Good news for those who missed the boat to register for Borneo International Marathon 2013 in May. As they have rescheduled the running date to 25th August, they are offering a limited number of entries till 30 June 2013 for all categories – Full Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km.
I received their email last night. Just to remind you that you CANNOT change your categories if you have registered before. Haha. It just crossed my mind to change my category from 10km to Full Marathon. Hopefully I can do full next year.
I bought a pair of Skechers GOrun 2 running shoes in February, just after I decided to run in Borneo International Marathon this year. After few years of wearing Nike futsal shoes for running, I just felt that it’s about time for me to change to a proper running shoes for comfort and avoiding injuries. Since February, I have logged 200km on the shoes, and now I decided to share with you the my review of the shoes. Oh, I am planning to run Mount Kinabalu Climbathon with the same shoes also.
I think I am going to participate in this year’s Mount Kinabalu Climbathon. It’s about time for me to realize one of my dream – to run the toughest mountain climb in South East Asia. When I first climb Mount Kinabalu in 2002, I fell in love with the mountain. After 10 years of ‘procrastinating’, it’s about time for me to do it.
Some of you may have seen this picture somewhere on the net. I even have the photo in this blog sometime ago, without knowing the story of it at that time. Now that I have his story and the story of the photographer, I would like to share with you here.
The annual “World’s Toughest Mountain Race” is back with a new route. This year, it will be held on 13th and 14th October 2012. When I checked on Mount Kinabalu Climbathon’s website, I noticed that they will be using a new route – in which they will not include Low’s Peak as one of their check point. In other words, runners will NOT reach the peak of Kinabalu. They only goes “around” the mountain, which starts at Kinabalu Park HQ on The Summit Trail and the highest level that the runners will run is at Layang-Layang Hut, which is 2760.3 meters above sea level.
I received an email from one of our loyal readers, sharing with me some photos of Jesselton or Kota Kinabalu (now) circa 1960s. The photos are from Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia, but was sent by Mr Tony Catherall. Enjoy. Thanks Tony!
This post is originally from the comment for climbing Kinabalu in ONE DAY post previously. I highlighted his comment for all of us to share.
Here is my account of climbing Kinabalu in a day
Mount Kinabalu
The morning was crisp and fresh with a chill to its tail that would make me rethink the shorts-and-T-shirt decision. As I trudged from the hostel to Park HQ there was an eerie silence in the air. Few people had stirred from their slumber at such a time as 06:30. The mountain reared up in front of me, the freshly risen sun casting a golden luminesce over the peak; beckoning.
A self-employed general medical practitioner who love his wife and kids in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Dedicated his spare time by serving the people with precious information about climbing the majestic mountain of Borneo, Mount Kinabalu.
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