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MURA is launching the Malaysia Ultra League Championship

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Kuala Lumpur 2 June 2017 – The Malaysian Ultra Runners Association (MURA) launched the Malaysia Ultra League Championship (MUL) with its title sponsor Ultron held here at its outlet in Glo Damansara. The  1st of its kind, the Malaysia Ultra League Championship (MUL) was conceived by MURA with the intention of bringing the ultra running community with an ultra running league for all Malaysia’s ultra running races. This is also part of MURA’s objective to present and promote the Malaysia ultra running circuit to gain more exposure for both local and international ultra runners. With this new approach, ultra runners […]

MURA Points system

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MURA is introducing starting September 1, 2016 a new scoring system for its members. We will award points for each ultra marathon completed by our members and publish monthly a leaderboard of MURA members scores. The points awarded to members will be used at the end of the year to award our members. All races ran within 2016 in Malaysia and abroad are providing points provided you finished the race within cutoff time. Members have to update us with each races results at http://mura.com.my/share-your-race-results/ The mechanic of the points calculation and award can be read at http://mura.com.my/scoring-system/ The current leaderboard can consulted […]

Taiwan ultra marathon results

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Congratulations to the three MURA runners selected for complementary flight and race entry for the Taiwan ultra marathon race. They are the following: Lim Yew Khuay, Munintaran Sundram and Lee Chun How. Train well gents and we will be following you during the race.

MURA LSD Series – Titi100

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The MURA LSDs are back this 2016. We will start with TITI100 which is around the corner. Like in 2015 we will do 2 LSD: 1st LSD on Feb 27, start at 5:30am at Waterview Thai restaurant. Up to CP2 (Telekom tower) then back – 30km 2nd LSD on March 5, start at 5:30am at CP4 (https://goo.gl/maps/xnKeGNGXkdt or 3°04’59.8″N 102°02’27.0″E). Up to 3.5km after CP5 then back – 30km Fee is 5 RM for non MURA members. FOC for MURA members. The fee is reimbursed if you join MURA in the following 15 days. We will be serving some drinks after the […]

Ultra Running Bootcamp – Coach #2 Kimbeley Yap-Chelliah

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Ultra Running Bootcamp – Feb 20-21 2016 ——— Our second coach/speaker is quite well known in the wider sport community. Kimbeley Yap-Chelliah – two times gold medalist for Malaysia in Triathlon at the Sea games – will come share with us how to prepare mentally for your races, handle the stress and condition mentally yourself for high performance. Do register to secure your slot at the Bootcamp at http://goo.gl/forms/7lZG80wBwK . Each participant will receive a limited edition T-Shirt. —— Kimbeley Yap-Chelliah, Movement Specialist, has been an athlete and involved in fitness since she was 9. Today, as a fitness specialist and personal […]

Ultra Running Bootcamp – Coach #1 Lee Chun How

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Ultra Running Bootcamp – Feb 20-21 2016 ——— One of the coach/speakers we will have is Lee Chun How. He will share with us his knowledge of nutrition in the context of endurance sports. Do register to secure your slot at the Bootcamp at http://goo.gl/forms/7lZG80wBwK . Each participant will receive a limited edition T-Shirt. Profile of Lee Chun How: ——- An avid fitness enthusiast on engineering careerbreak, who keeps in shape through various physical activities. He loves anything outdoor, has been playing various sports at different level since young. Bitten by ultra-running bug fews years back, he has never looked back. “It […]

Ultra Running Bootcamp

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Ultra Running Bootcamp – Feb 20-21, 2016 ————————–————————–—– Have you been interested in topics such as nutrition, training, injury prevention, mental preparation ? Did you encounter issues in your races in these areas ? We have the answers for you… MURA will be organizing an ultra running bootcamp on Feb 20-21, 2016 in Janda Baik. The bootcamp will start in the afternoon of the saturday and run until lunch time on sunday with an overnight at Selesa Homes. We have prepared a great program for you guys with few speakers, the main one being Lee Chun How who apart from […]

2 free race entries and travel/accommodation to Taiwan

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In collaboration with the Chinese Taipei Ultra Runners Association, MURA will award two runners a free race entry and free flight to Hua Lian, Taiwan to represent the Malaysian Ultra Runners in a new 200km road ultra-marathon organised by the Chinese Taipei Ultra Runners Association. Flight and race entries will be given to selected runners while they will have to cover the rest of their expenses (accommodation, food). Runners will have to complete the race within a cut-off time of 30h to 32h (exact cutoff time not determined yet). MURA will be selecting the runners chosen to represent MURA in the […]

Watergate 16h 2016

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All the best to the runners doing Watergate 16h tomorrow. It’s a great platform for all runners, particularly new ones into ultra running to discover how your body behaves over the duration and with an easy setup so that you can focus on your run. A big thank you to Team Pacat for setting this up 2 years ago and keeping the format.