Recently, I participated in a 10k running event called 12th August Half Marathon 2025, also called “Run for mom“. It is organised on the Thai mother’s day every year on the birth day of Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother of Thailand. The event is held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center also bearing her name.

This run holds a special place for me, as all profits go to Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer. When I ran this last year, my mother was suffering from breast cancer and this year, she’s no longer there.

The Run

I was quite pumped on the morning of the run.

The run was quite fun because we had to go over 2 flyovers and the last one had a view of the river, although it was a bit too dark to see it.

Here’s a comparison with the same run last year.

I was able to shave 9 mins off the overall time, same date, same route a year apart.

As you can see the splits, I had a slow start because I was stuck behind slow runners, but was able to pick up the pace in the 2nd and 3rd km. After that, I healed a steady pace, but slowed down for kms 7-9. I was able to push through on km 10 and finish the race.

My heart rate was in Zone 5 most of the time.

This was my first 10k with my Hoka Mach 6s.