She's got legs: Run, Malaysian Women Marathon, run!

Despite the haze, over 3,000 ‘sole sisters’ – some in tutus, others accompanied by male ‘pacers’ – turned up for the Malaysia Women Marathon earlier this month.

It's harrowing. As an organiser who has 4,400 people registered for your running event, how do you handle it when the haze hits? The event was the Malaysia Women Marathon (MWM). While there are a plethora of shorter women’s runs, MWM is only the fifth women’s full marathon (42km) in the world after three others in Japan and one in San Francisco, says Karen Loh, race director and founder.