Laguna Phuket Marathon

Great experience. Very well organized. Weather conditions (heat and humidity) are challenging. You should only start if you are fully trained out. Sadly I was leg-injured and so I couldn't train that much as I wished. Wouldn't the event be about 10.000km away from my hometown, I wouldn't have started. But the hotel, the flights and the application for the race were already booked over half a year ago. So I said to me: even with your injury you will do at least the half of the course. And the rest will come...in the end the so-called "rest" was very tough including passages where I had to walk or even stop for drinking. Anyway I finished the race somehow and learned many lessons to become a better runner in the future. You should under no circumstances miss the pasta party!!! Definitely book it! It's worth it. Never seen something like this before. Great! Keep in mind that you start at 4 a.m. In few passages it's darker than in hell. The later it gets the traffic intensifies. Later you have to share the road with motorcycles and cars. Not dangerous, but I think it's not possible to close the roads completely. there are a lot of police-officers and helpers standing along the way to secure the race and manage the traffic. Well done. I will come back again.

The arrangement was fantastic, from the race pack collection, pasta party and on the event day. It's not crowded, nice view and beautiful route. Post race meal and hydration was excellent. Free shuttle to hotel (if you stay in one of the Laguna hotels) was great. Just 2 cents inputs:- the traffic control/safety along the route need to be improved to avoid accident (due to the traffic closure is not possible), and the start time should move 1hr earlier as it's a really 'hot' weather.

This is definitely not an easy race due to the hot weather, rolling hills, and extra precautions needed to avoid traffic (the traffic is not closed to vehicles)

great view, running through the national park, unforgetable!

I participated in 2017. Proof really is in hellish heat. At the start, 30 degrees celsius. Route through more urban and more remote areas. Really very good organization. Very good hydration. T-shirt size larger than yours. There were 42 incredible Kilometers!!!

very good

It was an amazing marathon event for me. Great route, nice views of beaches, some part in local forest and some in the small city outside the center of Phuket. Well organization with lot of food and really enjoyed with delicious fresh coconut water. Nice reward for all finisher one singlet, one finisher T-shirt and perfect medal. Awesome!!! I can say i will run this event again. Have other distance for family 5K, 10.5K and 2K for kids in seperated day before the full-marathon day.

Great route, nice views of beaches, some part in local forest and some in the small city outside the center of Phuket. Well organization with lot of food and really enjoyed with delicious fresh coconut water

Nice route, great organization, overall a really fun event! My 7-yr-old son ran the 2k the day before, and I ran the half-marathon on Sunday.