A total of 350 national and international runners completed the 21-kilometre (km) half marathon, 10km run and a 3km fun run as part of the fourth edition of the Borneo Run Half Marathon at the Silver Jubilee Recreational Park yesterday.
Chairperson of the Borneo Run Half Marathon Pengiran Rosnani Pengiran Ali flagged off the 21km and 10km race.
The event attracted runners from Australia, Brunei, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Nepal, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Japanese runner Shuunichiro Hayashi, who has been participating in half marathons across the ASEAN region, said it was his first time competing in the Sultanate.
“I am very surprised by the performances of other runners as they are quite competitive. The run here is also very straight which is easy and comfortable to keep the same pace throughout the half marathon.”
While disappointed by his result as he had finished in fourth place, he aims to partake in similar events in the future, including returning to the Sultanate.
The top three winners of the 21km half marathon’s female category were Siaw Khim Tho from Malaysia in first place with a time of 1:41:46 followed by Noorhanisah SPSS from Brunei and Kona Liau from Malaysia.
The male category was dominated by Bruneians with Sefli Ahar placing first followed by Ruzaini Mahadi and Muhammad Amirul Hamdi Jamil.
Meanwhile, the 10km male category was won by Haji Alimin bin Haji Subohi from Brunei followed by Md Zaim bin Haji Matussin and Malaysian Erik Airyl. Bruneians Nur Asyura binti Haji Rosli, Fazrina Tuah and Hajah Siti Nur Azreynah SPSS were the winners of the female category in the 10km run. – Daniel Lim
