Note that the main page shows only races during the current week (and in a typical week there are about a dozen nationwide). Click on the Race Events link to see all upcoming events.
But a bit of a rant now. One promising-looking listing is the Central 10 Miles International on Dec. 31. It's convenient (starts at Central Festival in Hatyai), on a good non-hash day (Thursday), and an interesting distance. But look carefully and you'll see that "international" runners -- that's us -- pay more than Thai nationals. Oh, and they do that pathetic old trick of listing local prices in Thai numerals, so those dumb farang can't read them.
Even the national parks here give the lame reason that they charge non-Thais more because they don't pay national taxes. What's Central's excuse? It seems to me that if you put "International" in the name of your event, you might not want to discriminate against people on the basis of where they come from. I don't know how common this practice is in Thailand, but as far as I'm concerned, Central and anyone else who does this can take their race and shove it up their butts.
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