3 Essential Genting Trailblazer Tips

TIP No 1: DRESS FOR PERFORMANCE
Some seasoned Trailblazers will tell you that what you choose to wear to run this race makes a big difference, especially in the jungle. Quick pointers, wear all terrain shoes for better grip and balance. Long pants/tights with long sleeved tops will help minimise cuts while running through the jungle. Also, consider wearing gloves to improve grip on ropes and protect hands while traversing obstacles.

Share tips & exchange your experiences challenging the terrain with others!


Tip No 2: HAVE A GREEN MIND
Going-green this year means we have to think a little harder on the details of organising this event. From the utensils to food packing, water supply, trail & field construction, we try to stick with green friendly options which sometimes have proven to be limited. Going-green can only be truly realised if we have participation & involvement from all runners, runners that we believe are ready to chip in and play a part no matter how small.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP:
1)Do not litter, especially not in the jungle trails. Pick up and dispose rubbish into correct recycling bins that will be provided around the event venue.

2)No disposable plastic bottles will be provided or allowed into the jungle trail. We will provide refillable water bottles during the pre-race registration. Make use of water refilling stations before entering and after exiting the jungle trail.

3)Help ensure that our F&B cutlery/utensils are placed back in order after use as no plastic disposable utensils are provided.

4)Get your non-running family members to participate in our Scavenger Hunt and Tree Planting activities scheduled just after the flag-offs on race day. Limited space, so do pre-register with us at our booths.

5)Lastly, adopt a green attitude and heart for the race.


Tip No 3: Know the Run
As with Genting Trailblazer of past years, all participants will need to register for the run, Registration times are 1pm – 6pm, 1st Nov (Sat) at the Kenari Poolside Lounge and 7am – 730am, 2nd Nov (Sun) at the Awana Football Field.

FTAAA has introduced another mandatory requirement for Genting Trailblazer this year. All registered participants must report on race day (2 Nov) at the Awana Football Field Reporting counter. Participants who fail to do so will be disqualified from the race.

We suggest that all participants download & print the Awana Football Field setup sketch* for reference on exact location of relevant tents & counters.

As promised also, the trail this year will be a notch more exciting, all 14kms of it! Download and study our trail map and be better prepared to take on our route. A race briefing will be held at the Kenari Poolside Lounge, 5pm, 1st Nov for those who want to be better prepared.

More info on how to get about in Awana Genting Highlands can be found on www.awana.com.my

More Time! More Goodies...

Yes we’ve extended our deadline to 15th of October! From today until the final registration closing, we are giving away Holiday Packages for you and your family.

How to win this package?

Introduce to us 01 x “Championship Run” team to us during this final rush period.

Or

Introduce to us 03 x “Adventure Run” teams to us during this final rush period.

YES it is THAT SIMPLE. So hurry introduce your friends to run the Genting Trailblazer 2008.

T&C:
1) Limited to the first ten introductions complete with registration form & payment.
2) Submission of completed forms to be made via
a. Facsimile – 03 23336678/6350
b. Email (in PDF format) – trailblazer@genting.com
3) Please indicate on the top-left hand corner of registration form the full name of referring party.
4) Promo valid from 5th – 15th October 2008
5) Holiday Packages consist of an exclusive 3 Days 2 Night stay at Awana Porto Malai or Awana Kijal inclusive of Breakfast & RM100 worth of Holiday Card.

LAST 3 DAYS!!! HURRY!!!

LAST 3 DAYS to register for Genting Trailblazer 2008!!! Quickly convince your partners, friends & relatives not too miss this chance to challenge the trails of the Genting rainforest!

New Sponsors, MORE prizes!

It is with pleasure to announce that three leading outdoor brands have agreed to be our official sponsors. They are Deuter, Coleman & Suunto. You can look forward to winning these prizes on top of our many great prizes!

Big THANK YOU to 500 Early Birds!

A big big THANK YOU to the OVER 500 EARLY BIRDS that have responded and registered. To show our sincerest appreciation, we will award you a BONUS of 1000 WorldCard points (& a WorldCard if you don't have one). Our WorldCard team will be in touch with you in the coming week.

Early Bird Price, LAST 10 DAYS!!!

Have you registered for Genting Trailblazer 2009? Congratulations if you have but if you haven’t, don’t panic, because you have another 10 days from today. Set your reminders on 31st AUGUST 2008!

This year you can look forward to lower entry prices (starting from RM 138) and attractive prizes!

Register now at www.gentingtrailblazer.com

For more info on our event, you can log on to our website above or share your views on our blog http://verydirtypeople.blogspot.com

3 reasons why you’d love running the Championship Run!

Reason 1:

We all love having it, MONEY! Up to RM 24,000 in CASH prizes and loads of prizes to be won! 1st to 10th will receive these goodies.

Reason 2:

Crème de la Crème & worthy competitors! It proves you are a serious runner too!

Reason 3:

You are the VIP. And we will go all out to make you feel like one. To start with, your team will be given a Superior Deluxe Room. We will also ensure a special check-in lane, nice breakfast, special rest area and much more on event day for runners with VIP tags.

Prizes! PriZes! pRizeS!

Hey hey, the long anticipated prizes are finally here! It is as good as it gets! Total prize value this year has doubled compared to last year.. plus there's CASH CASH CASH!!

Now here's the breakdown:


COMPETITIVE CATEGORY:

1st - RM 2000 CASH & RM 1000 in PRIZES
2nd - RM 1500 CASH & RM 800 in PRIZES
3rd - RM 1000 CASH & RM 600 in PRIZES
4th - RM 800 CASH & RM 300 in PRIZES
5th - RM 700 CASH & RM 300 in PRIZES
6th until 10th place - attractive cash and prizes

TOTAL 10 PRIZES for the top 10 competitive teams.


ADVENTURE CATEGORY:

1st - RM 2800 worth in prizes
2nd - RM 2200 worth in prizes
3rd - RM 1600 worth in prizes
4th - RM 800 worth in prizes
5th - RM 600 worth in prizes
6th until l0th place - RM 200 worth in prizes.

TOTAL 10 PRIZES for the top 10 adventure teams

The Press Conference & Official Launch

Shots from our official launch in Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. From left to right, Dato' Sieh (Hon. Sec General Olympic Council Malaysia), Dr Low (Exec. Director Malaysian Nature Society), Tan Sri Mohd Amin (Exec Director Genting Bhd), Dato' Mirza (Director General Tourism Malaysia).

We kept our launch gambit to the simple most, using only eco-friendly material (paper carton boxes etc etc) inline with our green effort.


GT Team.

Be a part of the organising team...

Teabreak time during our operations meeting with FTAAA, MNS, Awana Genting Hotel Operations & the core Trailblazer volunteer committee.

We are calling for volunteers who want be a part of this event to write to us at trailblazer@genting.com.

Check out our videos

We've posted some of our self-edited videos taken of last year's run, be sure to catch them on Youtube..you might just see yourself in action! Just get on to Youtube and type a search on Genting Trailblazer..

Don't forget to check out our website www.gentingtrailblazer.com and register for the race starting 1st July (5pm onwards)!!

GT Team

Going green?

Hey guys,

We are in talks with Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) on a possible partnership to make this event a green one.

Some of the first thoughts on this effort is to only make use of existing trails for this event (no cutting of new trails) to preserve as best as we can our rainforest. Another immediate effort we can impose is a strict ban on plastic bottles in the forest trails.. Also, if you are in support of this "go green" initiative, show up in green on the race day!

Do share your thoughts on how we can all make this event a greener one. We want to enjoy mother nature, explore it, run through it, experience it, but at the same time, ensure our footprints do no damage..

GT team

Entry fees..entry fees..

Prices of everything else is going up (petrol, nasi lemak, etc etc..) but not so for our Trailblazer 2008 entry fees. Run entry fees per team in 2007 were at RM 198 (run only) & RM 398 (run & stay)

Run entry fess per team for 2008 starts from RM 138 (run only) .. further breakdown by category:

Adventure Run:
RM 138/team (run only)
RM 318/team (run & stay)

Competitive Run:
RM 228/team (run only)
RM 418/team (run & stay)

*Prices are for registrations before 31st August 2008.

Concept of Run

TWO categories, ONE route!

The plan for this year's run will be two main categories - "competitive" & "adventure". It is 14KMs of sheer adrenaline rush for BOTH categories. The difference you may ask? the carrot of course! Attractive CASH prizes for the "competitive" run and other prizes worth RM 36K for the "adventure" run. Entry fees vary for both categories of course.

Do share with us your views on the run concept and help us shape Trailblazer 2008!

Getting Down to It

For those of you who have just arrived, welcome to the all-new, all-improved but dirtier-than-ever official Genting Trailblazer blog. For those of you who clicked on our admittedly misleading banner ads or e-mailers, or logged on after encountering our equally naughty advertisements, we apologise for the rather, shall we say, wholesome content of this blog. But you didn't seriously think it would be about you-know-what, did you?

But just so your visit wasn't a total waste, here are, as promised, some truly dirty pictures.