We may have a solution to both of your problems:
www.seoulflyers.com
We have been signing up our members/non-members for races in and around Seoul. By running as a group there are several benefits such as extra "goodies" from the race organizer ...
Yeah, races that don't accept foreigners are the bane of my existence. I've had Korean coworkers take care of that for me in the past, but it's annoying. I won't bother with supposedly international races that don't accept foreigners.
Also, it's ...
oh yeah and be aware some of the race sites havent set up their registration system to accept foreigner arc#'s. I had to get my TA to call the Dokdo marathon people to get that worked out.
most sites though are pretty easy to figure out on regist...
You can ask a friend or Korean co-worker to do it for you. Failing that, just try muddling around the site yourself.
The two groups I'm aware of are the Seoul Flyers and Smile Run.
I just moved to Seoul and am hoping to enter some races...but a lot of the links I've found are for sites that are only in Korean, which I can't read. How do you sign up for races? Also...I'm looking for a group to run with on the weekends...can a...