Borneo International Marathon

Borneo International Marathon
Date May
Location Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Event type Road
Distance Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Established 2008
Course records Men:
 Sammy Kiptoo (KEN) 2:25:00
Women:
 Azusa Nojiri (JPN) 3:00:05
Official site Borneo Marathon

The Borneo International Marathon is a marathon held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia. The inaugural race was held on 12 October 2008.[1] This is the first marathon in the state for over 20 years.[2]

The Borneo International Marathon was started by four friends and runners: Andrew Voon, Christopher Nielson, Urs Weisskop and Simon Amos.

The heat that runners face in Borneo is the biggest challenge in this event and water stations are critical to ensuring that runners avoid collapse. Volunteers provide drinks, energy foods and marshalling along the route and watch for runners who may be suffering from the effects of the heat.

After 2 years the directors team began to shrink. Urs and Christopher left Sabah for work and Simon eventually became unable to dedicate the time and money to make the event happen. Andrew Voon continued until he died in June 2011 while running at his local park.

Route

The original route[3] took runners past the University and 1 Borneo mall on the first leg of the full marathon then back past Jalan Istadiat and through the city out to Tanjung Aru before turning round to return to the sports stadium. The new route [4] enters the university campus and introduces some tricky hills to the hill-averse distance runners making the marathon one of the toughest in Asia.

Winners

This list of winners below only applies to Full Marathon (42 km) only.
Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Nationality Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Nationality Time (h:m:s)
1st 2008 Sammy Kiptoo  Kenya 2:25:00 Fridah Lodepa  Kenya 3:18:04
2nd 2009 Johnson Tarus  Kenya 2:31:00 Cecilia Wangui  Kenya 3:05:59
3rd 2010 Peter Keter  Kenya 2:38:00 Tagami Mai  Japan 3:23:28
4th 2011 Moses Kiptoo  Kenya 2:31:19 Susan Chepkwony  Kenya 3:34:09
5th 2012 Fabian-Osmond Daimon  Malaysia 2:48:09 Claire Walton  Great Britain 3:35:38
6th 2013 Collins Kimosop  Kenya 2:35:21 Kona Liau  Malaysia 3:38:27
7th 2014 John Njihia  Kenya 2:46:41 Kona Liau  Malaysia 3:44:59
8th 2015 Safrey Sumping  Malaysia 3:12:28 Azusa Nojiri  Japan 3:00:05
9th 2016 Noel Tillor  Philippines 2:48:10 Ting Yu  China 3:52:43
10th 2017 Kentaro Masuda  Japan 2:58:23 Azusa Nojiri  Japan 3:02:50
11th 2018 Jeorge Andrade  Philippines 2:54:14 Nicci Chapman  Great Britain 3:34:05

References

  1. ↑ "ML_2008". www.arrs.net.
  2. ↑ "Borneo Marathon holds huge tourism potential for Sabah". Tourism Events. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Sabah. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ IshYoBoy.com. "Race Route - Borneo Marathon". borneomarathon.com.
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