First surprise, the website itself was not user friendly. It did not display nicely in my firefox and the information was not straight forward. Still, I found my way around.

I started with the idea to run a 10K. Not that impressive, I know. But on 10K I could run with my wife and frankly, while I can run 10K easily, the stretch to 20 may be a bit much. Still, I started thinking about it and getting motivated to run the 20. After all, with a little dedication and two months training in front of me it should not be too difficult.

So I went to check the registration process and fees. Everyone told me it would be RM40, I though ok, sound a fair deal to me. Unfortunately, the RM40 deal is only for Malaysian citizens. Foreign passport holders fee goes up to USD40. Even if you live in Malaysia, have a work permit, pay your taxes and all, still USD40. I was pissed. So pissed actually it tainted the all experience.

I spent some time checking the run, their “run for a cause” concept, questioning myself whether I was going to run 20 or not, started gathering motivation and other, only to discover that I was a wallet to be plucked. Like so many times in Malaysia.

It really gave me a bad image of Standard Chartered and the KL Marathon thing. Should it rain on the day, I wouldn’t feel bad for them…