Covers Chiang Mai city, with run crews meeting at cafés and Chiang Mai University, trail sessions on Doi Suthep, and hash runs at sites outside the city.
Chiang Mai's group runs fall into two groups. Newer run crews post each session on Instagram, often only a few days ahead: easy city runs of 5–6 km from cafés such as TANN Nimman, track sessions at the Chiang Mai University main stadium, and trail training on Doi Suthep, including the Pilgrims trail below the temple. Most of their morning runs start between 6:30 and 7am, and some special runs take a limited number of runners chosen from an online form. The city's Hash House Harrier chapters run on different days of the week at changing sites outside the city, with a shared songthaew leaving from near the McDonald's at Tha Phae Gate in the mid-afternoon. An unofficial guide website lists each hash run's date, run number and directions.
A monthly ladies' hash founded in 2001, with food, a raffle and a circle after the run. The guide website says visitors, men included, are welcome. Chiang Mai also has a women-only Diamond Hash on the second Tuesday of the month and a monthly Full Moon hash.
Who it suits: A women's hash; visitors welcome
A men-only Monday hash where runners bring their own drinks and chairs. There is no run fee, and the shared songthaew to the run site costs around 100 baht each.
Cost: No run fee; bus cost shared between passengers (normally around 100 baht)
Who it suits: Men only
A weekly Thursday-afternoon hash. It sometimes holds out-of-town runs, such as a Hua Hin outstation listed for late November 2026.
Cost: Run and bus fee between 150 and 300 baht
A men-only Monday hash. Each run listing gives the site, GPS coordinates and driving directions, for example run #1663 at Nam Bo Luang in San Pa Tong district, south-west of the city.
Cost: Run and bus fee between 150 and 300 baht
Who it suits: Men only
A weekly Saturday-afternoon hash run followed by the traditional circle. Run dates, run numbers and hares are listed on an unofficial guide website to the Chiang Mai hashes, which also points to the Chiang Mai Hashing Facebook page.
Cost: Run and bus fee between 150 and 300 baht
Who it suits: Mixed hash
A Chiang Mai trail-running group that trains on Doi Suthep, for example tempo runs up the Pilgrims trail and down the Galae trail, and holds an easy midweek 5 km road run with coffee afterwards. In September and October 2026 it ran a three-week climbing 'Elevation Challenge', and it publishes race recaps in English and Thai on its website.
Cost: Midweek run free, no registration
Who it suits: Road and trail runners; midweek runs are easy-paced
A Chiang Mai-based run club that holds coached-style track workouts, such as 10 × 400 m repeats before a race, and social 5 km runs with local partners, some capped at 50 runners with places allocated through an online form. It ran a joint Halloween run with EZRUN Club on 31 October 2026 and posts group recaps from regional races.
Who it suits: All levels welcome on track sessions; some partner runs limited to selected applicants
A Chiang Mai social run club that keeps to a conversational pace of around 7–8 min/km. Recent runs were an easy 5.5 km on a Saturday morning in October 2026 and a 5 km Halloween evening run with Dude Run Club from Early Bird CNX to Ang Kaew reservoir on 31 October 2026.
Who it suits: Runners who want an easy pace; the club runs at about 7–8 min/km and says no one is left behind
A Chiang Mai run club that marked its second anniversary with a 5 km community run in August 2026. Its 'Crew Muang' city runs cover about 6 km and need no registration. Its 'Trail Cult' sessions are longer, harder trail outings for which runners submit a form through the club's Instagram broadcast channel and receive the meeting point and briefing by message.
Cost: City runs free, no sign-up needed
Who it suits: All paces; walk-ins welcome on city runs
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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