This statement was posted on SCKLM facebook. Yes, it was a very huge crowd there at Dataran Merdeka this morning, the weather was good and there were few VIPs there also. Everything seemed so perfect at the beginning of the run, not until I finished my 10km run at the finishing line. No body there to inform us where to collect the finisher’s medal and certificate, only few ladies were busy scanning the timing device.  At the end, I did not have medal and certificate ! I went for drinks and Banana and waited for my friends who took part in 5km fun run category.

I met them, the 5km was supposed to start at 7.45am but it started at 8am. The race was supposed to be 5km but they finished in less than 20 minutes. I am not saying my friends are not good runners but they were not wearing the underwear outside.  What happened was that there were no proper guide, signboard or direction along the 5km route.  They were just following the 5km crowds who lead all the way until they reached the finishing line. They broke the running record ! Completed 5km in less than 20 minutes ! We were discussing the topic repeatedly and was so sure that the distance was less than 5km.

While updating my Running Events, I discovered that the organizer has set up its site on facebook and there were many runners wrote to complaint about the event, ; no water supply, bad organized for 5km category and etc. Even the star newspaper also wrote about the event. Well, for water supply, in my category, I did not see any short supply along the way. There were volunteers there to guide us also at certain distance. But organizer, I guess you still have to look into these complaints seriously.

By the way, I finished my run in 1 hour 12 minutes and position at 736. Out of total 2,503 finishers in men’s 10km category, am I considered not bad ?

Oh yes, there are also many pictures taken during the race, click here to see.