[Overseas] Standard Chartered KL Marathon

I wonder if the light rail system runs early that morning as there are no hotels near the start/finish line. Could Tey provide some insight? Thank you.

The organiser is currently working on a partnership with Rapid KL for pick up runners at several points in Kuala Lumpur. As soon as it's finalised they will put it on the website. Best regards

Thank you Rainer for your prompt reply.

Go hard to go home! This looks interesting. Originally planning to do Phuket as a goal before the summer heat kills my fitness but Thailand's political volatility has me wondering. I was running in Malaysia early in the week and it is very hard going in the humidity.

I have just tried to register online but the system showed error after keying personal information. That is not very encouraging. Resolve to enjoy running and life!

Hi bakhwee I have contacts with the PR agency promoting the event, and Rainer is a member of the team. I will send him an email in case he does not visit our board very often.

Dear Runners Please find attached a press release which talks about the route of the Standard Chartered KL Marathon. This should give you a better idea of what to expect when you come on down to Kuala Lumpur. Looking forward to welcoming you and many more from Hong Kong to Malaysia should you decide to take part. Regards Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009 Team

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Will consider to join this as it does not require any academic qualification...

Any news yet whether the sky train/subway would run early on race day morning? Resolve to enjoy running and life!

Hi,sorry for late reply. I was inform by a friend who move to HK work,and just return KL for 2 weeks to prepare the SCKLM. Actually I provide all the detail in long run net,sorry didn't visit here often. If u need any help to provide any info regarding your trip to SCKLM,pls email me at engtiongtey@gmail.com There is a lot of hotel in nearby starting,anybody if need help,pls let me know your budget and I will reply asap.I will visit here everyday and few times perday..hehe. Actually there is a lot of hotel around RM 100 near the Chinatowan area,walk to starting around 5 to 10mins only.I do recommend some of the hotels to long run net and if u don't know chinese,I will try to find more in english version b4 4pm this afternoon after my work. If u need more good quality hotels,pls let me know ya. Oh ya..for the LRT,In the previous KL marathon experience,they didn't provide like some big capitol like taipei.hk,sdyney etc...for the runners earlier LRT trip to starting point.but if can find a budget hotels near the starting,that will solve the problem.Just let me know what type of the hotels u all interest ya. U all are welcome to SCKLM...as I ran 31km LSD today..sky n weather is better than yesterday,hope will back to normal on race day 28 June. See u all then. Cheers. Tey

U already book hotel ? which hotel ? if not..can book nearby to starting ,walk around 5 to 10mins. Pls let me know if hv any question ..tks

For those who can read Chinese, I think this is the thread on longrun.hk Tay (鄭永忠? ) mentioned; he provided a lot of good information: http://www.longrun.hk/forum/viewthread.php?tid=3395&extra=&page=1 -- Follow me on twitter.com/keithchamp

Nearby to starting point budget hotel. http://www.chinatowninn.com/home.htm http://www.tunehotels.com/ http://malaysiabudgethotel.com/accommodation/kuala-lumpur/mayview-glory-... http://www.agoda.com.hk/asia/malaysia/kuala_lumpur/china_town.html

Ya...But surname is Tey。 I hope can help as I can,well come to SCKLM !!

Anyone else do this? Half marathon was a flat course- dull route. No kilometre signs / directions for half marathon was a real problem and I'm sure some of the half marathoners were sent the wrong way a couple of times- doubling back round a few roundabouts. I estimated I ran 1- 2km more than the 21k! Weather was cooler due to a rainshower early on, but short on drinks at the drinks stations last 5km and we hit a deluge of slower 10k runners in the last 5k. All in all o.k, but not a good advert for the Standard Chartered brand- I would choose Singapore for organisation and atmosphere every time.

Friend's foto: 3000 + pics http://wongwinnie126.multiply.com/photos/ 500 + pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/wongcs/ 3000 + pics http://pmtey2.multiply.com My photos site,but pls add me first b4 allow to view ya.I will try to accept u invitation(add) asap.Cause I set view by friends only.You just need to let me know you are from HKRunners will do.tks !

6500 photos of people I don't know. Thanks. For. That.

Hi Tey Thanks for the links. Although I don't know these people, I can feel a bit of the race. -- Follow me on twitter.com/keithchamp

Live life in earnest, work hard, play harder! Thank you to Tey and his friends for the pics. I can relate and the last two km running through the older part of KL, e.g. Cafe Coliseum, brought back memories for me.

Back from KL last night after finishing the full marathon there last Sunday. In general, the organization was satisfactory with every 2.5KM water stations. Additional lemon juice and sports drink also available except for the 37K where the runners (FM, HM, 10K) merged. Good runner singlet and finishers' medal and T-shirt. The route has many many turns and constantly running up and down the overpasses. The longest up slope was around 33-37K where the runners were mostly exhausted. During the first 2 hours when it was still dark and where the street lights are weak, it's possible that some runners would miss some of the turns. I missed once and wasted 100M. The road was only partly closed for traffic, so the runners were mostly running along side with the cars. At the junctions, the traffic was controlled by police and released intermittently so you were 'forced' to speed up in order not to be stopped by the traffic. Partly the route are on highways and you have to pray that the cars speeding besides you would not accidentally coming into the group of runners ! The first 2 hours were still acceptable as there were not too many cars on the road; but it became worse after 7 am ! The FM started at 0500, and it was raining half an hour before and during the start. Light shower continued for the first 1 hour. The temperature was much more pleasant after the rain but humidity was very high ! There were around 1900 FM, 3000 HM and 7000+ 10K runners starting at different hours. There was no spectators along the route except those at the start/finish area. In summary, due to lack of experience, probably you cannot compare this to the Singapore Marathon !

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/dmc7779 Tey , thanks for photos . I know some hkrunners ran . Another marathon with finisher medals ....time to write to Mr KO again .

Hi Encore Thanks for your detailed report, which should make good reference for people who plan to go next year. -- Follow me on twitter.com/keithchamp

Let me add to Encore's report, the HM portion. Basically, runners should know that there are no distance markers except when it merges with the FM. So, runners need to study the route so that they know what does 31km means in terms of HM distance. At the starting point, there is a public toilet that collects 20 sens per entry; no toilet roll but water hose is provided. No doubt that as the organiser improves on the process, this will be one of the races that most runners would want to run.

Back from Kuala Lumpur after trying the 2nd KL Marathon on 27/6. There’re a total 16,000 participants joining various categories started at different times: full marathon (5:00am), half marathon (6:15am), 10km (7:00am), 5km fun run (8:00am), and kids dash (8:30am). As compared with the runners’ comments about the inaugural event held last year, I would say that the race has been improved a lot.

The good points are:
The full course has been modified to a large closed loop and distance markers are placed at every km along the route…so an average runner should have little chance of getting lost (whereas there had been many overlapped sections & crossed junctions for last year).

There’re plenty of water stations & isotonic stations (every 2km & 4km respectively after the first 4km), plus a fruit station & a Power Gel station (at the 16km mark & 30km mark respectively) for replenishment.

Leading pace makers had been arranged for FM runners who intended to complete the race within the target time. Each pace makers carried a specific colored balloon to indicate the target finish time: 3 hrs, 3.5 hrs, 4 hrs, 4.5 hrs, 5 hrs, 6 hrs (the time limit).

The timing system is a single-use D-tag which adopts UHF RFID technology. The benefits are that it’s more cost-effective & less clumsy for the post-race logistics (no need to return tags after finish). Moreover, each runner has a tailor-made bib number cloth with runner’s name printed on the front (other information such as emergency contact & medical contact also pre-printed at the back)…It’s the most delicate bib number I’ve ever received.

The organizers set up a large resting area at Dataran Merdeka (the starting/finishing points) with tents to cover the sun. All FM, HM & 10km finishers receive their medals at the Finish Area. More, exclusive Marathon Finisher’s T-shirt would be distributed to FM finishers.

But there’re some not-so-good points:
No LRT or monorail service is available in the early morning…only some shuttle buses at a few pick-up points.

No spectator at all…apart from a few cheering teams stationed at KLCC (Twin Towers) plus other locations.

Road controls were exercised at many road sections & turnabouts. The slow runners (like me) had to tolerate multiple hours of disturbance (noise & polluted air) caused by the vehicles & motorbikes.

The collection of baggage deposit at the finishing area was a mess…Most runners had to wait for 30 minutes under the super hot sun (at 33C). I even witnessed a runner collapsed before he could collect his baggage!

The real upset is that a young 10K runner passed away during his run...

This's my 14th marathon trial (& my wife had her 6th HM try) and we're both satisfied with the arrangement by the organizers in general. An early rain started at 4:30am for an hour plus had made the morning air cooler than expected & the hot sun didn't come out until 8:30am...though the sun was really killing me when I crossed the finish line!

(SCMHK must catch up, I mean the "quality" of the race...)