ENERGIZER NIGHT RACE 2010

ENERGIZER NIGHT RACE @ CYBERJAYA

Lately Malaysian sports took a novelty turn into what is termed - Night Races. None of that F1 or Mat Rempit stuff. It is actually running. The second inaugural night marathon, Energizer Night Race held at Cyberjaya on 27 March was a smashing success with 5000 or so participants in 15 categories of 42km, 21km and 10km distances. (The first event was the Putrajaya Night Marathon held on the 6th Feb.) The special thing about the Energizer run was the head lamp given to runners to wear for the race. However the response to this new accessory was lacking as most runners especially the marathoners would rather not have to add on to their burden of wearing one. Anyway their starting time of 6.00 pm was really too early for the lamp anyway. The night of the run also coincide with Earth Hour which ran from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.

The venue selected was very suitable for this inaugural event since Cyberjaya does not have traffic problems. Can you imagine the massive traffic congestion it would have caused in the city centre on a Saturday night if it was held in KL. Kudos to Pacesetters for another well organised event.