The Race For A Living Planet Continues

Bandar Seri Begawan - Sefli Ahar, a local runner, recently represented Brunei Darussalam in the Standard Chartered Greatest Race on Earth, the third leg marathon series in Mumbai.

The Greatest Race on Earth (GROE) is the world's only marathon team relay series that runs across four of the most exotic cities on the planet.

Created and sponsored by Standard Chartered since 2004, it is now entering its fourth successful series with prize money of US$1.08 million on offer to participating teams - the largest guaranteed prize pool in world athletics, a SCB press release stated. Sefli completed the full marathon with a time of two hours 52 minutes and 21 seconds, finishing in 25th position ahead of runners from the Philippines, Singapore and Mexico.

Brunei is currently placed 29th in the overall team series ahead of countries such as Tanzania, South Korea and Chinese Taipei.

While the physical race is all about elite runners, Brunei is also involved in the race in a wholly different way - the Race for A Living Planet. In this race, Standard Chartered has also launched the Race for A Living Planet where they have partnered up with the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) to provide US$1 million to the top three countries who acquire the most environmental pledges per capita, which Brunei is currently in second position.

The funding will go towards the winning country's environmental conservation projects and is part of Standard Chartered Bank's commitment to the environment in the Race for a Living Planet, which is linked to the Greatest Race on Earth marathon.

Members of the public can help keep Brunei on top of the listings by making environmental pledges at www.TheGreatestRace.com.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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