[ARCHIVE] Founder's Run 2023 Plans

 Originally published Wed, Dec 14, 2022, 11:51 PM

FOUNDER'S RUN 2023

Date: 10 February 2023

Venue: Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur

Run details

The run will be held at Bukit Kiara which is a hilly slope near TTDI. This location is chosen because it is very close to the new campus of Nobel International School. There will be a single 5km run for parents/teachers and students. 

The run will last from 8:00am with flag off at 9:00am for all categories. Prize giving will begin at 11:00am and then the dismissal will be at 12:30pm with arrival at school for students by bus at 1:00pm.

Route Map

Prize for Founder's Run

The Founder's Run will be allocated into the top 10 for each year level from Year 7 to 11. Points will be awarded for top 10 as follows:

1st: 11 points

2nd: 10 points

3rd: 9 points

4th: 8 points

5th: 7 points

6th: 6 points

7th: 5 points

8th: 4 points 

9th: 3 points

10th: 2 points

Points will also be awarded for participation. Each individual who registered for the run will be contributing 1 point per house. The winner of the Founder's Run is the house that tally the most scores from the top 10 and participation combined

Schedule for Founder's Run

7:00am: Arrival of students and teachers

8:00am: Briefing and attendance taking

8:30am: Warm up and zumba session with breathing exercises by Ms Sarah Tan and Mr Jay

9:00am: Official flag-off

11:00am: Students to gather at assembly area

11:10am: Prize giving ceremony 

11:45am: Conclusion of event and dismissal

Briefing for Founder's Run

Before the Marathon

Students are advised to come with light breakfast from home. No heavy food to be eaten early in the morning. Students are also encouraged to rest and sleep early for the run. They are suggested to bring a towel, change of clothes (if needed) and lots of water. 

Upon arrival at Bukit Kiara, parents who arrive may park their cars at the designated carpark. For students arriving by bus, they will be bussed from school to the carpark outside Bukit Kiara. Once everyone arrive, the students will be brought to the assembly area which is near the starting line. Attendance will be taken by teachers before the start of the run. 

During the Run

Students begin to run after the horn is sounded. They should pace while running. They should follow the designated route below. Students who go off course may be disqualified and points deducted from their house. To complete the run, students will need to record themselves at checkpoints set up across the marathon route. 

After the Run

Students who finish within the top 10 will need to register at the winners' counter provided at the finish line. Once students finish, they will be provided with a certificate of completion as a token of appreciation for completing the run. 

Water Stations

A total of five water stations will be stationed at the route of the run to provide for water supply. Cut off time to complete run is at 10:30am.

Our Plans

For Founder's Run 2023, we will do a 20km marathon and show it off to Aunty Clarine. We will do our own warm up ceremony and flag off first, to prevent Covid 19 and also because the 20km marathon is very long as opposed to the 5km. So what we will do is flag off at around 7:55am. Nobel has not conducted a run that is more than 5km since 2019. 

Should the 20km marathon not be available for parents, we won't register and we will run on our own. It's useless to register if the result and stamina are same.

For the first 15km, we will run on our own and then once the crowd from the starting line is already flagged off, we will need to make sure that we flag off at the correct time for our 20km, so that the last runner is already leaving the starting line for 5km and we will try to overtake them all in one swoop from the back to the front. So for this, we will run the 5km route four times. After running the first three times, the fourth time will be a test of endurance to see if we can overtake everyone in one sweep. If we do, then we are so good!!!!!

The goal is to run 20km without stopping or having a break at a water station, within (and hopefully less than) 1.5 hours, and also, we should be able to overtake everyone quickly at the end. 

Once we finish, we record the scores with the Bullseye people. If we're lucky and have enough energy, we can do an additional 10km to make a 30.