Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2010: Facts & Figures

50,000 Sponges for water will be prepared.

40,000 Litres of Water will be served.

20,000 litres of isotonic drinks will be served.

18,000 Runners for all categories.

13,500 Timing devices will be used.

500 Volunteers will be stationed along the route & start point.

350 Police officers will secure safety for runners.

300 Officials and route marshalls will secure rules/ regulations for the event.

300 Medical officers and first aiders will be stationed along the route.

50 Elite athletes invited.

6 Sweeper Busses will take care of runners not able to continue.

Note: Pics are for illustration purposes only. :D

Train well. Race well! See you at the finish line!

Source: Media Route Tour Fact Sheet. Subject to change.

11 comments:

Frank Chong said...

Your sweeper bus a bit too much liao. Hahaha...

Deo said...

Can't wait... my first HM!

Ms Road Runner said...

thanks for the fun facts! :)

jue said...

350 police officers to safeguard the safety of runners . . . . i'll start counting . . . heheeee

Anonymous said...

duh,now I am a bit worried for my 1st ever 5K race!,huhuhu

RunWitMe said...

Jue..350 may not be at the same time..Maybe got shift ler?

Diana....Worry about what? I'm sure your first run gonna be fun! Make sure you rest well and hydrate properly.

Good luck to all runners.

The Scientist Runner said...

how many non-Malaysians like me will be running?
btw will add your site to my blogroll...

Anonymous said...

Tq fr the running tips!, yeah a bit worried since i am overweight gurl and just starting to run! :P ok will try n do my ever best! tq

RunWitMe said...

Diana, please read this - http://www.scribd.com/doc/33216269/Run-Fat-Boy-Run

Jaymie said...

Hi runwitme! Thanks for the info. Looking forward to running in KL (it's my first time there) and meeting you at the race. What distance are you running? I'm doing half.

estelito said...

hahaha had me laughing at the sweeper bus picture!