IEM Sarawak branch to hold engineers run
KUCHING: The Institute of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM), Sarawak branch will have the 4th edition of the IEM Engineer 39’s Run 2018 themed ‘Bonding With Chemistry’ on Nov 4 at the MBKS building in Jalan Padungan here.
The run organised by the Young Engineers Section (YES)will start at 5am with the first flagoff for the half marathon ( 21km) category, a press statement from the organiser said yesterday.
The run will be divided into 21km (men and women open), 10km (men and women open), 10km corporate category (men and women) and 5km Fun Run.
Participants who fi nish the run within the cut- off time (4 hours for the 21km, 2.5 hours for 10km and 1.5 hours for 5km) will receive fi nisher medals besides other prizes.
Finisher tees will be exclusively given to only the half marathon who fi nish within the cut- off time as stated.
All participants will have the chance to win exclusive lucky draws during the closing and prize-giving ceremonies, which are expected to be attended by Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian and MBKS Mayor Datuk James Chan Khay Syn.
Meanwhile, IEM Sarawak branch thanked the run partners and sponsors namely MBKS for the venue and The Gym Box (official gym partner), official isotonic and water partners ( Revive and Aquabalans), and main event sponsors Sarawak Energy Berhad, Cahaya Mata Sarawak Berhad, Bluescope Lysaght, Konsortium Bumi Consultant & Services Sdn Bhd, and Hock Seng Lee Berhad.
It also thanked Kuching Happy Runners Club, Revolution Run Co and eventRunner for supporting the run.
More information and updates can be found at the IEM Sarawak branch website at www.iemsarawak.org or at IEM Sarawak branch Facebook page at www. facebook.com/ iemyessarawak.