2XU Compression Run Half Marathon 2013

Registration opens at 12pm today (24 Oct 2012)!!!!

New categories: 

 - 21KM Half Marathon

- 10KM Competitive

- 5KM Competitive

Marina Bay, Singapore

31 March 2013

Official website

Race Categories & Fees

Runner's Entitlement [You better take a look here!]

Winners' Prizes

REGISTER HERE!

Previous years' gallery (2012 & 2011)

Conquering Kinabalu: 1st Day Arrived @ KK

Today is the day 3 of EFRs travelling to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in their adventure of stepping the Kinabalu's peak. They are Andy (EFR 3), Imran (EFR 15) and Ezani (EFR 5). Ikhwan (EFR 1) and Fad (EFR 3) has cancelled their participation, at their final last minutes due to lack of preparation. The three of them will be there for 4 days (23-26 October 2012), and the editors from below here will report about their journey piece by piece. 

So far, this morning they reported that they have safely arrived in Kota Kinabalu. They have their breakfast and will go forward to the Hotel. FYI. they will use Laban Rata route to the peak. We want to take this opportunity to wish them, All The Best!

Deli-looking breakfast

Raring to go

Safely arrived at KK airport

On the bus to the hotel

Imran having a cool mind time ahead of his big day

We will report to you the progress timely...

NIKE We Run KL (4 EFRs) VS NIKE We Run SG (3 EFRs): Stay tuned...

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stay tuned for the post...

will be written by the combination of two editors (one running for KL and another for SG)...

Shuhid7: 21KM @ Putrajaya & 10KM @ Singapore in 12 hours!!!

SHUHID 'EFR 7'

Presint 3 

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Saturday 

20 October 2012

21KM (her 1st half) @ BSN Putrajaya Night Marathon 

3h 10m 57s 

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Esplanade Bridge 

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Sunday

21 October 2012

10KM @ Nike We Run Singapore 

1h 39m 49s

Among all the amateur EFRs, she's the first dare to do this. Therefore, kudos to SHUHID!!!

BSN Putrajaya Night Marathon 2012: Event Day

Event: BSN Putrajaya Night Marathon 2012

Venue: Presint 3, Putrajaya

Time: 8 p.m.

EFRs: 

21KM - Zafir, Shuhid, Remy

10KM - Fad, Keat, Misai, Norehan, Wani

Shuhid, still got time to snap a pic with this infamous characters

It's another NIGHT run, which our Ikhwan won't want to involve. It's hot, that's why. No (expected) rain that day, although it's a heavy, heavy rain in Subang (Shuhid's area), and also Damansara (Fad's and Remy's area). Damn heavy rain. 

Even some dark clouds are seen around 7p.m. onwards, but then still no rain in Presint 3 area. Huh, shit. It's no cooling factor. We are actually expecting a heavy rain which will stop before the race starts. Haha. After all, it is God's Will that above other things. 

It's a good event by organiser actually, given many things such as:

1. Systematic luggage management, 

2. Acceptable goodies bag, 

3. Unique medal design, 

4. Awesome 21km & 42km finisher tee, 

5. Funky running vest, 

6. Nice 'Pisang'...sedaaappp,

7. Sufficient marshalls, 

But, we personally notified deficiency such as:

1. Flag off time too near from category to category: 

1 (a). causing 'crowded' moment for the 10km leaders when they stumbled into the slower 21km runners, on the road and at each water station, 

1 (b). leaving the late comers for 21km and 42km category with no more Milo, no more 100 Plus, no more medical tent...

Anyway, it still a nice event for all runners. Organiser played it save by limited the registration to only 10,000 pax to make it really organisable. We can't even think more about good & bad, perhaps, overshadowed by the recent Men's Health & Shape Night Run.

Newton Challenge: Registration is open now!

Event: Newton Challenge 2012

Venue: Bandar Kinrara, Puchong

Date: 30 December 2012

Time: 5.30am

Categories & Fees: 25KM (RM60) & 12KM (RM50)

Runners' entitlements: 

1. Exclusive event running tee

2. Race number bib

3. Disposable timing device

4. Original Newton Running socks

5. Finisher medal for all finishers

To register: [Click Here]

EFRs, Ahead of Putrajaya Night Marathon & Nike We Run SG

The event is this weekend. Our only participant last year (EFR 5) in the same event, is not with us this year, due to "register lambat". Ape ar! Lots of us missed the registration due to "fikir lama sgt". This event is limited to only 10,000. It's a well-known brand of marathon running. So, next time don't wait yea buddyz! 

Event: Putrajaya Night Marathon

Date: 20 Oct 2012

Time: 8:00pm onwards (depends on category)

Categories: 42KM, 21KM, 10KM

Venue: Presint 2, Putrajaya

EFRs joining: 

21KM - Shuhid EFR 7, Remy EFR 11, Zafir EFR 12 

10KM - Fad EFR 3, Norehan EFR 9, Keat EFR 19, Nazmi EFR 23

Frustrated by Nike KL early registration closing, 3 EFRs decided to quickly register for Nike SG. The registration process which last for, at least, more than 3 days has enable them to participate. 

SHUHID, will be the first EFR to do some crazy thing

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Run a half marathon at night of Saturday, travel to Singapore n run Nike SG tomorrow morning!

We wish all the best to her!!

Event: Nike We Run Singapore

Date: 21 Oct 2012

Time: 7:00am 

Category: 10KM

Venue: Esplanade Bridge

EFRs joining: Andy EFR 4, Shuhid EFR 7, Nabil EFR 13

All the best to all participants!!!

Nike We Run KL 2012: D-Day!!

And so this interesting day finally arrived. On 13th October, approximately 15k runners flocked the streets of KL particularly the stretch along Jalan Ampang till Dataran Merdeka. 4 lucky representatives from EFR took part in the event. They are Sara (EFR 17), Ezani (EFR 5), Fithri (EFR 23) and Afiq (EFR 22). The day of the 13th started off drizzly and turned heavy throughout the day. Fortunately, the rain stopped just few hours before the race started. However, as expected, most of the running paths were wet and runners were even greeted with muddy ending.

General consensus from the public responses on this year's event, 2012 KL edition can be considered as the worst so far. However, there are some plus-es too. This year's shirts are arguably nicer and cooler! All runners would receive racer tee and finisher tee. No finisher medals though.

According to Sara, the bag collection system was a mess! Imagine, one had to wait for few hours just to collect his/her bag because the organiser called the bag owner according to the number ONE by ONE! To sum it up, Ezani, Fithri, Sara and Afiq enjoyed the run but felt that the organiser could do a lot better to turn the event more satisfying for all. To Nike We Run KL, hope you learn from this year's shortcomings and to improve next year! These are snapshots of the event:

Sweet Sara (EFR 17) and her sweet friend getting ready for the run!!

Most people complained that they ran further than 10km and here's the proof! (source: Sara's Nike+ data)

The racer tee and finisher tee! Very cool looking indeed

Andy (EFR 4) captured this at Masjid Jamek Putra Station while he was returning home from part-time class

Pdg Merbok full of runners, and lights

Cramping session..

Finished!!

Nike air baloon

Stop breathing please!

Awesome finisher T design

Don't Run, Walk...ooops is this KL City Walk @ Jalan P Ramlee...

The frustrated face of EFR 5, he is the one who has a lot, a lot, a loooottttt of dissapointment moment in this year's Nike Run...

Have a blast weekend, peeps!

Wanna take this opportunity to wish all the best funs to EFRs participating in the many healthy events this weekend.

Ezani (EFR5), Fithri (EFR23), Sara (EFR17) and Afiq (EFR22) rocking the Nike We Run KL 2012!

Keat (EFR19) running in Northface Trail Run 2012 in Singapore held at the same time with Nike WeRunKL!

Zafir (EFR12) and Shuhid (EFR7) having a weekend getaway dive trip in Redang!

The rest??? Watching them in envy jer la ya

Hope you guys will have an enjoyable weekend. Gonna be a blast!

p.s: so sad, the writer couldn't manage to register for Nike run... wuwu

Wrap up of EFRs sports life last weekend

With all these happened on 7th October 2012, this could be one of the busiest weekend for EYKL Fun Runners. Perhaps towards the Putrajaya Night Marathon, most of them have their own style of preparation. Here are the simple wrap-up of the weekend, with some of EFRs' activities we didn't highlight here. 

1. Live Great Run 2012 running clinic (EFR 1) 

Ikhwan having a nice time with the running clinic he always dreamt of joining. Finally...fuh. So now please share some tips to the other amateur runners here, bro! Can't u? The clinic which held at OU, Damansara, is for the event of Live Great Run 2012. The event is on 4th Nov this year, at Matrade and offers 12KM competitive and 3KM Fun Run. The event is still open for registration, click here if you're interested. 

2. Kordel's Charity Walk 2012 (EFR 23)

Out of sudden, Fith became the first EFR to join official walk event. The event which promotes the motto, "Walk for healthier joint, walk for charity", held at Pdg Merbok was a successful event too. He said he finished in less than an hour. We dunno the exact time. 

3. Pink Charity Run 2012 (EFR 3 & EFR 20)

Fad & Evira chose to run for the cause - to fight breast cancer. This event organised by Pantai Hospital, is to create awareness and with the aim of educate Malaysian on the early detection and prevention of the breast cancer. This is not the first time this event being organised. Sarimah Ibrahim, who acted as an ambassador of the run, cheer the participants and the winners of the day. 

4. Bukit Gasing trail running (EFR 5)

Ezani and his bunch of friends having a nice time together at Bukit Gasing. Initially, the plan is to go to Bukit Broga, to have a hiking training, ahead of his Mount Kinabalu trip end of this month. Due to some circumstances, the plan changed. According to him, he never regret to change his initial plan. The first time he's here, he said he fall in love with Bukit Gasing already. We told you edy before what?? Haha..

Nike We Run KL 10K 2012: Race kit collection

The above is EFR 23, Fithri's race kit he collected. We have three (3) EFRs joining the Nike Run this year, as compared to eight (8) of us last year. 

What special this time? 

15,000 runners are expected to flood the streets around KL on the evening of 13th Oct.

Start at Jalan Ampang, end at Dataran Merdeka..Unique right? Lu pikir la sendiri.

Tee customization is brilliant. Choose where to put the given badge from Nike anywhere on your race vest. To win the badge, take part in the Nike+ Mission treadmill challenge.

Nike+ Mission treadmill challenge. Take a new Nike+ Lunar Glide 4 Shield provided and hit the treadmill. See how far you can go within the limited time given, and win the badge.

20% Nike discount voucher.

Performance on the event day. Mizz Nina again, Altimet and many more celebrities.

As per this post written (7/10/2012, 1:00p.m.), the race kit collection still open until 9:00 at night. Kindly please visit Piazza @ The Curve.

We are eager to see Fithri (EFR 23), Ezani (EFR 5) & Sara (EFR 17) in action next week!!!

Gorgeous Community Fun Run 2012: Event Day

Date: 30 September 2012
Venue: Taman Shamelin Perkasa Cheras, KL
EFR: Min-Yi 'EFR 18' - 8KM (62th)

10KM category has been shorten to 8KM as for the road construction in progress. Other than this category, there is also Family Fun Run category, required participant to run 4KM. Just like Salomon X Trail which the flag off delayed due to cheerleaders' performance, this event delayed by the aerobics warm-up by the organiser. 

Good things about this event are:
1. Nice Puma race vest, 
2. Timing device for all runners, 
3. Small but still happening!

Enjoy the pics of our only participant, Min-Yi (EFR 18) on the event day...

PJ Half Marathon 2012: On The Road Experience!

On this eventful day, EFR1 (Ikhwan) and EFR4 (Andy) woke up very early and car pool-ed together with excitement to conquer the 21km challenge of PJ Half Marathon 2012. (But actually, EFR4 had been staying up since 12am watching Man Utd vs Spurs with EFR12 (Zafir) at Pelita Sri Hartamas. Boo! Manutd for the bad performance). The 21km category started at 5.30am and we arrived at Stadium PJ at around 5am.

The crowd was already pack in and out of the stadium by the time we arrived. All looking energetic and enthusiastics to participate in this event. Salute to the runners!

Speaking about the route, the starting line was at Stadium PJ. Runners would head into LDP and off into Federal Highway. Then the route came to the Subang Airport and runners made a uturn at the end of the straight road after the tunnel and headed back to Stadium PJ using the same route. Most of the time, we ran on the motorcycle path at the side of the road. The nature viewing experience might be a bit dull as runners would only see roads and buildings unlike what Salomon Xtrail 2012 runners would enjoy. One thing that runners would hate, there was no portapotty being made available for runners along the route. Andy for one experienced the difficulty. Out of all running events that he joined, he had to stop to pee in PJ Half marathon! Really spoilt his preparation and speed. Lol! Anyway, luckily he managed to ease out at KTM Station Setia beside the Federal Highway.

Arriving at the finish line, runners were greeted with finisher medals and Bola Kampung Style dancers ala Gangnam Style song. Damn this song is haunting and being repeated way too much already! Various booths were set up i.e GSC’s popcorn and cottoncandy, Milo booth, Fitnesse breakfast, free Star newspaper, and various carnival like games to name a few. We felt like we were in a carnival which is good!

All in all, Ikhwan and Andy were both happy that they could participate in PJ Half Marathon 2012 which is quite a memorable one for the event and the organiser itself, as this event was celebrating its 25 years of existence!  And also living up to the event’s tagline “Run because you can”!

Clorox, Ubermen cleanser, Soya drinks, Bio-essence stuff, White coffe packet, Rm5.00 voucher salon pas, 2 protex soaps...Meriah sungguh runner's pack entitlement!

Some of the game (and amoi) at the event

Ikhwan with his medal

The usual running pose

The unusual running pose! 

The 2 EFRs

With Bola Kampung The Movie baloon

Somehow the popcorn at this event was yummier and crunchier than the one at cinema

Fitnesse breakfast booth

Milo booth

Andy's time 2 hour 37 min

Ikhwan's time 2 hour 6 min

The hard-earned medal! Run because you can!