Selamat Hari Raya 2012

HELPing Hands Run 2012

“The HELPing Hands Run is a charity event, which will be held for the first time by the SASA body as a means of raising funds to provide educational help, facilities and materials to those who need it.”
Date: 7 Oct 2012
Time: 6:30am
Venue: Help Academy, Kompleks Pejabat Damansara Block E, Jalan Dungu, KL
Distance: 3km, 5km and 8.5km
Registration fees: Early bird - Fun run RM15, Junior RM20, Open RM30, Normal fees - additional RM5
Cash prize: Top 3 winners
Medal: Top 5 winners
Contact: 03 20942000
Closing date: 30 Sep or 2000 participants
Details here

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FTAAA 2012 Year End Events

Guardian Charity Walkathon 2012

Date: 8 Sep 2012
Time: 7am
Venue: Sunway Lagoon Theme Park
Distance: 3km
Registration fees: Adult - RM40, Child and member - RM30
Details here
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Parit Buntar International Triangle Run Perak 2012

THE ORGANIZER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THIS EVENT HAS POSTPONED TILL NEXT YEAR

Date: 11 Nov 2012
Time: 7:30am
Venue: Padang Bandaran, Parit Buntar, Perak
Distance: 6km and 12km
Registration fees:

Medal: Limited medals
Cash prize: Top 10 winners
Contact: 019-290 8494
Closing date: 4 Nov 2012
Details here

Chiang Mai Marathon Thailand 2012

Date: 23 Dec 2012
Time: 4am
Venue: The Thapae Gate, Chiang Mai City Thailand
Distance: 3km, 10km, 21km and 42km
Registration fees:

Medal: Finisher medal
Trophy: Top 5 winners
Cash prize: Top 5 winners
Contact: bkk@chiangmaimarathon.com
Closing date: 15 Dec 2012
Details here

 Event vest

 3km and 10km t-shiert

Full marathon finisher t-shirt

PAR 8 2012 - Series 2 Official Results

 Date: 12 Aug 2012

Venue: Kepong Metropolitan

Distance: 4 x 3.6km

 Series 2 result

 Overall result (series 1 and series 2)

Medal photo courtesy by Leong Ann Loke, thanks

Details here

PJ Half Marathon 2012

Date: 30 Sep 2012
Time: 5am
Venue: Stadium Petaling Jaya, Kelana Jaya, PJ
Distance: 3km, 7km and 21km
Registration fees:

Medal: Finisher medal for 21km and 1500 limited medals for 7km
Cash prize: Top 5 winners
Contact: 03-7960 2325
Closing date: 21km on 21 Sep and 7km on 19 Sep
Details here

Olympic Marathon 2012 - Men Start List

The start list of the Men's London Olympic Marathon 2012  that will be aired at 17:51 Malaysian time this evening. It will be an exciting race, with the participation of many of the world fastest marathoners.

(Source : www.london2012.com)

Among the favourites are the following athletes with their personal best times:

Ethiopia - ABSHERO Ayele (2:04:23)
Ethiopia - FELEKE Getu (2:04:50)
Ethiopia - SEFIR Dino (2:04:50)

Kenya -  KIPROTICH Wilson Kipsang (2:03:42)
Kenya -  KIRUI Abe (2:05:04)
Kenya -  MUTAI Emmanuel Kipchirchir (2:04:40)

USA -  ABDIRAHMAN Abdihakem(2:08:56)
USA -  HALL Ryan (2:06:17)
USA -  KEFLEZIGHI Mebrahtom (2:09:08)

but do keep a special attention to this guy (one highlighted in the blue box)

OLYMPIC - MARIAL Guor (2:14:32)

Guor Marial, whom, according to San Francisco Chronicle, " is a native of what is now South Sudan, is competing in the Olympics as an individual. He has no passport, no coach and no shortage of incredible stories of survival." And he will be running under the Olympic flag.

And, read from BBC Sport, "Guor Marial will not be representing a country when he takes part in the men's Olympic marathon at 11:00 BST on Sunday because, in his own words, he is "representing the whole world".

Gurney Paragon X-RIDE Penang 2012

Date: 7 Oct 2012
Time: 7am
Venue: Gurney Paragon, Penang
Distance: 50km
Registration fees: RM70
Contact: 04-228 8266
Closing date: Limited to 1000 participants
Details here