Ipoh International Run 2024
Held on 28 July 2024 at the Ipoh Stadium, I decided to join this race mainly because of Joey. Joey, my good friend whom I did the 100Km together with in Jan, has moved back to her hometown Ipoh.
Held on 28 July 2024 at the Ipoh Stadium, I decided to join this race mainly because of Joey. Joey, my good friend whom I did the 100Km together with in Jan, has moved back to her hometown Ipoh.
Was lucky enough to get a free bib for this race with the Singapore Runners Club. I only got to know about them in recent races as they rose to prominence in recent years with large membership.
After the 70.3, somehow I felt something amiss about my vibes, maybe I am taking things too hard. When I signed up for this one, I was still thinking whether to do it. I have a habit when I sign for races, I must do my very best unless it is a free bib.
A full Ironman has a distance of 3.8Km swimming, 180km riding and 42.195km ( aka Full Marathon) running. It is really no joke, would say this is another type of ultra distance especially when you need to be relatively comfy in 3 types of sports or you might face the chance of not being able to finish.
The Desaru half marathon can be found on the checkpoint asia portal, it is organised by . It is held on 2 Mar at the city side of Desaru which is not usual as most races come up to be near the beach.
The title is in Mandarin as this was done in Taiwan, my home land. I have never been to this place before despite being in Taiwan many times. This time, we happen to return because of my Grandmother’s one year death anniversary, and there were some rites to be done.
It been a while since I last joined this race. I believe the last one was 2017? There was one year where a runner collapsed in front of me in the race where they had a full marathon. After that 2XU never did any FM.
Melaka Marathon is held in the Heritage state of Malacca in Malaysia. In 2008, Malacca was listed as the UNESCO world heritage site for its long history and architectural buildings.