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Races in South Korea in July or August

Is anyone familiar with races that occur in South Korea during the months of July and August? I will be on an internship at Postech for those two months and would love to run races while i'm there.

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Permalink Reply by Crystal on June 2, 2008 at 11:38pm: Hi Rob,

Some of us (Percy, Joanne, and I) are signing up for this race on the west coast. Closing date is June 13th. Race date is June 29th. We plan to travel together from Seoul and stay together once we're there. Join us!

http://coolunrace.com/blue/

Also, Paul Song told us about the Early Morning Race (6:30am start - it is HOT in the summer though so this works well actually.)

Here's more information about that race from Paul:
Name : Early Morning race
Date : Jul/6 (SUN), TIME : 06:30 start.
Place : Youido 60 Building front.
race : FULL/ HALF/ 10K/ 5K.
FEE : Souvenior
1. race shoes : 40K won for full/half/10K, 30Won for 5K
2. T-shirt : 30won for full/half/10K, 20won for 5K.
http://www.saebyuckmarathon.com/
For Over 30 people as team, they wil present running pants.

Take care,
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Permalink Reply by Rob Kingston on July 3, 2008 at 1:02am: Hey Crystal,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately i just got in yesterday so i couldn't attend the race in Seoul. I will try to make it out to the Saebyuck Marathon though. It sounds like fun and it would be great to meet up with everyone!

Peace,
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Permalink Reply by Jerome Cairncross on June 29, 2008 at 11:46pm: I am also interested in doing races in July and August. Please send me the necessary information I need to take part. Have only been training in Suwon since I got here in August 2007. Would really like to do anything around a 10km or 21 km to test my skill with athletes in Korea. Please contact me as soon as possible.

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Permalink Reply by Crystal on July 3, 2008 at 7:47pm: Hi guys,

Here is a good looking one for August.

Nike race Aug31 in the city! 10K
http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/index.jsp

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Permalink Reply by Crystal on July 3, 2008 at 8:15pm: More race info. from Joanne Rowe. I won't be in the country for the August races, so I haven't been looking.

August 10th- Race near DMZ that percy mentioned. (near DMZ- apparantly shuttle buses run) (Full, half, 10km, 5km) I think this is some kind of memorial race as when translate the korean website to english it says 'Baekseoksan battle memorial'.
http://www.ygrun.net

August 17th- race near Jamsil- it looks like it is around the river area. (half, 10km, 5km, 3km walk)
http://sungnyemunmarathon.com/

September 7th- DMZ International Peace Marathon- (obviously at DMZ- I would think there would be shuttle buses as apparantly it is a big race but not 100% certain.)
(Full, Half or 10km)
http://www.dmzrun.co.kr

October 5th- 5km/10km- (crystal this clashes with one of the races you listed.)
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Permalink Reply by Rob Kingston on July 11, 2008 at 2:23am: Thank you so much! One of my coworkers is helping me sign up for the races on August 10 and 17th. I can hardly wait now!

I hope that you enjoy your trip out of the country Crystal. Where are you headed?; ▶ Reply to This