Exclusive: How To Maximise the Service of a Pacer in the KL Standard Chartered Marathon

Looking for a way to help you finish your KLSCM run within your targeted time? Following a pacer may help you achieve your goal! Let's check out some tips from YK, an official pacer for KLSCM 2023 (4:00) and also a running coach at the KLSCM Running Clinic. 

KLSCM 2022 Full Marathon Route Familiarisation Tour Highlights

In an effort to innovate and freshen up the Race, the Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM) 2022 will feature slightly different routes for all its distance categories. As the 5km and 10km categories are now on Saturday, both these categories will start and finish at the main Start/Finish Arch at Dataran Merdeka rather than the previous years’ starts at Sogo. This will give the participants of these two categories the same grand Start accorded to the Half and Full Marathon participants.

POTATOES USA Powers Up TWINCITY MARATHON 2022 as a New Key Sponsor

Everyone is jubilantly celebrating at the finish line of Twincity Marathon (12K category) - (From Left: Yours truly, Jaydee, Mustafa, Razzi, Dean, Fafa, Caen, and the newly-wed celebrity couple - Vanidah Imran and Arifabillah.

As a runner, I love U.S. potatoes because they are a nutritional powerhouse that help me stay fueled for my runs. They are quite easy to digest and reduce hunger pangs during a long or intense run. Furthermore, they are tasty and can be prepared in many ways – there are no limit to the versatility of the U.S. potatoes

MCIS Life-Malaysia Women Marathon Returns with a Physical Event After a Two Year Hiatus

The pacers of the MCIS Life-Malaysia Women Marathon 2022

Petaling Jaya, 29th May 2022: The MCIS Life-Malaysia Women Marathon 2022 (MCIS Life-MWM) today witnessed around 1,000 women and men enjoying the experience of an outdoor sporting event which made a successful comeback following a two year hiatus due to the pandemic.

Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon 2020 CANCELLED!

Here's the official statement from the organisers of #KLSCM2020 about the cancellation of this year's edition of the race.

Inaugural Pacer Assessment Trials Raises The Bar For KLSCM 2020 Pacer Team

Have you ever used the services of a Pacer in a distance running event? Was it because you wanted to finish at a certain time or because you needed the encouragement, motivation and advice that an experienced Pacer could provide?

Your 2020 Malaysia's Marathon and Half Marathon Calendar

From Perlis to Johor Bahru to Sabah, these are the marathons, half-marathons, and other races to look forward to in 2020.

Exclusive: Meet The Oldest Marathoners in Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2019!

There is a Chinese saying that goes - the older the ginger, the hotter it gets. We believe these two senior veteran runners are super spicy old hot ginger when it comes to marathon running! Hooi Siew Weng, 82 and Lee Swee Luan, 71 will be joining the other 13,000 over full marathon participants in the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2019 this September. 

Here's an exclusive Q & A session with both of them. Let's learn something from them, OK?

Strongest Elite Field Ready to Race at Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018

Singapore, 7 December 2018 – It is all systems go for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) 2018 which takes place this weekend with the strongest elite field in the event’s history. Into its 17th edition, approximately 50,000 registered runners from 127 countries, regions and territories will take to the city to race and be a part of the running festival. 

SCKLM Earns Two Awards At SPIA Asia’s Annual Industry Affair

Bangkok, November 2018 - The Standard Chartered KL Marathon (SCKLM), the premier distance running event in Malaysia, underlined its growing reputation as a top regional competition by clinching a Gold and Silver in two categories at the annual SPIA Asia event (Asia’s Sports Industry Awards and Conference) held here recently. SCKLM technology partner MYLAPS retained the Gold in the Best Sports Digital Platform category for the SCKLM App while Dirigo Events, the owner and organiser of SCKLM, received a Silver for the Best Mass Participation Event. Dirigo bagged the Gold in the same category last year.

Taipei City Marathon pledges “green” for its first ever sustainable event

Taipei, Taiwan, 11 May 2018 -In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Taipei City Government and Greenpeace East Asia, this year’s Taipei City Marathon has committed to reducing single-use plastic, the first large-scale environmental effort of its kind by the capital.