Malang, (malangkota.go.id) – The Malang City Government (Pemkot) through the Youth, Sports and Tourism Service (Disporapar) held a running event with a 10 kilometer route entitled 'Ngalam Heritage Run' at the Gajayana Stadium, Sunday (20/11/2022).
'Ngalam Heritage Run' event at Gajayana Stadium, Sunday (20/11/2022).
Head of the Youth, Sports and Tourism Agency (Disporapar) of Malang City, Baihaqi, said that the Ngalam Heritage Run is an effort to campaign for healthy living, especially for the people of Malang City, as well as to introduce tourism potential, one of which is Kayutangan.
"In order to continue to improve healthy lifestyles through running and a joint effort to continue to introduce Malang City with all its potential for Indonesia and the world, the Ngalam Heritage Run 10K activity was held this morning and was attended by 850 runners," explained Baihaqi.
He further explained that the participants consisted of general runners and consistent runners from the Malang City runner community, regencies/cities in East Java and even internationally, namely from the United States, Timor Leste, Afghanistan, and Libya, totaling approximately 12 runners. Participants who came from various ages ranging from elementary school students to 60 years old were enthusiastic and managed to reach the finish line.
"Ngalam Heritage Run covers a distance of 10 kilometers with a route according to the concept proposed, so Ngalam Heritage Run 10K will cross heritage areas in Malang City starting and finishing at Gajayana Stadium," he added.
The route taken by the Ngalam Heritage Run participants is from Gajayana Stadium to Jalan Besar Ijen, Jalan Kawi, Jalan Arif Rahman Hakim then to Jalan Basuki Rahmat, Kayutangan Heritage, Jalan Buring, Jalan Guntur, continuing to Jalan Anjasmoro, Jalan Raung, Jalan Simpang Ijen then to Jalan Surabaya, Jalan Jombang, Jalan Galunggung, Jalan Dieng, Jalan Wilis, to Jalan Besar Ijen, Jalan Semeru and finishing at Gajayana Stadium.
"For runners who successfully enter the finish line will be given a unique, beautiful and interesting medal with a heritage concept. The committee will also provide prize money for the five fastest male runners and the five fastest female runners as well as a certificate as a participant in the Ngalam Heritage Run," he explained.
He hopes that the Ngalam Heritage Run can become a permanent event calendar that can be held every year in Malang City in order to continue to introduce tourism potential with its creative economy for Indonesia and the world.
Meanwhile, one of the participants of Ngalam Heritage Run, Muhammad Zidan, said that he was very enthusiastic about participating in Ngalam Heritage Run, and expressed the same hopes considering that running is currently very popular.
"The track is very steady, earlier there were many uphill and downhill roads. I hope running events like this can be held more often. So that it can bring out young potential, maybe currently there are many athletes who are already old. With something like this, maybe there are athletes who are still in elementary school, junior high school and high school who can participate and maybe represent Malang City to the province and so on. Currently, running is viral, usually participating in 5K, this is the first time participating in 10K. When I found out about this event from Instagram, I was immediately interested in participating," said Zidan.
Also present at the Ngalam Heritage Run were Ida Ayu Made Wahyuni, SH, M.Si who directly opened and sent off the 10K run participants, as well as the heads of regional apparatuses in the Malang City Government, representatives of the Malang City Forkopimda, Malang City KONI and the All-Indonesia Athletics Association (PASI) of Malang City. (eka/ram)
