RUNNER'S DELIGHT

Laguna Phuket Marathon as popular as ever

- The Phuket News [e-mail]

More than 7,000 competitors from over 71 different countries joined in the 19th Laguna Phuket Marathon over the weekend of June 14-15.

The 'Laguna Phuket Marathon 2025 Presented by Supersports' was held on Saturday (June 14) and Sunday (June 15), incorporating a range of distances to encourage participation from as many people as possible.

Saturday saw the 'Sunset Run' take place, including the 2-kilometre Youth Run, the 10km Mini Marathon and the 5km Fun Run, while Sunday's 'Sunrise Run' incorporated the 21.0975km Half Marathon, Marathon Relay Race and full 42.195km Marathon.

Local Phuketian and previous winner Apichai Phuchit crossed the line in first place in the men's full marathon with a time of 2 hour, 51 minutes and 48 seconds, while Mayumi Watanabe from Japan won the women's full marathon with a time of 3h 27m 5s. Apichai, affectionately known as 'Iron Lung' by his friends due to his impressive physical running capabilities, previously won the same race in 2022.

Meanwhile, Mungai Kirogoi, of Kenya finished first in the men's half marathon with a time of 1h 18m 30s and Chiaki Morikawa of Japan won the women's class in 1h 23m 46s.