We were truly honoured to be called again to participate in the Pink50 Ultra Marathon 2016 organized by Team Pacat.
This year, like last year, Pink50 was also held at Taman Saujana Hijau, Precint 11, Putrajaya. These awesome ladies in pink proved that they are Ultra Ladies by successfully completing 17 loops of 3km which totals up to 51km, in 9 hours! The weather was HOT, I tell ya! But they managed to complete the challenge. We are truly proud of our fellow sisters! Good job ladies!
This year, our Ambassador, Malaysia Top Ironman, Yim Heng Fatt were also on board with us. It was so much fun! Yim pulled the crowd to our booth, got them to taste our flavours and shared with them his personal favourite. A kind and humble man to answer any questions pertaining Marathon Baker's energy bar and especially his experience in the Ultra Runs! There was a run that he completed in 46 hours (if I am not mistaken), and only had 20 minutes of sleep throughout the challenge! Many runners gained knowledge from the informal #askyimster session. We are truly grateful for his presence. You can follow Yim's blog here and be inspired on how he changed his world.
Also, our latest ambassador, Ariff Syafik was also present that day. This available bachelor is one of the Director for NM Industries. NM Industries supplies medals for sports under the brand Nexus Medallion. At the same time, they are also the organizers for high profile runs, such as The Running Diva Malaysia, Super Heroes Race and many more which you can see at TixTac.
Ariff was on a recce mission on his Hummer bike that day, but ended up helping us at our booth, giving samples of the energy bars to the runners.
Caught him running for fun with the ultra ladies too!
On this day also, our latest additions to the Marathon Baker's Energy Bar family, the Syco Bar and the RunBananaz made their debut.
The Syco Bar is the brainchild of our ambassador, Cikgu Syed Syco. Cikgu Syed requested lots of nuts and rice krispies with less choc, plus a soury taste of prune. Excellent, yes? Prunes are a great source of energy in the form of simple sugar, but do not mediate a rapid rise in blood sugar concentration. They are high in fibre, sorbitol content. Read more here.
It is super crunchy and nutty! Not too sweet and not too chocolaty! We love it, and we are definite that you will love it too!
Meanwhile, the RunBananaz is a request from our regular customer in Kuching, @laribananaz. It is a mix of bananas with premium ingredients mainly Flaxseeds, Medjool Dates, Walnuts, Almond, Chocolate Chips and rolled oats coated with Belgian Dark Chocolate and more peanuts. Some runners call them FererroNana. (Buy Now!)
All items were at RM1 off on that day. We gave free testers. The RunBananaz was a hit and so was the Syco Bar. The Syco Bar was the first to reach the finishing line even though our Ambassador, Cikgu Syed Syco could not make it that day.
The Liquid Desserts were also a hit. The Kopi Ais, Thai Iced Tea and Thai Iced Green Tea were in smaller bottles now, instead of the 550ml mugs we brought last year.
Had to ask Ariff to pose with the Thai Iced Green Tea, since he was also wearing yellowish green t-shirt.
Besides the Energy Bars, Crunchy Granola Cereals and not-yet-priced-Granola Nuts were available for sale that day.
We had fun. We wanted to stay till 2pm only but ended staying till the end. Our Founder, lady boss, Zet was very busy entertaining event organizers who dropped by to support Pink50. Like Arman (Team Pacat Big Boss) said, Pink50 managed to gather many group owners that day. Many have taken the advantage to know each other, which was cool!
With the Hacaw gang! They were showing off beautiful Kashmir picture from their previous hike.
With Asni, the Founder of M&M Clothing. Asni is also a Personal Trainer by profession at Activ Studio.
Lady Boss, Zet, with Nasuhah. This young lady is studying medicine, flew all the way from Kuching for Pink50. She restocked 20 Brownies Energy Bar for her supply back in uni. Smart girl!
The Lady Boss never wasted her time. Discussed matters with Ariff while setting up the booth.
Till the next Pink50, inshaa Allah!
