Keen to usher runners into virtual world

Yeoh (right) and Penang Amateur Athletics Association president Datuk Syed Mohd Aidid Syed Murtaza lighting a virtual flame to mark the launch of the Penang Bridge International Marathon’s new logo.— Filepic

THWARTED by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Penang Bridge International Marathon (PBIM) team is setting themselves a new goal to introduce local runners to the possibilities of virtual runs.

With the PBIM Virtual Run 2020 registration launched yesterday, organisers are looking to guide local runners into the new world of large-scale virtual runs or VRs, as they have come to be called.