Walk for Buddhist Education 2009

Date: 27 Sep 2009

Time: 8am - 11am

Venue: Dataran Antarabangsa, Bukit Jalil Recreation Park

Fees: RM30 (adult), RM20 (student 7- 18yrs)

Category: 6km & 3km (fun walk)

Closing date: 20 Sep 09

Prizes: Finisher medal for top 20,

winners prizes for top 10,

certificate for all participants

Bib no. will be distributed on the event day.

Registration info: click here
Form: click here.
Details: click here.

Lembah Bujang Jamboree 2009

MCA Youth Kedah is proudly to organise 2 prestigous Mountain Bike (MTB) Cycling and Running events to run concurrently at the Lembah Bujang offroad trail, Merbok, Kedah. The objective of Lembah Bujang Jamboree 2009 is to encourage more people to join sport activities as a medium in creating health concious societies today. These events are open to everyone and all walk of life. We are welcoming all international rider and runner to join us for the event. The purpose is to improve the bilateral tie among nations. We will make these events as anually event in the northern region.

Date: 26 Sep 2009

Where: Merbok, Kedah

Start-Balai Polis Merbok

Finish-Merbok Muzium Batu Pahat

Time: 7:45 AM - Flag Off Time (Mountain Bike & Running)

Trail Types & Distance

1. 40km for Mountain Bike

2. 10km for Running

Fees: RM 30.00 (cycling & running)

Closing Date: 10 Sep 2009

Details: click here

Form: click here

J&J Charity Drive Hunt 2009

Date: 16 Aug 2009
PJ-Port Dickson
Exciting Prizes & Lucky Draws to be won !
Hurry, 100 entries available !J&J is organizing a charity drive hunt on August 16, 2009. Allproceeds collected will be channel to YWCA.
YWCA Vocational Training Opportunity Centre [VTOC] was established inSeptember 1998 to serve the needs of young women and girls fromeconomically disadvantaged segments of Malaysia irrespective of race,religion and culture.
Aims:
* Provide temporary shelter for girls and women [and their children]in crisis situation.
* Provide opportunity to discuss their problems either face to face orby telephone
* Arrange for necessary support services such as medical, legal,childcare and job emplacement where possible:a] when at shelterb] after having left the shelter
* Empower women to take control of their lives; and learn to makedecisions as well as solve conflicts intelligently.

Entries are treated on 1st come 1st serve basis.
1stPrize –RM 2000 worth of hampers/ cash vouchers
2ndPrize –RM 1500 worth of hampers/ cash vouchers
3rdPrize –RM 1000 worth of hampers/ cash vouchers
4th–10thPrize –RM 500 worth of hampers
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRY: 3 Aug 2009
Entry fee: RM200 per car or RM50 per pax (4 pax per car)

You will enjoy..FREE EVENT DriFit T-SHIRT, GOODY BAG,MORNING REFRESHMENT, A HI TEA AT GLORY BEACH RESORT, PORTDICKSON, AND LOTS MORE…….
Please contact Amelia Ang @ 017 –366 9390 for details and entry forms.

Adidas KOTR 09 Vest Collection

Reached stadium at 1.30pm. Collection time for 2 pax only took 3 minutes, but waiting time is 1.5 hours. Only one queue for all categories, no bulk collection counter. Talked to the organiser, he said he already arranged for 5 days, but many runners still want to come on first day, let them wait. Aiyoyo, must improve ma, don't let runners wait buta-buta. Some more have to go back to work.

Fortunately, the quality and the design of the vest is super.

Men S sizeWomen S Size
Long queueOnly one long long queue
Collecting Power Bar for HM

6 counters

Seperate counter for school collection

Banyaknya

Choose your vest size first

Green LifeStyle

Green Lifestyle @ The Podium Menara Hap Seng is a a community project by Menara Hap Seng that is supported by Nokia.
The objective of this campaign is to promote green lifestyle habits and to promote the conservation of mother earth by actively participating in environmentally friendly activities.
The Green Lifestyle @ The Podium Menara Hap Seng campaign will start from 1 Aug – 1 Oct 2009. Various activities have been planned and among them:
KL Walk Hunt on 1 August 2009 ( 4pm – 7pm) Please download entry forms here. (ENTRY DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 29 JULY 2009)
Adopt a Tree campaign: Recycle your old mobile phones, batteries and charger into the Nokia Kiosk and Nokia will plant a tree on your behalf (only for mobile phone). All entries will also be entered into a lucky draw to win a brand new Nokia phone.
Green Lifestyle Fair : Green awareness booths and enviromental talk by MENGO (Malaysian Enviromental NGO) and weekend Green Lifestyle Market Fair by Nagomi Shabu-Shabu & Desserts’ Bar for a green, organic and healthy lifestyle.
Fashionably Green : Participating FnB outlets @ The Podium will reward diners who dress in green during dinner and weekends.
Say NO to plastic bags: Simply spend RM30 at participating outlets @ The Podium to redeem a reusable bag (1 bag per receipt only).
Messages to mother earth @ The Podium Tree: Write down your pledge to save mother earth on a piece of recycled paper and help us to decorate the barren Podium Tree to full “bloom”.

Further information will be available shortly. Please check back soon!
For enquiries, please call 03 – 2116 9333 /9345 or email thepodium@hapsenghomes.com.my

Shape Night Run 09

When: 25 Jul 09
Time: 6pm - midnight
Where: Putrajaya

The event was well organised except that some runners took a few cans of Revive or a few bottles of water, resulted that some slow runner has no water to drink. Organiser should distribute one/two can of revive and a bottle of water to runner while distributing medal and cert. This will also reduce usage of paper cup. The sausage was yaki, kedekut sangat, roti pun nak jimat.

This event also discriminate male and female runners as male winners received higher worth of product prizes than female, although they ran same distance. This is Shape/Women, Men event, janganlah berat sebelah.

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Sumo



Sumo fighting

7.5km gun-off

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Shape Night Run 09 Route

Distance: 12km

4th Malaysia International Ekiden Run 2009

Date: 4 Oct 2009
Time: 8am
Venue: Istana Kehakiman
Distance: 5 x 3km
Fees: Category A,B & C - RM100/team, C & D - RM30/team
Registration: FTAAA & Hooha (Online)
Closing Date: 24 Sep 2009

Categories:
A - Mixed Team - (18yrs above)
B - Men Open - (18yrs above)
C - Women Open - (18 yrs above)
D - Men Junior (13 - 17yrs)
E - Women Junior (13 - 17yrs)

Form: http://www.hooha.asia/images/pdf/ekidenrun2009.pdf
Details: here

Shape Run - Race Pack Collection

Date: 25 Jul 09
Venue: Putrajaya, Justice Palace
Time: 6pm - midnight

The bib no. and vest collection is at the car park opposite of OCM. There is a signage directing runners to the collection location. Planty of parking and is free for 10min.
Before collection, runners may check the vest size first. Some runners even bringing sample to select the size. There are 3 counters for manual, online and postal registration, also for bulk collection. Separate counter for vest collection. Goodies bag only collect during race day.
Collection very smooth and well organise.
The vest's design and material is same as KL Marathon. The material is not quick dry material, as such after collecting enough sweat, it is so heavy and the sweat flying away following runners rhythm.

S size for men

Kampar Friendship Run 2009

Date: 6 Sep 2009
Time: 7.30am
Distance: 4km & 8km (Fun Run)
Fees: RM10
Hotel: Grand Kampar Hotel

The running season will take a break from mid August for about two months before the new season starts in late October 2009. Many runners have been racing each week till the season breaks and in the process have not been engaging in activities involving their families. It is with this in mind that the Kampar Runners and RunnersMalaysia have agreed to co-organize a fun run at Kampar on 6 September 2009. It is a non competitive run with a view to promote goodwill among runners coming from Kampar and the Klang Valley. Mr Chan who is the leader of the Kampar Runners will be our local partner for this event.

This event would also allow runners to explore local tourism, savoring the interesting hawkers’ food of Kampar. As an added optional program, we have arranged for a visit to University Tuanku Abdul Rahman at Kampar for families who may be considering sending their kids there for further education.

Should you require any further information, please contact me at 019-356 9031, email at wanyewleong@gmail.com or visit our website at www.runnersmalaysia.com.my.

Details click here

Bon Odori Festival 2009

Date: 18 Jul 09

Venue: Panasonic Stadium

Time: 5pm - 9.30pm

Obon (お盆) or just Bon (盆) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the departed (deceased) spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. Also called the Feast of Lanterns, it has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.

In Malaysia, it was more like a Japanese Food Fair, all kind of Japanese food i.e ice-cream, Sushi, curry fish ball, saugage, noodle, shaki, grill satay, rice, cracker, Tapanyaki, ayam goreng dll but not cheap. The food stores were build on sandy ground, as such there was so dusty and smoky.

There was so many ppl attending the festival, mainly Malaysian from different races came for dancing and makan-makan. Everyone merebut-rebut to buy food macam dah lama tak makan ni... I didn't take video as I myself was holding some food. We have to park 1km away from the stadium.

Some wearing kimono, some wearing mask, some wore high heels too (the organiser already informed not to wear high heels, as it would spoilt the stadium grass), dekil sangat.

Selangor MB and some Adun were invited but they were place in a bullet proof cabinet on top of the grand stand. I think they might wished to be like us, eating and dancing on the field. Couldn't they?

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Parking jauhnya...

Drumer performance

Semua like dancing

Tradisional dance

Siemens Run 2009

When: 19 Jul 2009

Where: Dataran Merdeka

Time: 7.30am & 7.40am

Distance: 10km, 7.5km & 3.5km

MapMyrun: 10.55km

Total participants: 5,000

This event is well organised, very smooth and start on-time.
The entry fees is cheap. Have alot of categories but do not have OKU category.
The limited medals force runners to run out of their heart to crab a medal.
The only thing is that the items inside the goodies bag is dissapointed.
Hopefully next year will have more fun.

More photos click here.

10km gun-off

7.5km gun-off

Kenyan

Junior veteran champion

Junior veteran 4th place

Men veteran - 2nd place