Delving into the pleasure and pain of the Penang Bridge International Marathon


Race for life: Participants running on the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah bridge during the Penang Bridge International Marathon 2014. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

A runner’s account of his maiden run on the Second Penang Bridge, minus the bragging.

IN 2013, I signed up for what was supposed to be the first run on the then spanking new Second Penang Bridge. But, as it turned out, that was the last run on the First Penang Bridge.

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