Comments on: Singapore to Malaysia. http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680 tony mangan - ultrarunner Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:27:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ann http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-23464 Ann Tue, 27 May 2014 16:30:43 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-23464 Nobody in their right mind could have completed a better job than this. I discovered a reat deal and acquired some fascinating details from reading through yourr web-site and wanted to mention thank you for that info. Feel free to surf to my blog e juice monkey (<a href="http://passionphp.com/groups/reasons-why-e-liquid-is-preferred-in-uk/" rel="nofollow">Ann</a>) Nobody in their right mind could have completed a better job than this.
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]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16683 Ann for Tony Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:08:43 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16683 A bit of a sluggish start got me out of Kuala Kansgor. A big hitting 60km day with a late finish.just as I was picking up the pace a runner called NG Bak Klong texted me to say I could stay in his brother in laws place that night as the local running club NTCRC wanted to join me on the road next morning. Ong and Ng drove out to greet me into Parit Buntar,a neat looking place. Out on the road with the club next morning at 7am no sooner did we start when a we had a torrential downpour, , soaked to the skin we had a lovely 14km run on the highway to a small village where the club lad laid on a delicious brunch in a warung. I did an interview for a local Chinese language paper. The north of Malaysia is more heavily populated by the Chinese. It is said that the Malaysians may control government but the Chinese the economy. Arriving in Perai with another 50km behind me Jerry a local runner testa me to sins me.After serious hassle he eventually tracks me down and I spend a pleasant night in his home. He tells me he works 6 days a week in a hardware store denm 10am to 10pm.Later I realise he had to get off work to help me out. Tey back in Kuala Lumpar.master of contacts is co ordinating all this. I learn Jerrys work place is in Kapala Batas 20km up the road on my route and ask him to take it there and I would pick it up when I run through. In my haste I forgot to take the Spot out and only realize it when I am about to restart, so there was no tracking that morning. I am barely up the road after having lunch in KFC with Jerry when Chan Kong Tiong pulls up. Chan is his family name which the Chinese put first. Kong Tiong a runner himself who doesnt let running get in the way of having a cigarette, he told me when he broken his marathon personal best he had a couple of smokes in the race! He took time off work to crew for me today and tomorrow .these last few days the weather has cooled off but lots od rain showers. A few people have told me that the people are not happy with the government and its the same government since the founding of the state 50 years ago. The people cant get rid of them as they literally buy their way into power when there is an election. $50 is what I have hears from 2 different people. I am told politicians go around with suitcases of $50 bills handing them out to poor people who will vote foe them on the spot. Cant help wondering what the international community is doing..no election scrutinizing. Hong Tiong looked after me well that day with a 49km finish about 11k past Sungei Petani. I stayed in his home that night and next day we returned to my finishing location. A nice steady days running took me to the clock tower in Alor Star and another 50 under my shoes. KT came out to help crew. Thanks lads for a great time! In Alor Star we had dinner with Eugene who will crew me to the Thailand border on Thursday. We on Ireland know thw name Eugene is a typical Irish name bur I am told its a typical chinese name! Eugene also paid for my hotel here. Am having terrible trouble getting people to take any cash from me,such generous people. Total 35,725km for 825 road days \ 846.7 marathons Many thanks to so many people so numerous to mention all making it a great " Ole Malay! " Special thanks to Tey,Hong Tiong and Eugene.. All others you know who you are please take a bow. A bit of a sluggish start got me out of Kuala Kansgor. A big hitting 60km day with a late finish.just as I was picking up the pace a runner called NG Bak Klong texted me to say I could stay in his brother in laws place that night as the local running club NTCRC wanted to join me on the road next morning. Ong and Ng drove out to greet me into Parit Buntar,a neat looking place.
Out on the road with the club next morning at 7am no sooner did we start when a we had a torrential downpour, , soaked to the skin we had a lovely 14km run on the highway to a small village where the club lad laid on a delicious brunch in a warung. I did an interview for a local Chinese language paper.
The north of Malaysia is more heavily populated by the Chinese. It is said that the Malaysians may control government but the Chinese the economy.
Arriving in Perai with another 50km behind me Jerry a local runner testa me to sins me.After serious hassle he eventually tracks me down and I spend a pleasant night in his home. He tells me he works 6 days a week in a hardware store denm 10am to 10pm.Later I realise he had to get off work to help me out. Tey back in Kuala Lumpar.master of contacts is co ordinating all this. I learn Jerrys work place is in Kapala Batas 20km up the road on my route and ask him to take it there and I would pick it up when I run through. In my haste I forgot to take the Spot out and only realize it when I am about to restart, so there was no tracking that morning. I am barely up the road after having lunch in KFC with Jerry when Chan Kong Tiong pulls up. Chan is his family name which the Chinese put first. Kong Tiong a runner himself who doesnt let running get in the way of having a cigarette, he told me when he broken his marathon personal best he had a couple of smokes in the race! He took time off work to crew for me today and tomorrow .these last few days the weather has cooled off but lots od rain showers.
A few people have told me that the people are not happy with the government and its the same government since the founding of the state 50 years ago. The people cant get rid of them as they literally buy their way into power when there is an election. $50 is what I have hears from 2 different people. I am told politicians go around with suitcases of $50 bills handing them out to poor people who will vote foe them on the spot. Cant help wondering what the international community is doing..no election scrutinizing. Hong Tiong looked after me well that day with a 49km finish about 11k past Sungei Petani. I stayed in his home that night and next day we returned to my finishing location. A nice steady days running took me to the clock tower in Alor Star and another 50 under my shoes. KT came out to help crew. Thanks lads for a great time! In Alor Star we had dinner with Eugene who will crew me to the Thailand border on Thursday. We on Ireland know thw name Eugene is a typical Irish name bur I am told its a typical chinese name!
Eugene also paid for my hotel here. Am having terrible trouble getting people to take any cash from me,such generous people. Total 35,725km for 825 road days \ 846.7 marathons
Many thanks to so many people so numerous to mention all making it a great ” Ole Malay! ” Special thanks to Tey,Hong Tiong and Eugene.. All others you know who you are please take a bow.

]]> By: kevin scanlon http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16141 kevin scanlon Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:54:32 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16141 great news tony. great progress too. the tracker is moving along nicely. its lovely to hear malaysia is a better place. well done. great news tony. great progress too. the tracker is moving along nicely. its lovely to hear malaysia is a better place. well done.

]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16131 Ann for Tony Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:11:45 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16131 Malaysia continues to impress. I am almost a week here and after a three month torment on and off the road I am delighted by the place,as excited as a young lad smitten with a new girlfriend! The fun is back in the running,very much so:-) Malaysia is working hard towards its goal to achieve developed world status by year 2020. Good luck I say as from what I have observed in these early days is quite impressive. No idiot driving,or people carrying factory gates,sheets of plywood on scooters with precarious attachments to their bikes. I actually see people taking driving lessons,others with learner signs and courtesy on the road.Ah! Yes the British influence,same with Singapore. General signs are often in English,I guess to get people using the words more.There is also a huge Chinese community here and I often hear English words and phrases used between them. 2016 is the year when it will be compulsory for students to pass English in their exams. Malaysian right-wing activist Ibrahim Ali president of Perkasa s group that champions Malay supremacy concedes that while the Bahasa Malay language must not be compromised as the main language and agrees with the governments policy of the advancement of English as its the real world language and 'the language of knowledge' Running on through tropical forests of rubber trees where farmers had had slit the barks of the trees to collect the white rubber gung as it drips into a can wired to the tree. That day 54k and my 35,000km of the run I made it to a warung where the 2 young lads played music till 1am. Next day it rained heavily,so a long shelter and thanks to 3 lads who bought me lunch,48k on route 24 towards Maur. Because I took a bypass I was stuck for a place to stay till I came to a building site which had a freshly tiled floor.I put some cardboard down but didn't sleep too well as Malay mosquitoe repellent ain't as good as Indonesian. As always I eventually fell asleep hours later,another short sleep, I will pay for it on the road tomorrow. And so I did as every one of that days 45 was tough for it was also hot with little water en route,so I had to hussle it a couple times from parked drivers. Places are more spread out here than in Indonesia. I made it to a hotel just before Malake. Ah! Yes am due a comfy bed and hot shower. Malaysia continues to impress. I am almost a week here and after a three month torment on and off the road I am delighted by the place,as excited as a young lad smitten with a new girlfriend! The fun is back in the running,very much so:-) Malaysia is working hard towards its goal to achieve developed world status by year 2020. Good luck I say as from what I have observed in these early days is quite impressive. No idiot driving,or people carrying factory gates,sheets of plywood on scooters with precarious attachments to their bikes. I actually see people taking driving lessons,others with learner signs and courtesy on the road.Ah! Yes the British influence,same with Singapore.
General signs are often in English,I guess to get people using the words more.There is also a huge Chinese community here and I often hear English words and phrases used between them.
2016 is the year when it will be compulsory for students to pass English in their exams. Malaysian right-wing activist Ibrahim Ali president of Perkasa s group that champions Malay supremacy concedes that while the Bahasa Malay language must not be compromised as the main language and agrees with the governments policy of the advancement of English as its the real world language and ‘the language of knowledge’
Running on through tropical forests of rubber trees where farmers had had slit the barks of the trees to collect the white rubber gung as it drips into a can wired to the tree.
That day 54k and my 35,000km of the run I made it to a warung where the 2 young lads played music till 1am.
Next day it rained heavily,so a long shelter and thanks to 3 lads who bought me lunch,48k on route 24 towards Maur. Because I took a bypass I was stuck for a place to stay till I came to a building site which had a freshly tiled floor.I put some cardboard down but didn’t sleep too well as Malay mosquitoe repellent ain’t as good as Indonesian. As always I eventually fell asleep hours later,another short sleep, I will pay for it on the road tomorrow. And so I did as every one of that days 45 was tough for it was also hot with little water en route,so I had to hussle it a couple times from parked drivers. Places are more spread out here than in Indonesia. I made it to a hotel just before Malake. Ah! Yes am due a comfy bed and hot shower.

]]> By: Thierry http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16118 Thierry Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:43:44 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16118 Tony Hi If you remember the few Email exchanges we had on the day you left B.A ; Argentina . Unfortunately we could not meet each other by half a day .! However I will be in K.L Malaysia by tomorrow Sept 20 for a month Hopefully try to meet ... if you could drop me a line ! FYI KL marathon due sept 29 , Joining ? LOL best regards looking forward meeting you ! T.M Tony Hi

If you remember the few Email exchanges we had on the day you left B.A ; Argentina .
Unfortunately we could not meet each other by half a day .!

However I will be in K.L Malaysia by tomorrow Sept 20 for a month
Hopefully try to meet … if you could drop me a line !

FYI KL marathon due sept 29 , Joining ? LOL

best regards
looking forward meeting you !
T.M

]]> By: heri http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16112 heri Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:18:29 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16112 hi..i met u during lunch in ayer hitam on 16th september..i never thought that you are world record holder..and good luck in your journey accross malaysia..and dont forget to tell me when you are crossing penang state..i live here..maybe we can seat and have some "teh panas"(hot tea)..haha.. hi..i met u during lunch in ayer hitam on 16th september..i never thought that you are world record holder..and good luck in your journey accross malaysia..and dont forget to tell me when you are crossing penang state..i live here..maybe we can seat and have some “teh panas”(hot tea)..haha..

]]> By: Mam http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16081 Mam Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:52:21 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16081 Congratulations on running over 35,000 kms. Well done Tony :) Congratulations on running over 35,000 kms. Well done Tony :)

]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16080 Ann for Tony Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:58:41 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16080 Hi Ann Pl post 54k today & 48 Sun. Total 35,013km for 811 Malaysia continues to be an enjoyable & civilized country :-) Hi Ann Pl post 54k today & 48 Sun. Total 35,013km for 811 Malaysia continues to be an enjoyable & civilized country :-)

]]> By: kirsty http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16052 kirsty Sun, 15 Sep 2013 01:31:09 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16052 Hi Tony, sounds like you are still loving meeting people everywhere! You are amazing. I was one of the people that ran with you the day you left port Augusta ( with tiffany). I just wanted to tell you that you inspired me to train for my first marathon (Melbourne) which is 4 weeks away. I love reading about your adventures and your determination to run every step! Cheers Kirsty Hi Tony, sounds like you are still loving meeting people everywhere! You are amazing. I was one of the people that ran with you the day you left port Augusta ( with tiffany). I just wanted to tell you that you inspired me to train for my first marathon (Melbourne) which is 4 weeks away. I love reading about your adventures and your determination to run every step! Cheers Kirsty

]]> By: Ann for Tony http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16028 Ann for Tony Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:56:23 +0000 http://www.theworldjog.com/blog/?p=6680#comment-16028 hi Ann, pls post First road day in Malaysia was a joy even if I had difficulty getting out of the built up JB area of the deep south with its tangle of highways.After 20.km it straightened out and I had a wide shoulder on a busy 6 lane divided highway. Not a single honk,gawk or attempt to run me off the road..Heaven :-) First impressions excite me, I could be in Europe,even the Costa del.Sol. The people are smart and futuristic.The hotels have hot showers,no bugs and are clean. 34k today.Nice hotel and delicious stir fry dinner with 2 teas was €12.Of course this could go belly up in a few days but great first impression :-) Malaysia is an Islamic country with a great multi racial mix. The Chinese are very prominent. English is widely understood. hi Ann, pls post First road day in Malaysia was a joy even if I had difficulty getting out of the built up JB area of the deep south with its tangle of highways.After 20.km it straightened out and I had a wide shoulder on a busy 6 lane divided highway. Not a single honk,gawk or attempt to run me off the road..Heaven :-) First impressions excite me, I could be in Europe,even the Costa del.Sol. The people are smart and futuristic.The hotels have hot showers,no bugs and are clean. 34k today.Nice hotel and delicious stir fry dinner with 2 teas was €12.Of course this could go belly up in a few days but great first impression :-) Malaysia is an Islamic country with a great multi racial mix. The Chinese are very prominent. English is widely understood.

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