BTS Suga Completes a 12km Marathon Before a U.S. Concert… Records a “Surprise” Top-5% Finish

[SBS Entertainment News | Reporter Kang Kyung-yun] It has belatedly become known that BTS's Suga (real name Min Yoon-gi) participated in and completed a 12 km marathon event on the day of his performance in Stanford, U.S., drawing attention.

The San Francisco Chronicle, a leading daily newspaper in the San Francisco, U.S. area, recently highlighted Suga's marathon participation in an article titled, "BTS star Suga drew attention by taking part in Bay to Breakers."

According to the report, Suga participated on the 17th (local time) in the long-distance running event "Bay to Breakers" held in San Francisco, U.S. This event is one of America's representative 12 km races, held since 1912, and is famous for its course that crosses San Francisco. In particular, it is considered a challenging course because it includes steep hill sections.

According to the report, Suga finished the race in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 43 seconds. His average pace per mile was 8 minutes and 41 seconds, and he placed 1,022nd among 20,530 participants, earning a result in the top 5%.

What is remarkable is that after completing the marathon that day, Suga went on stage at BTS's world tour concert held that evening at Stanford Stadium. At the concert, Suga put on the stage with great passion, but toward the end of the performance, he also appeared somewhat uncomfortable on his leg. Fans who had been worried reportedly could not hide their surprise after later learning that it was the aftermath of the marathon.

Later, during a Weverse Live broadcast conducted after the concert, BTS members directly mentioned the behind-the-scenes story of Suga's marathon participation.

V explained, "Yoon-gi hyung said he needed to go on a diet, and then he ran so hard. He ran 10 km every day." Jimin also shared the situation at the time, saying, "He woke up at 6 a.m. on the day of the performance, went to a famous marathon event, and came back. Before going up for the encore stage, his calves were so swollen that he was limping. We were very worried."