Power Run

THE NINTH edition of the 10km Power Run will be held on April 27 at Datar an Merdeka and will feature two new categories, the primary school boys and girls sections.

The run, which is sponsored by Bata Malaysia, was launched by Olympic Council Malaysia President, Tunku Tan Sri Imran, at OCM’s Hall of Fame yesterday.

The Power Run attracts around 4,000 participants annually, with half the number being school children.

The Power Run 2008 was postponed by a week so that it will not clash with the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.

“This is the ninth edition of the Power Run and the FTAAA has targeted 4,000 runners to participate with a good per centage of them schoolchildren.

“This is a healthy development and bodes well for the promotion and de velopment of distance running,” said marketing manager of Bata Malaysia Dato James Selvaraj.

“We have added two new categories in the run, the primary school boys and girls sections, which will enable them to show some interest in long distance run.”

“We will also have some top runners participating, which will make the public eager to participate.”

“The Power Run to us is yet another corporate contribution to society and also our humble way of saying thank you to Malaysians for their tremendous sup port for Bata and Power all these years.”

“There will be winners or losers in the Power Run but all are winners in cel ebrating the spirit of sports and com pleting the run within the alloted time.”

The Power Run 2008 is open to cit izens of Malaysia and the closing date for registration is April 19.