BTS's SUGA, the group's lead rapper, had a bit of a hitch in his step on stage at Stanford Stadium due to his participation in the Bay to Breakers race. SUGA ran the 12K race, known for attracting oddly costumed runners, on the morning of the show. He finished the race with a respectable time, though, well behind the men's winning time.
had a bit of a hitch in his step during the group’s show on Sunday at Stanford Stadium in California. According to, it’s because the group’s lead rapper slipped into the crowd of 30,000 at the wacky Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on the morning of the show.
The 12K race known for attracting wildly costumed runners is a beloved, nearly 115-year-old tradition in the Bay Area. The news that SUGA had run it came during a livestream earlier this week when RM noted that SUGA often runs a 10K a day and when he heard about the Breakers race he decided to wake up at 6 a.m. and run the race before sprinting back to Palo Alto to get ready for that night’s show, Madonna Reflects on Confessions Tour 'Part 1' 20th Anniversary -- Leaving Fans Asking If 'Part 2' Is NextCardi B Wants to Tour Again This Fall After Little Miss Drama Tour Grosses $70M: 'Motherf--kers Gotta Come Correct' “We were all excited.
This is the event to attract that kind of attention. Everyone is welcome – community members, walkers, joggers, runners – and in this case SUGA. He’s quite the runner, you can tell by his finish time,” Phyllis Blanchard, vice president of partnerships for Bay to Breakers told Indeed, SUGA put up a very respectable time, finishing in 1:04:43, for an 8:41 mile pace, well behind the men’s winning time of 37:16, putting him at 1,022 among all finishers.
One of the runners who spotted the K-pop superstar was Mateo Coulson, who told the station that he was running right next to SUGA and had no idea he was in the presence of pop royalty, and had no way to prove it since he runs without his phone.
“I wish I had filmed the starting line. Then I would have had a video of him at the starting line. I definitely missed out,” Coulson said, adding that he learned about the celebrity cameo after seeing pictures and video online, just like event organizers, who were not told ahead of time that SUGA — whose results were posted under his real name, Min Yoon-gi— was running the race.
“He was there to run, that’s our takeaway. He wanted to participate like everyone else. He didn’t want to let us know ahead of time. If he did, we would have given him VIP treatment.
He just wanted to fit into the crowd and run his race,” Blanchard added.noted that SUGA was among the first wave of runners who took off at 8 a.m. from the Embarcadero, where he was “,” naturally. SUGA opted for a blue cap, black pullover and gray shorts and some fans noticed that he had a camera clipped to the front of his ball cap, raising hopes for some vlog footage in the future of his running adventure.
BTS’ Arirang tour is slated to kick of a four-show stint at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday .
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