Run for the King - 2013
November 20, 2013 13:25
Tuesday was the kick-off for this year’s KNT Foundation Run for the King Marathon, with a huge televised press conference and media event. The roof top gathering area was packed with dozens of reporters, runners, hospital and foundation staff. There were decorations and posters everywhere. There was music, dancers, politicians, military and police officials and there were speeches. And did I mention that there were some pretty good-looking models dressed in hospital colours. There was even the famous Kluaynamthai exercise dance, that is piped through all of our facilities twice each day, performed by hospital nurses, who could have been models. (I have the video to prove it. You can see it here. You can also see a bit of the professional show here.)
This year, the theme of the run is based on potable water for children in rural areas. As I mentioned in an entry on August 4th, the foundation provides large filtration tank systems to schools to allow kids to have clean water to drink during their classes with enough to take home for their families for domestic use. The proceeds from this run will help pay for more tank/filtration systems for more schools around Thailand.
This event has, over the years, become more popular than almost any amateur sporting event in the country. It has helped raise significant amounts of money for some very important causes, aimed at keeping the poor healthier and better educated. On December 5th, thousands of runners will line up early in the morning to help make the lives of those less fortunate a little healthier and hopefully a little happier. That will earn them merits and better karma. Everyone wins in this race.
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