I am interested in doing some running racing and/or adventure racing in Taiwan during the month of August. Does anyone know if there are any races? I did some internet reserach, but couldn’t find a single race in the whole month! Is it just too hot?
I am also looking to find a training partner/running club to run with. Currently I run 50+ miles a week, 6:00-6:45 mile pace.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
This is a website you might find helpful. A few months ago I also enquired about running in taiwan. At the moment, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with you even at 6 minutes a K, but it would be nice if we could form our own running club (formally or informally).The thread I started was [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/taipei-marathon-2005/12519/1
I might not be able to run again for a few months, but I would like to get
a running club going.
Here’s a picture of the Taipei Freeway Marathon:
I’m curious, are you in Taiwan right now, training that many miles a week? In this heat and humidity?
Maybe I’m confused, but there seems to be two threads on this same topic, both from greenea1. No?
In any case, I participated in an adventure race last May hosted by an organization called Action Asia. They only do one a year in Taiwan. However, they have other races in other places. The AA website for events is actionasia.com/aae/en/Events . Info on the last race in Taiwan can also be found at that link.
According to other racers that I met, there are other companies that host these events in Taiwan, but I have no details on them.
As far as running, etc. goes at this point in the summer, all I can say is I’m having a hell of a time staying hydrated with only mild exercise (leisurely hiking and biking). And I grew up in Florida and lived in other very hot places. This is no joke here – do yourself a favor and be careful.
So, at present, I’m watching the fat come back and the calendar, and impatiently waiting for the weather to cool off some.
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aubrey,
That is one of the few websites where I found information on. As you can see, there are no races for the month of August. I feel that there must be some somewhere, as there are 22 million people living here.
I would help you with the club thing, though I am unfortunetly only in Taiwan until the end of August, and then it is back to the states for me.
Nice Picture–I see it and I want to be out there racing…
Yes, I am in Taiwan now training. I am handling the heat much better than I thought I would. I thought I would be getting up at 5 or 6 in the morning to run, but so far I have been going around 5 in the afternoon before dinner and done fine. According to my thermometer, the temperature has pretty much stayed below 90 F. Hot, but not that bad. If I needed to Train in India, where I have heard of it hitting 40 Celcius, I think I might run into problems. Here so far I have done great. I get back and wring sweat out of my shorts, but thats about it.
To get in the mileage, I just do longer runs when its raining or a cooler day, or go to YangMingShang and run. The other day I “ran” up the tall peak there from the visitors center, down the other side and looped back on the rounds for about 10 miles.
It’s a feeling you can only get if you’ve partaken in running. My heart yearns for the long road.
