THE 10th edition of the Kuching Marathon (KM2025), scheduled for Sept 21, will offer participants an illuminating journey through Kuching’s rich cultural and colonial heritage.
Sarawak Youth, Sports and Enterpreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said KM2025 aims to strengthen Kuching’s presence on the world map by promoting the city as a hub for sports, recreation and tourism, while fostering a healthy lifestyle.
“Among the highlights of this year’s edition is the improved 42km full marathon race route, offering runners a more scenic course.
“For the first time, all participants who complete their race within the cut-off time, including those in the 10km and 5km categories, will receive a finisher’s T-shirt.
“This is in addition to the event T-shirt and a specially designed finisher’s medal,” he told Bernama.
Abdul Karim said to date, KM2025 has attracted a total of 7,822 registered runners, comprising 6,719 Malaysians and 1,103 international participants.
He added that most of the local runners are from Sarawak, while foreign participants hail from countries like Brunei, Canada, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the Maldives, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.
KM2025 is a distance running road race event consisting of Kuching Full Marathon (42km), Kuching Half Marathon (21km), Kuching 10km run and Kuching 5km run.
It is an international road race recognised by Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) as listed in the AIMS Race Calendar at https://aims-worldrunning.org/aims.html
