DESPITE trailing almost a minute behind the mens open winner, R. Muniandy had a crack to narrow the gap with foreign professional runners at the sixth edition of the New Balance Pacesetters 15km Run at Padang Merbok in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday .
The Team New Balance new signing said he tried to match the pace and follow Benson Kiprono before allowing the leader to escape with four kilometres to go.
