Fat Old Man Running

Friday, 11 October 2013

The Most Beautiful Thing 2014

Bronze, Silver and Gold Packages Open for Registration Now

Those who want to test their mettle against one of the toughest trail runs in Southeast Asia can head to Sabah come 16th August 2014 to run the TMBT 50km and TMBT 100km. Three packages are on offer. The Bronze and Silver packages are each limited to 50 people only, while the Gold Package is limited to 20 people. This is on first come first serve basis only subject subject to full payment made to the race organizers directly. Normal registration, should be available in November 2013. Have learned from friends that the TMBT 25km trail run will be called "The Great Asu Tasu Trail Run" to differentiate it from TMBT. Those who want to learn more about these packages can click here.

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Walk-A-Payung 2013

An Umbrella Walkathon in aid of SLE Patients

Date: Sunday, 20th October, 2013

Venue: Godown Amphitheatre, Waterfront Kuching

Time: 6 am to 12 noon

How can you help? Donate minimum RM30 to join the walk

What do you get? Walk-a-Payung t-shirt, Walk-a-Payung umbrella, light refreshments and chances to win lucky draw prizes

For more information click: Here

Bintulu Run 2013

Saberkas Bintulu Run

RM16,000 worth of prizes

The Saberkas Bintulu Division's Bintulu Run 2013 will be held on 2nd November at the Bintulu Promenade. It is held in conjunction with Sarawak's 50th anniversary of independence within Malaysia. The run is free and open to all Malaysian citizens. The event is divided into 7km Boy's Junior (age 13 to 17); 7km Girl's Junior (age 13 to 17); 10km Men's Veteran (age 45 and above); 10km Women's Veteran (age 45 and above); 21km Men's Bintulu Run (age 18 and above) and 21km Women's Bintulu Run (age 18 and above). Forms are available from the Youth and Sports Office, Bintulu Information Department, BDA Public Affairs Department and Bintulu Education Office. Completed forms must reach the Youth and Sports Office by 28th October.

For enquiries call: 086-333786. Fax: 086 - 312028. Email: nestor.wilfred@yahoo.com

Registration form

Indemnity form

Rules and Regulations (Page 1)

Rules and Regulations (Page 2)

Rules and Regulations (Page 3)

Race Route

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

TITI 100KM Road Ultra Marathon 2014

Malaysia's 1st 100km Road Ultra Marathon

TITI 100KM Road Ultra Marathon will take place from 15th February to 16 February 2014 at Batu 14, Hulu Langat, Kuala Lumpur. Those who have run the River Jungle Marathon at Batu 18, Hulu Langat, will be quite familiar with the terrain. The TITI 50km will have an elevation gain of 950m+, while the TITI 100km will have an elevation gain of 1600m+. Cut off times will be 9 hours and 18 hours respectively. Early bird registration is now open. Closing date for registration is 31st December 2013. Those interested in running this ultra can click here.

Friday, 4 October 2013

Larian Belia 50 Tahun Sarawak Merdeka 2013

Borang Pendaftaran bagi Individu dan Kumpulan

Larian Belia 50 Tahun Sarawak Merdeka 2013

Anjuran Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial Sarawak dan

Persatuan Kebudayaan Kesenian Warisan Jadi Kuching (Pewaris)

Tarikh/Masa : 27hb Oktober 2013, jam 7.00 pagi

Bertempat: Perkarangan Letak Kereta Dewan Undangan Negeri Lama, Kuching

Acara ini terbuka kepada orang awam yang berminat, yuran perndaftaran adalah percuma.

Larian ini dibahagikan kepada bahagian tersebut:

Kanak-kanak Lelaki umur 12 tahun dan ke bawah (Lahir tahun 2001 dan selepasnya)

Kanak-kanak Perempuan umur 12 tahun dan ke bawah (Lahir tahun 2001 dan selepasnya)

Jarak 4 km. MULA – Perkarangan Letak Kereta DUN Lama - Jln Tun Datuk Patinggin Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin – Jln Tun Abdul Rahman – Jln Baitulmakmur – Jln Astana ke Perkarangan Letak Kereta DUN Lama – TAMAT

Lelaki umar 18 tahun dan ke bawah (Lahir pada tahun 1995 dan selepasnya)

Perempuan umur 18 tahun dan ke bawah (Lahir pada tahun 1995 dan selepasnya)

Lelaki Veteran 50 tahun ke atas (Lahir pada tahun 1963) dan sebelumnya)

Wanita Veteran 50 tahun ke atas (Lahir pada tahun 1963 dan sebelumnya)

Jarak 6 km. MULA - Perkarangan Letak Kereta DUN Lama - Jln Tun Datuk Patinggin Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin – Jln Demak – Jln Bako – Jln Tun Datuk Patinggin Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin - Jln Astana ke Perkarangan Letak Kereta DUN Lama – TAMAT

Lelaki Terbuka

Wanita Terbnuka

Jarak 8 km. MULA - Perkarangan Letak Kereta DUN Lama - Jln Tun Datuk Patinggin Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin – Jln Demak – Jln Bako – Jln Tun Abdul Rahman – Jln Astana ke Perkarangan Letak Kereta DUN Lama – TAMAT

Borang pendaftaran perlu dikembalikan sebelum 21hb Oktober 2013 (Isnin), jam 12.00 tengah hair kepada: Urusetia Larian Belia 50 Tahun Sarawak Merdeka 2013, Majlis Sukan Negeri Sarawak, Dewan Suarah, Kuching. Peserta mesti mengambil nombornya pada 26hb Oktober 2013, jam 9.00 pagi hingga 2.00 petand di Dewan Suarah Kuching.

Perlu lengkap maklumat seperti ejaan nama dalam huruf besar, tarikh lahir dan nombor kad pengenalan/sijil lahir.

KECEDERAAN / KESELAMATAN

Jawatankuasa Pengelola akan mengambil langkah-langkah keselamatan untuk mengelakkan sebarang kemalangan, kehilangan atau kerosakan harta peserta. Walau bagaimanappun, Jawatankuasa Pengelola tidak boleh dipertanggungjawabkan terhadap kemalangan dan kecederaan peserta semasa Larian ini

PERKARA-PERKARA YANG TIDAK DINYATAKAN DALAM PERATURAN INI

Jawatankuasa Pengelola berhak memutuskan perkara-perkara yang tidak dinyatakan dalam Peraturan ini dan, semua keputusannya adalah muktamad.

Jar

Monday, 30 September 2013

Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2013 - Report

Kuching FM runners

Many of my friends thought I would be running the Standard Chartered KL Marathon. Yours truly never considered running it on the original date as I wasn't sure I could meet the 6-hour cut off time. However after running well at the Spring Live Active Run 21km I began to believe I could run even faster. This was confirmed at Borneo International Marathon when I PB. So yes, I did think about joining the KL Marathon. There was even a moment when my cursor hovered over the email to officially buy a bib. At the end of the day I decided not to run it. Know I disappointed some of my friends. Especially the person who tirelessly looked for a bib for me and even till the last official day of bib buying didn't give up. Hope he realises that I am still going to run a couple more runs this year, and two of them are FMs. This old body of mine can only take so much running. Next year everything will revolve around the Kuching Marathon set for early August. I will run it. Know many of my friends will run it too. Am hoping that many others will run it also.

Reuben and Mohan

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Reuben and Uncle Oliver

A light moment before the run

Reuben finishing in style

After the run

Kuching runners with their Finisher t-shirts

SCKLM swag

Philip Chua and his son Marcus

This time around a whole group of runners from Kuching went. The bulk of them from the Hornbill Pacesetters Running Club. Kept in touch with them through texting and they sent low resolution pics. I worried about some of their injuries and also their times. Our fastest runner was in supreme form again. I know I will be running with three of them again in my next FM, and hopefully they will wait for me for pics. We all knew the Kenyans would be taking the top spots again. This was on the same day that Wilson Kipsang set a world record of 2 hours 3 minutes 23 seconds at the Berlin Marathon. He shaved 15 seconds off the previous record of 2:03:38, set two years ago in Berlin by his countryman Patrick Makaui. In Kl it was defending champion Kennedy Kiprro Lilan, who clocked a time of 2:19:01, who clinched victory, ahead of compatriot Chelimo Luka Kipkemoi and Kosgei Robert, who finished second and third respectively in 2:19:35 and 2:19:50. Fabian Osmond Daimon, from Sabah, took the honours amongst the local runners. All told 33,630 runners from 48 countries participated.

Sunday, 29 September 2013

World Heart Day 2013 - Report

World Heart Day

Walk A Mile

Kuching, Sarawak

While many of my friends were running Standard Chartered KL Marathon I was in Kuching participating in the World Heart Day Walk-A-Mile event. It meant I had to be at the State Library grounds by 5.30am to register. Trust me it is hard to wake up just to walk 1.6km. The motivation was just not there. I did manage to force myself to go and was parked by 5.45am. Two kindly ladies helped with my registration and I chose a yellow t-shirt. They also gave me a lucky draw stub and a food coupon and a heart-shaped balloon. Since I was early, yes the rest of the crowd would only start trickling in after 6am, I wondered the library grounds and took pics. The Nescafe van was the most popular at that time and am guilty of taking two paper cups full. In my defence the cups are small, much smaller than the Milo ones, which would only open later. It's nice to see that the queue for the Milo was much longer than for the Nescafe. Later when the coffee was finished they served milk. No guesses on how short that queue was. The longest queue was for the Nestle cereal.

Lets get to the objective of this event - "Take the road to a healthy heart." We runners do that all the time. The day before I had run long. Now I was prepared to walk short. The event was graced by the Chief Minister of Sarawak, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife, Puan Sri Ragad Kurdi Taib. Pehin Sri is also Sarawak Heart Foundation (SHF) Chairman. We learned that 26,000 cardiovascular disease cases were reported in the state last year, and about 18,000 patients were given outpatient treatment. In fact heart disease continues to rise with 24,000 cases reported in the first eight months of this year! The disease is the nation's number one killer and is the second leading cause of deaths in the state. What's more two of every three patients who die from heart disease are men. These are alarming statistics. It's through charity events like World Heart Day that the public can become more aware of cardiovascular disease and how to avoid them.

Life style change plays a big part in avoiding heart disease. That means physical activities like exercise can play a major part in preventing cardiovascular disease. So it was nice to see over 700 people participate in the Walk-A-Mile. Many brought their kids with them, and school children could be seen almost everywhere. The aerobics sessions were well received. There were 48 lucky draw hampers. Unfortunately in took awhile for the announcers to find a winner. There was a big possibility that many of the participants had rushed over to the Jom Heboh road show nearby. What was also nice to see were the long queues for the free health screening for body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose level. There were also equally long queue for the 500ml bottle of water and butter bun. The fact that I didn't breakfast before I came over meant that I ate and drank whatever was available too. There was a fashion show and games. All told everyone had lots of fun.