The 2026 HSL Samarahan Marathon came to a close on Sunday with impressive performances across multiple categories, as participants made the most of the cooler weather and well-known race route to achieve personal bests and potentially new course records. The HSL-sponsored community event offered a total prize pool of nearly RM50,000. According to the organisers, this year’s faster finishing times were driven by the cooler climate, tougher competition, and runners becoming mor

The 2026 HSL Samarahan Marathon concluded on Sunday with fast times across several categories, as runners took advantage of cooler conditions and a familiar race route to set personal bests and possible course records. Dennis Isika crossed the finish line in a scintillating one hour 16 minutes and 28 seconds, beating the 2025 record by Andy Yeo at one hour 20 minutes and 51 seconds. The women’s title went to Abigael Jerop, who posted an equally impressive time of one hour 27

HSL Samarahan Marathon 2026 returns for its fifth edition with over 2,000 runners, a new partnership with Level Up Fitness, and enhanced safety measures. Known as one of Malaysia’s flattest and fastest race routes, the event’s 21.1km half marathon remains the most popular category, drawing around 1,000 participants. The 10km, 6km and 3km categories have also attracted runners from across Malaysia and overseas, including South Korea, China and several African countries. The a