Comments on: Magnificent Malaysia http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684 tony mangan - ultrarunner Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:27:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tey Eng Tiong http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16959 Tey Eng Tiong Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:40:35 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16959 Narumol ask your Thai hp from me,I gave her,as this will help her to as coodinator. Narumol ask your Thai hp from me,I gave her,as this will help her to as coodinator.

]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16957 Ann for Tony Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:24:58 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16957 I met Gosh one of the Bangkok Running club members. He stopped his car to tell me they are planning a major escort on Sunday when I run in to Thailand's capital. He phoned Uruphong or Uru who also says they are going to throw me a party! Some will come out on Saturday to run.Am on schedule. I think its about 275km from todays finish, so perhaps three or four more sixties and an easy Sunday. I committed to 3pm on Sunday. thank you everyone :-) I met Gosh one of the Bangkok Running club members. He stopped his car to tell me they are planning a major escort on Sunday when I run in to Thailand’s capital. He phoned Uruphong or Uru who also says they are going to throw me a party! Some will come out on Saturday to run.Am on schedule. I think its about 275km from todays finish, so perhaps three or four more sixties and an easy Sunday. I committed to 3pm on Sunday.
thank you everyone :-)

]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16956 Ann for Tony Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:15:21 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16956 Hi Ann pls post; Monday was a great 65km day on the road.The lovely Thai's dont gawk only respect my space,intelligent people.In 2 weeks I have not witnessed any littering. I find a snooze in but as its 650m down a lane its a bit of a killer as its off my route.Tuesday off to a flyer but slow up after 30km,its hot so I stop a lot.At 58k and knowing there is no hotel for another 15k.I stop at a shop and ask to sleep under their gazebo.A man brings me across the road to a monastery.Two monks Sopan and Nopie brought me bedding to put on an outside table.They spoke of a peaceful,medative life without women.In the morning the barefooted orange~robed Buddist monks will walk the streets collecting food from the faithful. 36,498km/839 days Hi Ann pls post;
Monday was a great 65km day on the road.The lovely Thai’s dont gawk only respect my space,intelligent people.In 2 weeks I have not witnessed any littering.
I find a snooze in but as its 650m down a lane its a bit of a killer as its off my route.Tuesday off to a flyer but slow up after 30km,its hot so I stop a lot.At 58k and knowing there is no hotel for another 15k.I stop at a shop and ask to sleep under their gazebo.A man brings me across the road to a monastery.Two monks Sopan and Nopie brought me bedding to put on an outside table.They spoke of a peaceful,medative life without women.In the morning the barefooted orange~robed Buddist monks will walk the streets collecting food from the faithful.
36,498km/839 days

]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16945 Ann for Tony Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:36:16 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16945 Hi Ann Pls post Thailand continues to be wonderful to run in except for the dogs :-> Thanks to Sir Richard for sending me on a Dazer,I have zapped many. The road continues to be exceptional,perhaps the best on the whole run, divided 4 lane and my own 2 to 3 meter paved shoulder. They pave the shoulder to encourage the motorbikes off the road. There are not too many bikes and I can see them coming as I run towards them,save for the odd one zooming up from behind frightening the bejasus out of me! The signage is first class,in the Thai script as well as in English. With the Thai script I have had some problems,from laptop keypad,yes that was fun! Also finding hotels as it rarely says hotel and as in many languages there are about 5 different words for a hotel. The letters "SNOSIN" kinda stands out of the script on one so i call it a snooze in,very fitting. thanks again to the Surat Tanei Jogging club for their wonderful hospitality and for a great 7km run out of town before all returned late to work. Friday a runner came and took my satchel for 41 of my 51km. Thank you for I never got your name. Saturday,I feel like a dead dogs eye.An untidy 54k were slugged out and thankfully I found a Snosin as I did tonight after a most enjoyable 64km.and mostly easy effort. It has not rained in a few days.But hot! total 36,375km Hi Ann Pls post Thailand continues to be wonderful to run in except for the dogs :-> Thanks to Sir Richard for sending me on a Dazer,I have zapped many. The road continues to be exceptional,perhaps the best on the whole run, divided 4 lane and my own 2 to 3 meter paved shoulder. They pave the shoulder to encourage the motorbikes off the road. There are not too many bikes and I can see them coming as I run towards them,save for the odd one zooming up from behind frightening the bejasus out of me! The signage is first class,in the Thai script as well as in English. With the Thai script I have had some problems,from laptop keypad,yes that was fun! Also finding hotels as it rarely says hotel and as in many languages there are about 5 different words for a hotel. The letters “SNOSIN” kinda stands out of the script on one so i call it a snooze in,very fitting.
thanks again to the Surat Tanei Jogging club for their wonderful hospitality and for a great 7km run out of town before all returned late to work. Friday a runner came and took my satchel for 41 of my 51km. Thank you for I never got your name. Saturday,I feel like a dead dogs eye.An untidy 54k were slugged out and thankfully I found a Snosin as I did tonight after a most enjoyable 64km.and mostly easy effort. It has not rained in a few days.But hot!
total 36,375km

]]> By: Ann http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16920 Ann Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:47:53 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16920 Thrilled for you Tony that you are enjoying Thailand so much with all those very welcome runners for company. Take care and enjoy the kms ahead :) Ann Thrilled for you Tony that you are enjoying Thailand so much with all those very welcome runners for company. Take care and enjoy the kms ahead :) Ann

]]> By: kevin scanlon http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16904 kevin scanlon Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:07:20 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16904 great positive news tony. hopefully it continues. you are putting up savage numbers and the spot tracker is flying along. well done. kevin great positive news tony. hopefully it continues. you are putting up savage numbers and the spot tracker is flying along. well done. kevin

]]> By: Tey EngTiong http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16899 Tey EngTiong Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:10:32 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16899 Tony: You can view some of your fb pix in my friends Narumol,as coordinator like me with Thailand runners. https://www.facebook.com/tonsokdokkaew Tony:

You can view some of your fb pix in my friends Narumol,as coordinator like me with Thailand runners.

https://www.facebook.com/tonsokdokkaew

]]> By: Susan Reid http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16880 Susan Reid Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:14:42 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16880 Great to read about your experiences as you travel northwards great achievement Sue South Australia Great to read about your experiences as you travel northwards great achievement
Sue South Australia

]]> By: Fergus http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16877 Fergus Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:54:03 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16877 Good Man Tony, All this support you are getting is richly deserved and overdue. Your recent performance is simply phenomenal. Let's hope you continue to get more runners to help to keep you going and we all say a big Thank You to Tey EngTiong for all he has done. Long may it continue. Good Man Tony, All this support you are getting is richly deserved and overdue. Your recent performance is simply phenomenal. Let’s hope you continue to get more runners to help to keep you going and we all say a big Thank You to Tey EngTiong for all he has done. Long may it continue.

]]> By: Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16874 Tony Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:53:41 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6684#comment-16874 Hi All I have been putting in some big days since that first day in Thailand when I ran a 57. A couple of 50km days, a 55 and a lazy 41! Today I ran 61km and had huge support from local runners who joined me at about 6 different places!! many thanks to the Surat Thani running club for putting me up in a 5 star hotel!! I really enjoyed the run today, thanks to all runners!! Also on Monday I got to run with the CSG running club They are a concrete company and a couple runners were so enthused by my run that the boss gave them time off and he did support himself, still wearing his hard hat! Also thanks to Sumpun from a few days ago for coming out to me, taking my bag some 30km forward! he couldnt run as he had a 10km next morning. Sorry this is an express update as it's 1.30 and I got to be up for 6am breakfast, need more time as they gave me two breakfast tickets, and then we all run again, the Surat Thani running club that is. By the way there were over a dozen members with me tonight, 4 runners and other club members in 2 cars that drove behind us in the hard shoulder lighting up the way. The roads are as good as in Malaysia, 4 lane divided highway with a 2/3 metre paved shoulder! I thought this whole coast was going to be hassle, but in fact its a breeze! lots of rain though as its the rainy season. Thanks to all involved for such wonderful help and especially to tey the ' Godfather of running contacts ' for putting this together with the help of so many, I cant even imagine how many. Thanks to danny in Bangkok for picking up Nirvana my cart from the Irish Embassy and thanks to Supara there also for her patience! i am going to put my head or rather my feet on the block here. I am going to make a massive effort to get to bangkok on the 20th as thats Sunday and I want to run with local runners :) it had been looking like the 22nd An added advantage is that I can make up some of the time I need in Bangkok to get Nirvana back in action and some other chores i need done... So thats it, almost 60km per day for 11 days!! A bit like the Aussie Outback but I had the wonderful help of michael Gillan as crew driver there! hope this wonderful local support continues!! yawn, Its bed time, thanks for stopping by. Distance update 36,135km for 833 road days. By the way I am about 23.4 marathons ahead of the 1,000 marathons in 1,000 road days and the average now required every time I lace up my shoes is now around 36.5km!! Hi All I have been putting in some big days since that first day in Thailand when I ran a 57. A couple of 50km days, a 55 and a lazy 41! Today I ran 61km and had huge support from local runners who joined me at about 6 different places!! many thanks to the Surat Thani running club for putting me up in a 5 star hotel!! I really enjoyed the run today, thanks to all runners!! Also on Monday I got to run with the CSG running club They are a concrete company and a couple runners were so enthused by my run that the boss gave them time off and he did support himself, still wearing his hard hat!
Also thanks to Sumpun from a few days ago for coming out to me, taking my bag some 30km forward! he couldnt run as he had a 10km next morning. Sorry this is an express update as it’s 1.30 and I got to be up for 6am breakfast, need more time as they gave me two breakfast tickets, and then we all run again, the Surat Thani running club that is.
By the way there were over a dozen members with me tonight, 4 runners and other club members in 2 cars that drove behind us in the hard shoulder lighting up the way.
The roads are as good as in Malaysia, 4 lane divided highway with a 2/3 metre paved shoulder! I thought this whole coast was going to be hassle, but in fact its a breeze! lots of rain though as its the rainy season.
Thanks to all involved for such wonderful help and especially to tey the ‘ Godfather of running contacts ‘ for putting this together with the help of so many, I cant even imagine how many.
Thanks to danny in Bangkok for picking up Nirvana my cart from the Irish Embassy and thanks to Supara there also for her patience! i am going to put my head or rather my feet on the block here. I am going to make a massive effort to get to bangkok on the 20th as thats Sunday and I want to run with local runners :) it had been looking like the 22nd An added advantage is that I can make up some of the time I need in Bangkok to get Nirvana back in action and some other chores i need done… So thats it, almost 60km per day for 11 days!! A bit like the Aussie Outback but I had the wonderful help of michael Gillan as crew driver there! hope this wonderful local support continues!! yawn, Its bed time, thanks for stopping by.
Distance update 36,135km for 833 road days. By the way I am about 23.4 marathons ahead of the 1,000 marathons in 1,000 road days and the average now required every time I lace up my shoes is now around 36.5km!!

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