Pacesetters New Balance 15km Run - 17/05/2009

Lake Garden
Kuala Lumpur

This year's 15km run organised by the Pacesetters Athletic Club Malaysia (PACM) brought some surprises to runners.Unlike last year's starting point at Padang Merbok,the organiser moved back to Tapak A and of course ample parking spaces are available,be it at Bukit Aman or near the children's playground.

Besides that,the tougher and longer distance caught many unaware especially at the beginning of the race.

Runners were directed to run in a narrow path spirally leading to the Tun Abdul Razak Memorial and the bird park before into the Jalan Parlimen.

I was told a total of 1,800 participants signed up for this anually event sponsored by New Balance.The starting point was rather overcrowded eventhough the organiser decided to flag off the male participants first.There was a slight delay for no apparent reason and the air honk went off at 7.05am.

The women were made to wait for another 15 minutes later so that the slow male participants would not obstructed them.

Except for some arrogant drivers honking impatiently at the Jalan Parlimen/Jalan Tugu traffic lights,adequate water stations and the presence of police traffic men and a check point along the course proved PACM was doing exceptionally well in organising such an event.

Not many KPAC members were there to support this run as we were co organising a charity run in Taman Cahaya,Taman Pertanian,Shah Alam on the same morning.

Only a handful of us and of course at the front lines were Richard Habeya and Ahmad Lamchannak-our two hopeful 'comrade'

And again the foreigners conquered the podium,the Kenyans especially.The locals did their best to deny their dominance.

Below's photos are by courtesy of Pmtey


Ahmad in action


Richard


Lingam


Me


Leong Ann Lok

Results at glance-unofficially timing.

Men Open
No:006--00h 53m 58s---Ahmad Lamchannak
No:008--00h 57m 06s---Richard Habeya
No:000--01h 17m 10s---Kee Weng Keong
No:000--01h 26m 10s---Leong Ann Lok
No:000--01h 41m 01s---Syanizam
No:000--02h 00m 00s---Kamaruzaman

Men Junior Veteran
No:000--01h 18m 23s---Lingam
No:000--01h 22m 46s---Tee Kuan Meng

Women Open
No:000--01h 50m 52s---Robiyatul