My final run of the trip was what I hoped - a reasonably cruisey and enjoyable half marathon around the thousand year old ruins of Angkor Wat and the archeological park near Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was the 19th occasion for the event and with options of 21km, 10km and 3km runs, around 7000 participants started. [...]
Before jumping into stories of Myanmar & running around temples, since I last wrote I have had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Kathryn & Lucas in Phnom Penh. This wedding is essentially the entire reason for my travels in South East Asia. What a perfect time it was for all involved! I've never been [...]
Three weeks after the epic vietnam mountain marathon with a few weeks of R&R, I have arrived in Thailand and had a go at the second run for the trip: the Khao Yai trail marathon. Khao Yai National Park is around 2.5 hours north east of Bangkok and is one of the first national parks to [...]
Hi all!! I'm Steve Jacobs and I'm 31 (and a Leo :)) and lucky enough to be heading to Cambodia for my good friends, Kathryn and Lucas', wedding in November. I've never really called myself a runner, having done a marathon in 2009 and a few halves over the years. Late last year I started [...]
