Volunteering for Asics City Relay KL 2016

This is my third event volunteering after Nike WeRunKL (Year 2010) and SCKLM (Year 2013). This round, my assigned role is pre-event set up crew and I am one of three members alloted in the earliest shift of 1pm. Our task in the afternoon is simple, to help setting up the course flags and barrier jackets along the starting / finishing lane.

Stay healthy. Keep running :)

We managed to complete the work at 6pm. In general we got four types of flags and jackets presented on the route, the Asics City Relay event brand, Spectrum Worldwide event organizer brand, Blue and Black Asics sponsors flags. Everything was nicely dressed up and it was an accomplishment for the day as we endured working under the scorching hot weather for hours.

Rows of sponsor flags.

Rows of jackets along the starting point.

Crew setting up the timing mat.

Also, we got a short break in between the work. There were two food options offered at the volunteer tent, Hainanese Chicken Rice and vegetarian rice.

Lunch meal pack.

We met up with the evening shift volunteers when we were almost done with our task. It was exciting to see many passionate people helping out on the event .

Twister robots on patrol.

Our volunteer tent :)

We were the first group to stand down at 930pm. Prior to that, we were assisting our volunteer wellfare leader, Shu Wen to distribute mineral drinks to all the event crew, contractors, security guards and polices. It seems that everything turned out smoothly with the support and help from all parties. It was a memorable experience for me for being part of this amazing night, and nice meeting up with two new friends from aircraft engineering school, Syazwan and Nik.

Amazing runners at Dataran Merdeka.