Taipei Marathon ballot opens for registration
“Dare to breathe” reads the slogan for the 2020 Taipei Marathon which will be held in the popular city in Taiwan on 20th December in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Taipei City Government has opened the call for online…
Lini Kazim raises the bar towards 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship
Lini Kazim is synonymous as the Coach of Team TIME Triathlon, but she raised the bar when she qualified for the 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship. This coach does not only “talk the talk, but she also walks the walk”…
Jamie Pang : Running since the 1980s, before social media and running blogs
A professed shoe geek, Jamie Pang started running in the days before the advent of social media and running blogs. He even wrote letters (there were no emails then!) to big brands about their shoes. The 50-year-old from Penang has…
Hikers detained on Broga Hill for breaching RMCO
Recently, some 28 hikers were detained at Broga Hill in Semenyih, Selangor, giving hikers a bad name. According to a local daily, police detained the hikers aged between 20 and 44, for trespassing and breaching our country’s Recovery Movement Control…
2020 London Marathon For Elites Only, 2021 Edition Moved to Autumn
Both Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and world record holder Brigid Kosgei will lead the elite men’s and women’s race respectively at the 40th London Marathon on 4 October 2020. The Elite races for wheelchair athletes will also take place as the…
In History: First Women’s Olympic Marathon Aug 5th, 1984
It has been 36 years since the inaugural women’s Olympic marathon was held in Los Angeles on August 5, 1984. In the historical race, fifty women lined up for the 42.2km run and American Joan Benoit-Samuelson took the win in…
2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship goes to New Zealand
IRONMAN has announced that the 2022 IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championship will be held in Taupō, New Zealand on December 10-11, 2022. Initially, Taupō was set to host the 2020 edition of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship on November 28-29. However,…
Malaysian Qualifiers for IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Look Towards 2022
The 2020 IROMAN 70.3 World Championships in New Zealand was going to be the highlight of the triathlon community in Malaysia as we have 16 athletes representing our country. Unfortunately, the race has been cancelled as the COVID-19 global pandemic…
Join The Biggest Half Marathon In History with World Athletics
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic claiming another victim in the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Poland, the governing body has launched a new virtual half marathon race on October 17. On the same day as the world’s elite runners competing…
Exclusive Interview With Rainer Biemans on KL Marathon
The biggest marathon in Kuala Lumpur is often touted as THE run of the year, and not to be missed by more than 45,000 runners of all levels from beginners to hardcore enthusiasts. It helps that the race director, Rainer…