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Nong Khai Running Festival

Name: Nong Khai Running Festival
Uploaded: 2025-09-18
Description: Held in Nong Khai, on the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand. This is an AIMS-registered race.

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

Nong Khai
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Race date in 267 days: Jul 10, 2027 Sat
City · Distance: Nong Khai · 42.195km · 21.1km · 10km
Entry fee: Fee TBDVaries by event and entry period
Status: SoonSee how to enter ↗

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 16, 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.

Held in Nong Khai, on the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand.

This is an AIMS-registered race.

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.

#NongKhaiRunningFestival#NongKhai#Overseas Marathon#August Marathon#Full marathon Marathon

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

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.

From the 2026 edition

General entry

Registration is by contacting the race organizers directly (Race.nongkhai42.com, Facebook page), rather than through online registration.

This is an independently operated race that does not use major Thai platforms such as RunLah.

100 km ultra (start 18:30, time limit 18 hours), 42.195 km marathon (start 03:00, time limit 7 hours).

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Your 42.195km

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

From the 2026 edition

Runners start · local timeFrom 18:00

Time limit18 hours

100km (SOLO·TEAM) 18 hours — 8/2 12:00 cutoff / 42km 7 hours — 8/2 10:00 cutoff / 10 miles 3 hours — 8/2 07:30 cutoff / Fun Run 6.7km time limit none

Event	Time limit
Marathon42.195km	7h

START · FINISH

Wat Champa Thong, Tha Bo, Nong Khai

start in front of the Mandap Maha Chedi Si Sattanak (42km starts at the same location as the 100km)

Start · Google Maps

Runners start · local time — 100km SOLO·100km TEAM: August 1, 18:00 / 42km: August 2, 03:00 / 10 miles: August 2, 04:30 / Fun Run 6.7km: August 2, 05:30

Course follows the Mekong River in the Tha Bo area of Nong Khai, Thailand.

AIMS Certified: Member race of the AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races)
Typical race-season temperature: around 27°C (81°F): Hot race — plan fluids and electrolytes

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

From the most recent edition

Event T-shirt 2026

Finisher medal 2026

Timing chip 2026

This may change for the next edition.

To the start line,
step by step.

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

From the 2026 edition

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the startno train/bus station at the venue — Wat Champa Thong, Ban Nong Yang Kham, Tambon Kong Nang, Amphoe Tha Bo,…
Getting to the finishsame location as start — Wat Champa Thong, Tha Bo district (loop course)

Source · checked Aug 22, 2026

More details

Getting to the start

no train/bus station at the venue — Wat Champa Thong, Ban Nong Yang Kham, Tambon Kong Nang, Amphoe Tha Bo, Nong Khai (rural, ~15-20 km west of Nong Khai town via Highway 211)

Course runs in laps around a reservoir/dam near the temple. Nearest transit hub is Nong Khai railway station (northern terminus of the line from Bangkok, near the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge), but requires a car/taxi/songthaew onward — no organizer shuttle found.

The current official site is race.nongkhai42.com (the older nongkhaimarathon.com is stale).

Map

Getting to the finish

same location as start — Wat Champa Thong, Tha Bo district (loop course)

Map

Source · checked Aug 22, 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 event takes place on August 1–2 in the Tha Bo area of Nong Khai, Thailand,

and is sanctioned by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).

It is divided into five categories: 100km (solo and team), 42km, 10 miles, and 6.7km Fun Run.

The 100km event starts at 6:00 p.m. on the first day, with an 18-hour time limit until noon the following day.

The 42km starts at 3:00 a.m. on the second day, with a 7-hour time limit and an time limit at 10:00 a.m. The 10-mile event starts at 4:30 a.m.,

with a 3-hour time limit at 7:30 a.m. The 6.7km Fun Run starts at 5:30 a.m. and has no separate time limit.

Times are local to Nong Khai. 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.

One Riviera Hotel And Residences

Hotel · 4.2km

8.9/10(10)

View on Booking.com

City Tour Vientiane

₩93,279

Nong Khai Running Festival

About Nong Khai Running Festival — 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