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META : Time : Trials Thailand

Name: บรรยากาศงานวิ่ง ASICS META : TIME : TRIALS THAILAND 2026 ในระยะ 10 กิโลเมตร
Uploaded: 2026-08-16
Description: A premium 10km road race focused on performance. This is its 5th year. Runners looking to test their limits gather here from across the region.

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

Bangkok
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Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons · Bernard Spragg. NZ, Public domain

Race date Date TBD: Date TBD
City · Distance: Bangkok · 10km
Entry fee: Fee TBDVaries by event and entry period
Status: TBDSee how to enter ↗

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 13, 2026

About the race How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

A premium 10km road race focused on performance. This is its 5th year.

Runners looking to test their limits gather here from across the region.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from runners who've been there.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

Finisher vlog

วิ่งยังไงให้อ้วน · Finisher vlog

View on YouTube

This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

We'll fill this in once the official entry rules are out.

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Your 10km

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

Runners start · local timeFrom 05:00

START

Rama VIII Bridge

Start · Google Maps

The start is in Bangkok's Bang Phlat–Bang Yi Khan area, near Rama VIII Bridge over the Chao Phraya River.

Built between 1999 and 2002 and opened on 7 May 2002, Rama VIII Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge distinguished by its single asymmetric Y-shaped pylon on the west bank,

from which 84 cables extend.

Its main span is 300m.

The race distance is 10km.

Rankings in both the invited and open categories are based on gun time, not each runner's individual start time.

The “Meta” in the event name comes from ASICS' carbon-plated METASPEED racing shoes.

The concept is about competing against your own previous performance rather than against other runners.

Thailand's first edition was held in Bangkok on 4 September 2022, making 2026 the fifth edition.

The global series began earlier that year in Málaga, Spain.

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the startRama VIII Bridge area on the Thonburi riverside - not within walking distance of any BTS or MRT station;…
Transit cardGet a Rabbit Card for the BTS Skytrain, and use your own contactless Visa/Mastercard directly at the gates for the MRT subway — the two systems aren't unified, so you need both methods. Where to buy

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026 · Source · checked Aug 17, 2026

More details

Getting to the start

Rama VIII Bridge area on the Thonburi riverside - not within walking distance of any BTS or MRT station; nearest stations are still a couple of kilometers away

Map

Transit card

Rabbit Card

BTS Skytrain station counters, or pre-book online (e.g. via Klook/Trip.com) with pickup at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Works directly at the gates Alternative: BTS One-Day Pass 150 THB — Worth it if you'll take 4 or more BTS Skytrain trips in a single day; otherwise the Rabbit Card's pay-as-you-go is more flexible for multi-day trips.

Important: the Rabbit Card only works on the BTS Skytrain (Green/Gold lines) — it does NOT work on the MRT (Blue/Purple lines), a separate operator. Conversely, you cannot tap a foreign contactless bank card at BTS gates, but you CAN tap it directly at MRT gates.

Rabbit Card costs 200 THB total (100 THB non-refundable card fee + 100 THB stored value). Bangkok's BTS Skytrain and MRT subway use the rechargeable Rabbit Card (sold at station counters/machines), and foreign contactless Visa/Mastercard now taps directly at BTS gates (MRT rollout is more limited), with fares roughly 17-62 THB per trip.

However this Rama VIII Bridge venue is not walkable from any BTS/MRT stop, so most foreign runners will need a Grab taxi or the event's own transport arrangement to reach the start.

Where to buy

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026 Source · checked Aug 17, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

The 2026 competition begins at 5 a.m. on Sunday, August 16.

In Bangkok, the average highest temperature in August is 33.3°C, the average lowest temperature is 25.9°C,

and the average monthly precipitation is 227.1mm (based on average values from 1991 to 2020),

making it the time of year with the highest temperature and humidity.

Departing at 5 a.m. can be seen as a time slot to avoid the heat.

The application for participation is dual - the priority registration for OneASICS members for 3,000 people closed on the same day that registration opened,

and the general registration for 2,000 people opened separately from April 6.

Since this is a competition with a limited number of participants,

you need to check the registration opening schedule in advance if you are interested in participating.

Contrary to the name 'Time Trials', the actual rankings in the invitation and open categories are based on gun time, not individual start times.

The common goal of the Meta Time Trials series around the world is to minimize measurement errors on course,

which has few curves and is flat, and the Bangkok competition also utilizes the flat roads along the Chao Phraya River.

Times are local to Bangkok. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Bangkok Saran Poshtel

Hotel · 365m

9.2/10(5458)

View on Booking.com

Lek Massage Experience in Chinatown, Bangkok

₩21,459

META : Time : Trials Thailand

About META : Time : Trials Thailand — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run