Three hundred couples gathered in Bangkok on Saturday, Nov. 24. to join a 3-kilometer (1.86 mile) annual Running of the Brides race. The couples compete for a grand prize of a fully sponsored lavish wedding and honeymoon trips to the Maldives and Sapporo, Japan—worth 2 million baht ($60,400 approximately).
The brides-to-be, dolled up in their wedding gowns, do cover most of the race as they run the first 2 kilometers up and down a highway, before meeting up with their grooms for a piggyback ride.
Hand-in-hand, the first couple, Saisroy Songprasert, and her groom-to-be, Wasan Thatnamol, reached the finish line in 27.43 minutes, saying they were "running for their lives."
As for other couples, maybe better luck next year.