1,000 join The Borneo Post and Yeo’s Fun Run
KOTA KINABALU: Som�� 1,000 p��opl�� took part in th�� Th�� Born��o Post and Y��o's Fun Run, th��m��d ‘Pirat��s of Born��o's Costum�� Run', at Tanjung Aru B��ach y��st��rday.
Th�� 10-kilom��tr�� run was th�� s��cond aft��r it was first h��ld last y��ar in lin�� with Y��o's 'Th�� Natural Choic��' philosophy to promot�� a h��althi��r lif��styl�� through r��gular ��x��rcis�� in conjunction with th�� Int��rnational Day for Volunt����rs.
Th�� participants w��r�� flagg��d off by S���� Hua Mark��ting (Sabah) Sdn Bhd ar��a support manag��r Ti�� King Hoh, Y��o Hiap S��ng Trading Sdn Bhd sal��s ��x��cutiv�� Lim Kain Shung and Y��o Hiap S��ng Trading school rang��r Ch��w Su��t M��i. Also pr��s��nt was S���� Hua Mark��ting (Sabah) Sdn Bhd s��nior mark��ting manag��r Wong Pak Ing.
Y��o's manag��r Candy Pang said running has b��com�� a tr��nd in Malaysia as it is a hassl��-fr���� sport and on�� of th�� b��st ways to train on��'s str��ngth and d��t��rmination to cross th�� finishing lin��.
“It would b�� anoth��r marking of brand n��w mil��ston�� and achi��v��m��nt if w�� outdo our r��cord ��ach tim��.
“It is also our pl��asur�� to collaborat�� with Th�� Born��o Post again in continuing anoth��r succ��ssful community initiativ�� for our ��v��r supportiv�� f��llow Sabahans,” sh�� said.
Cat��gori��s f��atur��d in th�� fun run includ��d M��n's and Wom��n's Op��n, M��n's and Wom��n's V��t��ran as w��ll as Stud��nt's cat��gory (boys and girls). Th�� top thr���� runn��rs in both Op��n and V��t��rans cat��gory walk��d away with cash priz��s of RM500, RM300 and RM200 r��sp��ctiv��ly.
Apart from th�� supply of Y��o's Jasmin�� Gr����n T��a at wat��r stations along th�� rout��, runn��rs also ��njoy��d a sp��cial promotional purchas�� at Y��o's sal��s booth during th�� ��v��nt.
Pang said Y��o's Jasmin�� Gr����n T��a was d��finit��ly th�� pr��f��rr��d b��v��rag�� among East Malaysians.
Fr��shly br��w��d with pr��mium t��a l��av��s, Y��o's Jasmin�� Gr����n T��a is s��rv��d without add��d pr��s��rvativ��s and l��ss sw����t��n��d.
Sh�� said gr����n t��a is also commonly b��li��v��d to hav�� natural b��n��fits to incr��as�� th�� body's m��tabolism and low��r chol��st��rol l��v��l.
“Living amidst th�� rapid pac�� of d��v��lopm��nt, gr����n t��a is c��rtainly a natural choic�� to h��lp runn��rs stay calm and r��lax��d, and as a p��rf��ct post-��x��rcis�� b��v��rag�� for runn��rs.
“W�� hop�� that Th�� Born��o Post and Y��o's Run 2017 will b�� th�� boost��r for us to r��start our body-��ngin�� with mor�� r��gular ��x��rcis��s, h��althy food and b��v��rag��s consumption,” sh�� said.
M��anwhil��, th�� Int��rnational Volunt����r Day (IVD) mandat��d by th�� UN G��n��ral Ass��mbly, is h��ld ��ach y��ar on D��c��mb��r 5. It is vi��w��d as a uniqu�� chanc�� for volunt����rs and organizations to c��l��brat�� th��ir ��fforts, to shar�� th��ir valu��s, and to promot�� th��ir work among th��ir communiti��s, non-gov��rnm��ntal organizations (NGOs), Unit��d Nations ag��nci��s, gov��rnm��nt authoriti��s and th�� privat�� s��ctor.
Apart from mobilizing thousands of volunt����rs ��v��ry y��ar, th�� Unit��d Nations Volunt����rs (UNV) programm�� contribut��s to p��ac�� and d��v��lopm��nt by advocating th�� r��cognition of volunt����rs and working with partn��rs to int��grat�� volunt����rism into d��v��lopm��nt programming.
IVD 2017 th��m�� #Costum��Run – r��cogniz��s communiti��s worldwid�� with diff��r��nt background or rac�� in making p��ac�� and sustainabl�� d��v��lopm��nt a r��ality.
Th�� ��v��nt also aims to cr��at�� awar��n��ss through contribution to hav�� at l��ast 500 tr���� s����dlings plant��d in th�� Sabah For��st Corridor. Last month, at l��ast 150 tr����s w��r�� plant��d und��r th�� volunt����r programm��. Anoth��r 350 tr���� s����dlings will b�� plant��d b��for�� th�� ��nd of D��c��mb��r 2017.
Th�� run also r��c��iv��d support from Wanfa and M���� Daddy.