Tim completed the Penang in less than 3hr 45min !! Wow.... Sunday 16-Nov-08

From: Teo Tim-E13039
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Subject: RE: Running Associates... On the Run

Hi HC, HT, all,

Yes I am back to Singapore now. Many people complaint about the organization of the Penang Bridge Marathon run in previous years, but somehow I did not see any major issue with the organization. Fun part is we ran on the third longest bridge in Asia, not sure if it is still anyway. The event this year was almost cancelled but finally resumed when the state government changed hand.

Not many races starts in 3am in the morning, or rather midnight, besides the organizer's intention to avoid traffic and to meet the time releasing road closure, it is conducive to run in a cooler temp, just need to get enough rest beforehand. It was basically a tarred road, runway then bridge. Water points were available at about every 5Km. Guess this is alright, too few maybe making the race hard, but too many make it a pampered run. Reported about 13K people participated. My timing this time was 3hr 44min 59 sec, just one second become 3:45 already.

I guess this Penang Marathon worth a go, besides that you may enjoy the food there, also with family. KL International Marathon is also alright, I ran that last March, just be aware for a possibly hot day in March, and vehicles maybe running around as roads are opened partially. It is a different experience of running in different place. The next race of Penang Bridge is already planned, more info can be found in: http://www.penangmarathon.gov.my/portal/.

Hey guys/gals, just feel free to pop into me for any info or sharing, or if you like to know about certain race events which I may have joined before. Glad to see that some of you may have got hooked. There are many stories we gonna to have in running. Running is good for fitness, I guess you all are already on the way.

Rgds,

Tim