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Asia Pacific Ironman Langkawi
Nov 14, Langkawi, Kedah
Ironman is triathlon’smarquee challenge and theworld’smost captivat-
ing and testing single day endurance test consisting of a 3.8km swim, a
180km cycle and a 42.2km run. Ironman has been a respected name in
triathlon since its inception 31 years ago and is regarded as the pinnacle
of the sport. In 2012, more than 124,000 athletes from across the globe
competed for slots at the prestigious Ironman World Championships
held every October in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. There were 31 Ironman
Triathlon races held throughout the world for qualification of the 2012
Ironman World Championships. The Ironman qualifying events for
2012 included nine races in Europe, 14 races in North America, one
race in South America, five races in Oceana and two races in Africa.
A new direction was taken with only two exclusive full distance races
in Asia, one race in North Asia and one race in South Asia in 2013.
Something For Everyone
Angels in America
Nov28- 29, DamansaraPerformingArts
Centre (DPAC), Petaling Jaya
We can now catch Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer
Prize-winning epic in its entirety this
November. Set in 1985, Roy Cohn is an
infamous lawyer with political power
and has AIDS. His protege, a Mormon
court clerk, refuses to deal with his wife’s
Valium induced hallucinations. Elsewhere
in New York City, an ailing Prior Walter is
abandoned by his partner only to receive
visitations from someone completely
unexpected and unwelcome. Change has
come, and not everyone is happy about it,
as they are swept up and intertwined in
their struggles to cope.
RETROFEST ASIA
Dec 12, Surf Beach, SunwayLagoon, Kuala Lumpur.
A home grown retro music festival exclusively
produced by JS Concert Productions, with the main
objective to relive and promote the great music of
the 80’s and 90’s. It is a unique, one of its kindmusic
festival in Malaysia and South East Asia.
RFC-Rainforest Challenge
Nov27 -Dec 7,Seremban , Port
Dickson, Gemas, KualaPilah&
Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan
The RFC is an off-road 4x4 event
which is among the world’s top ten
toughest motor races. It takes place
annually from end Nov to early Dec.
Every year, it attracts the bravest of
the land daredevils from Europe
to Asia, who face the odds in the
jungle for 10 days, braving the mud,
rain and the undulating terrain. An
extraordinary event for extraordinary
adventurers during extraordinary
season, the monsoon.