The “No Stop No Stroke” event will take place at Bang Wad Dam in Kathu on Sunday, Nov 2 and feature a 5-kilometre course that participants can choose to walk, run or cycle.
The event is part of the National Sang Nam Jai Thai Project in honour of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen and will raise funds towards medical research into mitigating and managing heart failure, strokes and paralysis.
Organisers confirmed that 30% of funds raised will be donated to the Somdej Phra Yupparaj Hospital Foundation to support the Mobile Paralysis Care Unit Project.
The event is being organised by Phuket authorities in cooperation with Siriraj Stroke Center, part of the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University as part of the 11th Sang Nam Jai Thai Nation Project. In addition to raising much-needed funds for medical research the event also aims to raise awareness of the threat of stroke and paralysis while encouraging more exercise and healthy living among Thais.
The event will run from 6am to 9am on Sunday, Nov 2 at Bang Wad Dam and the entrance fee is B360 (which is tax deductable), with a reduced rate of B240 for participants between the ages of 7-18 years old.
Applications are open now until Aug 31 and can be made at: https://wrb11.thai.run/event/PKT
Alternatively, applications can be made in person at the Non-Communicable Disease Control Group Mental Health and Drug Abuse office at the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office during official opening hours.
Previous editions of the event proved extremely popular with several thousand people participating so organisers have urged those interested to confirm their involvement sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment, without stating a maximum limit on the number of entrants.
Commemorative shirts will be provided as part of the registartion package and medals will be distributed to all participants who finish the course.
For further information call: 076-212-297 ext. 1300.