Bruneian well placed in SCB race
Competitive standing: Team Brunei, sponsored by SCB, is currently three hours and eight minutes behind the leader of the race, and Zulkifle Liman came in nine minutes ahead of the runner from America. Two more legs of the race remain.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
ZULKIFLE Liman of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) returned to country recently after a very successful second leg of Standard Chartered Bank's Greatest Race on Earth (GROE).
Zulkifle, who ran against some 40,000 participants, finished with a time of 2 hours and 57 minutes - beating his previous personal best by 13 minutes.
His impressive performance put him at 26th in the GROE standings, ahead of other internationals including Australia, the United States of America and Hong Kong.
Zulkifle, who also ran the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon in 2004 and 2005, credits his performance to effective intensive training and a strict diet.
According to Zulkifle, months of training and mental preparation has allowed him to deliver his strongest performance to date.
"As I was also working in the days prior to the marathon, my training was limited to running 10 km in the morning and 25 km in the afternoon each day. I was so focused on doing my best that when I saw my time after the finish line, I couldn't believe it," exclaimed Zulkifle, who is confident that he will continue to improve as he participates in more marathons.
Although relatively flat, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon is renowned for its heat and humidity, which can overwhelm runners not conditioned to the equator.
"I think the weather worked to my advantage," said Zulkifle, who trains in similar conditions in Brunei.
"We are immensely proud with the performance of the Bruneian team thus far," says Chief Executive Officer at Standard Chartered Bank, Siew Chuen, who congratulated Zulkifle for bettering his personal best in the Singapore Marathon.
"To exceed your personal best by 13 minutes is an exceptional achievement," she said.
"It is a clear sign of determination, focus and dedication."
Zulkifle, who left Brunei on December 2, now joins Roslani Awang Hidop, who completed the Nairobi Marathon in October, in the anxious wait to conclude the Greatest Race on Earth 2007/08.
Two more races remain — the Mumbai Marathon and the Hong Kong Marathon — which will be run by fellow countrymen Sefli Anak Ahar and Muhammad Rudin Takong over the next two months.
The Brunei Times
Zulkifle, who ran against some 40,000 participants, finished with a time of 2 hours and 57 minutes - beating his previous personal best by 13 minutes.
His impressive performance put him at 26th in the GROE standings, ahead of other internationals including Australia, the United States of America and Hong Kong.
Zulkifle, who also ran the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon in 2004 and 2005, credits his performance to effective intensive training and a strict diet.
According to Zulkifle, months of training and mental preparation has allowed him to deliver his strongest performance to date.
"As I was also working in the days prior to the marathon, my training was limited to running 10 km in the morning and 25 km in the afternoon each day. I was so focused on doing my best that when I saw my time after the finish line, I couldn't believe it," exclaimed Zulkifle, who is confident that he will continue to improve as he participates in more marathons.
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Although relatively flat, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon is renowned for its heat and humidity, which can overwhelm runners not conditioned to the equator.
"I think the weather worked to my advantage," said Zulkifle, who trains in similar conditions in Brunei.
"We are immensely proud with the performance of the Bruneian team thus far," says Chief Executive Officer at Standard Chartered Bank, Siew Chuen, who congratulated Zulkifle for bettering his personal best in the Singapore Marathon.
"To exceed your personal best by 13 minutes is an exceptional achievement," she said.
"It is a clear sign of determination, focus and dedication."
Zulkifle, who left Brunei on December 2, now joins Roslani Awang Hidop, who completed the Nairobi Marathon in October, in the anxious wait to conclude the Greatest Race on Earth 2007/08.
Two more races remain — the Mumbai Marathon and the Hong Kong Marathon — which will be run by fellow countrymen Sefli Anak Ahar and Muhammad Rudin Takong over the next two months.
The Brunei Times
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