Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gudanar da Pyongyang Marathon na 2012 a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin cika shekaru 100 tun lokacin da aka haifi Kim Il-sung kuma ya nuna daya daga cikin tseren tseren mafi kusa: Pak ya rubuta lokaci guda kamar Oleksandr Matviychuk (2:12:54 hours), amma Ukrainian ne wanda ya hau kan podium. An zaba shi don yin tsere a gasar Olympics a karo na biyu kuma ya gama gasar Olympics ta maza ta 2012
a matsayi na 52. Ya sami saurin sa na uku a cikin aikinsa a Pyongyang a cikin 2013, amma ya sami matsayi na huɗu ne kawai a bayan adawa ta waje.