Borneo International Marathon (Sabah) 12 Oct 2008

On saturday, 11th october 2008, 8 of team members leaving to Sabah to joint Borneo International Marathon which was held on sunday 12th october 2008.

Team leaving @07:30hrs. from Kuala Lurah Brunei boarder and 2 cars as transportation. On the way to Sabah we have stop at Beaufort for lunch which took us 1 hour. We arrived at Sabah town @14:45hrs. and straight checked-in to Api Api apartment. From the apartment we drove to Likas hall to collect the goodies, eg. addidas t-shirt, bib numbers, and also checking the foot, for suitable shoes to be used. We spend around 1 hrs at the hall coz its run pretty smooth and well organise by the organiser.

From the Likas hall we went to visit 1 Borneo shooping complex which was the biggerst shopping mall in Borneo. We spend nearly 2 hours inside the mall. From that shooping mall we went to Likas stadium again for dinner invertation. In the stadium hall, perticipants are wellcome by the organiser on his speech and local dancer were adderess during the night, and follow by "Dinner Night". After spending 2 hrs at the hall we went back to our apartment to get ready for tomorrow marathon.

Marathon day, Sunday - 12th october, Likas stadium is the starting point. While we arriving at stadium, runners for full and half marathon already left. Ours on 10km will start at 07:00hrs. At about 10 min before we started, 2 kenyans on full marathon (42km) reached to the finished line. Our route on 10km is from the stadium to Jesultan port and turn around at the town market and back to the stadium again in the same route. Only 6 of the team joint the marathon on 10km run, the other 2 members volentiour as cameramen and supporters. One of the team (Wahid) managed to get number 4 in the catogery with the timing 50min. All of us managed to complete the run, where the last team to arrived took 1hr 16mins.

While in the stadium we are joint by runners from Negerian men/women and happy
to met them. After the presentation have completed, we all went back to our
apartment to rest and food.

On monday 13 october we all going back home to Brunei.

Breakfast at Matayer restoran at Limau Manis

Lunch at Beaufort

We stay at Api-Api apartment

Our rented room

way to Likas hall

At Likas Hall

To get participants registeration & bib-number

getting marathon T-shirt

Checking foot shape for suitable shoes to wear

Supplement food for runners

Shooping mall (1 Borneo) after marathon registeration

At Marathon Pasta party nite at Likas Hall

Team with Brunei runner (Sipli Ahar) at the party

Participants at Marathon Pasta party

Wellcome speeh by the Marathon president

Dinner time

Celibrated by local dance

6 members of the team who join the marathon 10km started @07:00hrs. Watch out on yellow.

At finishing line celiberated by tradational music

Whid. (4th in the category) "Baik pulang 21km"

Abd Razak. "Adoh cramp, baik jua c tarsad lagi jauh"

Mohd Tarsa. "Paning..paning..membari malu kalau rabah ni"Hj Ahmad Nural. "My time is o.k lah"

Ismail. " we all get same certificate"

Ali. "Kali ani sampai jua ku 10km" With Nigerian men runners(42km, 21km & 10km)

Posing with all Kenyan men & women runners

Before leaving Likas Stadium

Rest time

Lunch after marathon "Licin"

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Cameramen

Couch