Thursday, December 24, 2009

5th Penang International 12 Hours Walk 2010 Updates

I guessed by now those of you that have heard about this event will know that it'll be on the 9th to 10th January 2010 at the Esplanade area from 8:00pm to 8:00am the next day. I just made some extra efforts to find out a bit more about this event and would like to share out with everyone. Here are the changes of this year's event from previous years:-
1. Change of organizer - This year's event have been taken up by Mr Jordan Lee and his team in continuing the event. Thank you Mr Jordan!
2. Change of timing system - NO MORE timing chip will be use for the time tracking. It will be done MANUALLY! So expect some confusion during the first few hours of the walk especially when there are so many people still actively walking. The best is to slow down at the check point(s) so that officials can see you with your bib clearly and note them down :)
3. Change of entry fee as well as prize money - Previous years, it was rm40 per entry, now it's rm20. The champion of each category gets rm300 last time, but now it has been reduced to rm200. Only top 6 finisher of each category gets the cash prize. My personal opinion is, since this event needs great effort for walkers to compete for 12 hours, the prizes should extend to top 10 of each category instead of only top 6.
4. Entry dateline - The previous dateline was set at 15th Dec, which has now been extended to Christmas Day on 25th Dec. Do register fast if you are interested to avoid any disappointment. Words I heard is that the organizer is not targetting many people and they intend to have around 500 people for better coverage and management. I support them :)

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