Penang Bridge International Marathon 2008

The PBIM comprises of a full marathon, a half marathon, a quarter marathon and a 10 kilometer fun run opened to those above the age of 13.

Info on the Full Marathon:

Date: Sunday, November 16 2008
Start Time: 3am
Reporting Time: 2am ~ 2.45am
Finishing time: 6 hours
Start Location: Queensbay, Penang.
Entry Fee: RM50.00 / USD25.00
Distance: 42.195km
Closing registration date: October 26th, 2008 (3 weeks before the race day)
Collection date of running bib, t-shirts and etc: 13th - 15th November 2008
Location for collection of running bib, t-shirts and etc: Queensbay Mall

Details at : http://www.penangmarathon.gov.my/

Route for the full marathon

This should be an interesting race to run as part of the race is on the famous Penang Bridge. The view should be phenomenal.

I might consider doing this race instead of the doing the Bangkok Marathon. This would give me more time to recover before the Singapore Marathon in December.

the famous Penang Bridge

Some quick facts on the Penang Bridge:

Official Name: Penang Bridge
Malay Name: Jambatan Pulau Pinang
Carries: Motor Vehicles
Crosses: South Channel, Malaysia (connects Penang to the Malay Peninsula)
Longest span: 225m
Total length: 13.5km
Opening date: 1985

Source: Wikipedia.com