Run for a Cause.

Hi guys!

I've been involved in a number of charity runs before like the British 10k Run, Race For Life (by the UK Cancer Research) and Virgin Marathon Run in London, the ING run and Manhattan Society run in New York but never before in KL.

So I decided to participate in this year's Standard Chartered KL Marathon scheduled on June 26th at Dataran Merdeka. Like other charity runs, they used to offer participants to show initiatives in collecting funds to give back to their preferred charity body. I'm too late, sadly, because they've stopped collection last May 31st.

There are a couple of categories to suit yourself but I'm participating on the 42KM marathon along with my beau. Other than that, there's the half-marathon category which requires you to run for 21KM or you can even go to the 10KM race or the 5KM fun run. As an experienced marathon participant, I do suggest first timers to go for the 10km or the half-marathon because the 5km one is going to be such a short one and I reckon the 21km one is just nice. :)

From a first-hand experience:

I used to participate in a 40km run in London with Hariss and I managed to reach the finishing line in nearly 4.5 hours thinking I was quick but guess how long he took? Less than 3 hours!

I think the essence to have fun in a marathon is to just follow your own pace and not to try to catch up with someone else. We usually start together but prior to starting and after our speed has warmed up, we split and go following to our own ability - fast or slow.

It's definitely going to be a fun run and most importantly, we're all running for a cause. I do hope I can reach out to at least some of you out there and to be able to persuade you to join as well.

Hope to see you there!

Warm wishes,
Freida.