Today is also the day of the Koh Chang International Triathlon, so I hope participants have adequate insurance as the sea is pretty choppy at the moment. No doubt the last minute offer of a free Koh Chang to Trat ferry ticket (one way only, value 50 baht) for all participants, Thai and foreign, will have swelled the number of entrants significantly. When it comes to slick marketing, you know who to call.
However, organising the event on the same day at the well-established Chantaburi half marathon, taking place an hour's drive away perhaps wasn't wise, neither was giving athletics clubs around Thailand only one months' advance notice of the event. What you need time to train? Surely, it's only swimming, jogging and riding a bike?
I had toyed with the idea of heading down to see the start at 8am but as it was raining so much I decided that the better option was to scour the internet for a photo of a rabbit with a pancake on its head. Infinitely less off putting, to anyone thinking of visiting Koh Chang, than a photo of incessant rain over a stormy sea.
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