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After a hugely successful Larian Bersama Bomba XVIII in 2019, Larian Bersama Bomba is back again this year for its 18th edition!
Organised by Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia, Selangor, the 2020 edition will be the second time it is held in Selangor whereas it used to be held in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur for 16 years! To be held on Sunday, 28 June 2020 in Persiaran Flora, Cyberjaya; Larian Bersama Bomba 2020 will see some changes in race categories and distances offered.
Last year, Larian Bersama Bomba saw a record number of 7,500 runners participating (both members of the public and also firefighters) and this year, the run will be opened to 10,000 runners! All participants will receive this eye-catching event tee. And all participants who finishes their run will get this awesome Finisher medal. For fast runners, they will get this special medal instead and it is limited to the Top 100 finisher!
So why not aim for this one for bragging rights! Larian Bersama Bomba categorie…

It seems that it has been a norm for us to stop  at Harley's in Cyberjaya everytime we were there.
Of course, the reason we were in Cyberjaya was usually race related and it was no different last week.
After collecting our race kit for Twincity Marathon on Saturday, January 19th; we chose to have dinner at Harley's. You can read about our very first visit there, here.
We had been making several repeat visits after that. This time, Hubby ordered 2X2 burger and for an additional RM7 for combo set, got a glass of Ice Lemon Tea and Potato Salad. I had my usual, the Yunnan Peaberry latte.
It just so happen that Farid (who attended to us on our very first visit) was there so we decided to have another round of coffee, made by him. We asked for his recommendation and there were a few beans available that are not on the menu and we decided to try the Luwak coffee.

If you're a coffee lover and is in the area (they do have another outlet at DC Mall), why not stop here and check wha…

Last weekend was the Twincity Marathon weekend, and I wrote my race recap of my 21K run here.
The 5K, 12K, 21K (Half Maraton) and 42K (Full Marathon) were held on Sunday, January 19th 2020.
On Saturday, it was time for the kids the shine at the Kids Dash with 3K and 1K categories offered to children age 5 - 15.
Just like last year, we were there again.

And we made a video of the flag-off and finishing for both categories.
Aren't the kids simply awesome?
Some photos taken during Kids Dash on Saturday and of HM and FM runners on Sunday can be viewed at our Facebook page Cik Arnab & En Kura-Kura.
We'll be taking photos of the kids dash again at KL Standard Chartered Marathon in June! (I hope)
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Sports Hijab for Young Teens and Adolescence Get RM30 Cash Back & Get Active
Cyberjaya, Friday, 24th January 2020 –Nashata in its efforts to promote and encourage the younger generation to be more comfortable and active in sports, is giving RM30 cash back for customers who purchase Nashata Junior products at Nashata.com throughout Feb 2020. The cash back is valid at Nashata.com until April 2020. After six years of empowering modest women to enjoy their active lifestyles, now Nashata introduces Nashata Junior that extends a new range of sports hijabs specially designed for girls. This is to support girls ages 10 to 16 years old to be more energetic and active adolescents.
The first three releases of Nashata Junior are for performance sports, and versatile in design and use : Hooda Ellipse Junior Sports Hijab Hooda Fishtail Sports Hijab and Crop Toplectic Junior. They are designed for girls ages ten to sixteen and suitable for track and field, swimming, water sports and court sport…

KUALA LUMPUR STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON 2020 SELLS OUT IN SEVEN (7) HOURS 45,000 Runners Expected at Dataran Merdeka Over Race Weekend

Kuala Lumpur, Thursday: The 12th edition of premier distance running event, the Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM), which takes place on 13 and 14 June 2020 at Dataran Merdeka has sold out public registrations for all available categories in a record seven (7) hours. This was despite Dirigo Events, the owner and organiser of KLSCM, introducing specific new criteria for its priority registrations that allowed for more race entries to be made available for the public registrations.

These criteria included either having participated in KLSCM at least five times previously or having recorded competitive finishing times in their preferred category in either of the last two years of KLSCM. For example, male runners were only eligible for priority registrations if they had recorded a sub-4 hour timing for a Full Marathon, or sub-2 hour timing for …

Last Friday, we went to Lot 10 to try out this rather special Japanese outlet called Tendon Kohaku. Located at J's Gate Dining, Level 4 Lot 10, it was a nice stop for us after a shop of shopping there.
Getting to Lot 10 and its surrounding area is pretty easy as there are plenty of public transportation option. For us, we took the LRT from Abdullah Hukum Station to KL Sentral then the monorail direct to Lot 10. No need to drive there lah!

At the moment, Tendon Kohaku is a pork-free and lard-free restaurant and they do intend to apply for halal status in the future.
The outlet at J's Gate Dining is their first outlet in KL and they do plan to open their second outlet at Tropicana Mall in March 2020.
Friendly staff at Tendon Kohaku.
The tendons available.

Very helpful for those not familiar with tendon or tempura dishes. You can ask the staff for recommendation too!

We decided to order the Kohaku Tendon (because it comes with prawns, chicken breast, squid, crab stick, Shiitake …