Penonton: 4th Malaysia International Ekiden Run 2009

Sunday, October 4, 2009

4th Malaysia International Ekiden Run 2009

Date: 4 Oct 2009
Time: 8am
Venue: Putrajaya
Distance: 5 x 3km
Mix team: 111 team

This year & last year Ekiden Run did not distribute t-shirt. According to the organiser, it was due to shortage of funding. Mostly spent in setting up the station in each 3km. Goodies bag is disappointed, some got toothpaste, some got Powerbar, some got the Eagle brand Thousand Miles Chasing Wind balm (great name ya!) and Malaysia Truly Asia postcard.
Hopefully next year they will get more funding and sponsors to give better quality medal and goodies bag.
The logistic is good with toilet facility, food and drinks in each station. Just the bus in station went back to the starting point was very late. So most of the runners jogged or walked back.
The running route has changed a few times, the map distributed during the bib collection was different from the form, during the race day, the organiser announced the route has changed again. Maybe it was due to the Ironman event which was happened at the same location.
According to the organiser, in Japan there are only less than 10 team joining the Ekiden, So the Japan co-organiser was so surprise to see that there were so many teams joining in Malaysia. The mixed team itself already 111 team.
A great event, will come back next year.

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