Life, In My Own Backyard

I'm not sure what exactly made me balloted Nagoya Women's Marathon when it opened for ballot in 2018 for the 2019's marathon. I remembered joining the ballot for Tokyo Marathon and on a whim, entered the ballot for Nagoya Women's Marathon too. When looking for races to join in Japan, big races don't appeal to me and I rather join marathons  that have very limited number of foreign participants slots available. 
I have to admit, Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto Marathon have never really appealed to me but of course, curiosity kinda killed the cat which was why I joined the ballot.
But I thought, I'd only go to if I got both Tokyo and Nagoya Women's Marathon slots and do a back-to-back races. Alas, I didn't get a slot for Tokyo Marathon but I did get into Nagoya Women's Marathon. In a hindsight, it really was for the best because training was really non-existent for me in the months leading to the marathon so doing a back-to-back would really be fooldhardy. (A…

For the past years, a number of very inspiring ladies had been generous enough to spend some time to share their experiences with me, either through Q&A in my blog and some were featured in print, in our local English newspapers.
To celebrate the International Women's Day 2019, these are the women who had inspired me and I hope, my readers too.
Inspiration comes in many forms and these active women are nothing short of inspiring, in their own special way. A mother of three and an engineer by training, Eliza started Nashata Activewear to solve a problem she personally faced when she started wearing the hijab (tudung) in 2012.

Also in the photo above, Azlina Idris (standing on the extreme right in the photo) who started running after she quit her job to look after her children. Azlina did her first full marathon in Malaysia Women Marathon and her first ultramarathon in Pink 50, both in 2015.
Azlina & I, together with our late friend Evelyn Ang Loo were also featured in Bell…

Every year on March 8th, the world celebrates International Women’s Day to support, raise, inspire and women across all fields. To celebrate the upcoming International Women’s Day in March, I asked a few questions to a few female triathletes who manage to juggle work, family and training life; in keeping of this year’s theme of #BalanceforBetter and celebrate women’s achievements and tenaciously challenge bias.
These strong women show us that with determination and focus, women can achieve so much more. They are women who embrace the multi-sports discipline of swim-bike-run with such determination and doing it in style.
This time around, Mimiwati Zahari who had just celebrated her birthday yesterday; spent some time answering my questions.
Thank you for spending time to answer a few of our questions. I really do appreciate it.
Also, congratulations for your Sub5 finish at Kyoto Marathon! For the readers, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Mimiwati Zahari, friends …