My eldest daughter was over at the Merapoh Forest Run 2016/
MFR2016, which was successfully held at the Pahang National Park, Sg Relau in
Merapoh, Kuala Lipis, Pahang over the weekend. She was there with about 700
other people that join the second instalment of this event that was organized
by the Women’s Sports and Fitness Foundation Malaysia (WSFFM), which have
definitely surpassed previous year MFR2015’s entries having obviously captured
the hearts of participants from long distance professional runners, amateurs
and nature lovers who just wanted to be there to enjoy the natural beauty of
our rainforests…
The beautiful and vivacious President of WSFFM Col.
Associate (PA) Puan Sri Toh Puan Datuk Shariffa Sabrina bt Syed Akil said that
the 12km B17 Men and Women category which was introduced this year attracted
over 200 participants in adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years…
This was indeed a good and healthy development and a way to
educate people on how we can appreciate our natural treasures and the beauty of
Pahang’s National Park, which is the oldest rainforest in the world (estimated
to be over 132 million years to date) which many of us just take for granted.
The 12km B17 was an addition to the 25km and 15km Men and
Women category which were more challenging options for more experience or older
participants… though heaven knows I do not have that kind of stamina… LOL…
The run was flagged off at about 8.25am after some warm up
aerobics . The Padang Tengku State Assemblyman, YB Dato Mustapa bin Long; Lipis
MP, YB Dato Haji Abdul Rahman bin Mohamad
and General Manager of Tourism Dato’ Ishak bin Mokhtar were also present
at the flag off with Puan Sri Sabrina..
Just like last year, the MFR2016 route was definitely
challenging and difficult with an undulating trail of steep hills about 30 meters above the sea
level. Sg Relau is the second entrance
to the Pahang National Park and Gunung Tahan, Pahang.
My daughter clearly plenty of stamina, considering her youth
and she manage to successfully finish her 12 km run in 2 hours 20 minutes…
Merapoh which is about 244km away from Kuala Lumpur ( has
more than 500 limestone caves that are unique and perfect for eco-tourism and
definitely the destination of choice for those who are extreme sports
enthusiasts, climbers and cave explorers.
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| This one almost look as amazing as Pamukkale right.... picture credit to ireport.cnn /helmi yousif |
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| picture credit to ireport.cnn /helmi yousif |
This event was attended by national professional marathon
runners, amateur runners, students from higher education institutions, school
going students, government sectors, corporate sectors and individuals….
This event was in partnership with Tourism Pahang,
PERHILITAN, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Tourism and Culture
Malaysia Pahang, Tourism Malaysia Pahang and Pertubuhan Perlindung Khazanah
Alam Malaysia (PEKA Malaysia) and supported by the Committee of Tourism and
Culture Pahang, Lipis District and Land as well as the Malaysia Tourism Council
(MTC)
The event was also sponsored by Revive Isotonic drinks,
Tanah Aina Resort and Mutiara Taman Negara Pahang with other support from
corporate companies MNM, Richnetworks and individuals…..
It was certainly a challenging but fun event, and my
daughter clearly had a great time as she could not stop gushing over it from
the time she got home….
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DeleteMiera,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. I was kinda hoping that you would show videos of your daughter doing the run, which means you would have to be running with her. Kidding aside, did you?
You also posted some really stunning photos of the rainforest. In particular, what is that one where it looks like a tunnel and towards the opening are the open space and trees?
for this run, my daughter was the one who went there as I had another event on the same day and time...and I think the picture you are referring to is actually a picture taken inside one of the caves there...
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