Minh City Marathon - Vietnam

My first race in Asia. I am from South Africa and have attended a couple of race events there. The Ho Chi Minh City Marathon was unfortunately not as well organised in comparison, but overall it was a good experience. Running to the middle of Phu My Hung bridge was definitely the highlight. For future runs I would definitely like to see more food stalls at the finish. I was so hungry and couldn't really buy any food at the finish. T-shirt collection at the finish line was very crowded. I would suggest having more collection lines available. Providing runners with water bottles at water points was very disappointing. It is an incredible waste of water as very seldom a running is able to drink a lot from the bottle before tossing it aside. Therefore half full water bottles simply gets thrown away. There are better alternatives. In South Africa they make use of sachets or small water bags that contain just the right amount of water. These are easier to hold in your hand while running too. Otherwise congratulations on all the other activities and organizing a successful event. I had fun!

I enjoyed the 21K. It is a good first race for the year being mostly flat. The biggest challenge was the bridge but that was so exhilarating that it didn't matter.

giải thật sự rất thú vị quy mô lớn - mọi người đã giúp đỡ hộ trợ nhau trong suốt quá trình chạy. Tinh thần thể thao của tất cả mọi người rất lớn. Giải marathon này rất có ý nghĩa. Mong hãy tiếp tục những giải thể thao như thế này. Cảm ơn

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When I registered this race, I guess race will be start on a.p. 6 AM, but actual time is AM 3. It is difficult to control face and cause me over pace. HaHA Anyway, route is quite beautiful and amazing. And also race is not very crowding, so good for racing. It was the first challenge for full course and finish whole race, even if score is not reached to expectation. Great experience.

After 24km, there are long up races near by bridge. It made foot very heavy.

Giải đấu rất phù hợp cho người mới bắt đầu tập chạy. Leo dốc cầu Phú Mỹ thực sự thú vị. Ngoài ra BTC cần chú ý hơn ở công tác hậu cần vì nhiều lần tram tiếp nước không đủ nước suối cho người chạy, phải uống các loại nước điện giải thay thế.