Malaysia Virtual Towerrunning Expedition (MVTE) 2020 Kuala Lumpur Series

Malaysia Virtual Towerrunning Expedition or MVTE is the first ever Virtual Towerrunning Series in Malaysia organized by Malaysia Towerrunning Association, powered by Domino’s Pizza Malaysia and sponsored by a few other sponsors, namely: Biofreeze Malaysia, UM4S, Beet It Sport Malaysia, Bauerfeind Malaysia, and Blackroll Malaysia.

There are many virtual runs around the globe and even virtual towerrunning events as well, but the special about our MVTE is that it is a series of 10 Challenges (ONE Challenge every TWO Weeks) virtually running up the Top10 Tallest Buildings / Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a challenge of achieving the height in meters instead of number of steps from all the Top 10 skyscrapers. By pointing out the height of the skyscrapers in meters, it allows all of us to visualize the skyline and has a much clearer visual of it in terms of its height and structure as compared to other famous buildings.

The reason we set a “One Challenge Every Two Weeks” is to allow the participants to do it on a regular basis rather than one shot completing it (they can if they want to) as we allow multiple sessions of climbs to complete the height required by the challenge. Therefore, it is a much easier approach for participants (who are new to this sport) to complete the challenge and build a habit of walking up stairs daily. They can walk up the stairs at anywhere, any time and they just have to record the elevation gained of every sessions, add it up to achieve the height of challenge within the challenge period.

Other than just running up virtually, we have come out with an idea to make it a team challenge for this MVTE. A team is made up of Five Participants, with a team name, having the same goal (achieve the required height of each challenge), with peer pressure and motivate each other to complete it as an African Proverb once said: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

We knew that there must be a reason for you to start a new habit like walking up the stairs daily, therefore we come out with a customized e-bib (name on bib, team name and customized quote) for you and when you share it on social media, it is able to inspire not just you but your friends on the social media to start taking part on this expedition. Sample quotes like: “Every journey begins with a single step”, “It’s hard, but it’s not impossible”, “Our actions build the staircase to future” and “Once you believe in yourself, you can do it”.

At the same time, we do provide a leaderboard for Team and Individual based on the completion time of each respective challenge. We knew that participants like to see where they rank among their age group, overall in the same gender, overall individual ranking and overall team ranking even though we know that this ranking is not 100% reflect to the performance of the participant as there are too many variables when comes to virtual event, but at least you get to know how the average standard is and how far away from you compared with an average person.

Participants who take part on MVTE can also qualify to win themselves lucky draw prizes once they complete a minimum of 3 out of 10 challenges according to our lucky draw tier system. We have come out with a total of 6 Tiers lucky draw mechanism to encourage the participants to progress themselves from not just completing the minimum of 3 but completing all the challenges to qualify and stand a much higher chance to win lucky draw prizes together with their team.

We are glad to have Domino’s Pizza Malaysia onboard to be our Diamond Sponsor and sponsors like Biofreeze Malaysia, Beet It Sport Malaysia, Blackroll Malaysia, Bauerfeind Malaysia and UM4S to be our Gold Sponsor on sponsoring the lucky draw prizes. We welcome any other sponsors who are interested on supporting our very first MVTE 2020 to put their brand on it and to believe that this is an initiative on building a healthy nation.

Thank You.

By,
Soh Wai Ching
President of Malaysia Towerrunning Association
National Towerrunner
Asia No. 1 and World No. 2 Towerrunner

WHAT & WHEN?

WHERE?

Anywhere.

WHO?

Anyone from anywhere.

WHY?

Promote towerrunning sport.

REGISTRATION

There will be two options to choose: “Create Team” or “Join Team”

“CREATE TEAM”

• Whoever select “Create Team”, he or she will automatically become the Team Captain.
• Fill up the Team Name, and all the personal information.
• Team Captain will then receive a code and share the code to another four team members.
• Other team members can then select the “Join Team” and key in the code, and fill up all their personal information

“JOIN TEAM”

• Whoever select “Join Team”, he or she will automatically become the team member.
• Fill up the code, and all the personal information.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

• Registration begins on 20^th July 2020 and end on 9^th Dec 2020. For those who register even after certain challenge period, they still can proceed with the previous challenge and submit the result to us.

FEES

• RM 12 (include RM 2 Admin Fees) per pax.

Participants must walk up / step up / climb up / run up the same or more than the height of each respective building within the challenge period and submit the result to the link provided.

• There will be a leaderboard based on the total ascending time of the participants to complete the height of the building or tower from each respective challenge. Other than indivual leaderboard, we are going to have team leaderboard as well, which will be based on the total ascending time of all FIVE teammates. (Overall Individual Leaderboard, Overall Age Group Leaderboard, Overall Gender Leaderboard, Overall Team Leaderboard).
• Note that, there will not be any prizes given as this is a virtual event.

• There will be lucky draw prizes worth up to RM 15,000 (A total of 6 Tiers) to be won by the TEAMs who fulfill the criteria required.
• To qualify for the lucky draw, the team must have FIVE members.
• We will announce the winners two days after all the challenges, which will be on 20^th December 2020 on all of our social media platform.

Tier 1

1. ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBERS MUST complete ALL 10 CHALLENGE and submit ALL 10 CHALLENGE results within each Respective Challenge Period (RCP)
2. Social media posting of all team members must be done according to the social media requirements as mentioned below within each RCP once each challenge has completed and result has been submitted.
3. For ALL the lucky draw winners (Team), all their team members must be based in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.

Tier 2

1. ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBERS MUST complete ALL 10 CHALLENGE and submit ALL 10 CHALLENGE results before 18^th December 2020.
2. Social media posting of all team members must be done according to the social media requirements as mentioned below once each challenge has completed and result has been submitted.
3. For ALL the lucky draw winners (Team), all their team members must be based in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.

Tier 3

1. ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBERS MUST complete 8 CHALLENGE OUT OF 10 CHALLENGE and submit ALL 8 CHALLENGE results before 18^th December 2020.
2. Social media posting of all team members must be done according to the social media requirements as mentioned below once each challenge has completed and result has been submitted.
3. For ALL the lucky draw winners (Team), all their team members must be based in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.

Tier 4

1. ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBERS MUST Complete 6 CHALLENGE OUT OF 10 CHALLENGE and submit ALL 6 CHALLENGE results before 18^th December 2020.
2. Social media posting of all team members must be done according to the social media requirements as mentioned below once each challenge has completed and result has been submitted.
3. For ALL the lucky draw winners (Team), all their team members must be based in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.

Tier 5

1. ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBERS MUST Complete 4 CHALLENGE OUT OF 10 CHALLENGE and submit ALL 4 CHALLENGE results before 18^th December 2020.
2. Social media posting must be done according to the social media requirements as mentioned below once each challenge has completed and result has been submitted.
3. For ALL the lucky draw winners (Team), all their team members must be based in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.

Tier 6

1. ALL FIVE TEAM MEMBER MUST Complete 3 CHALLENGE OUT OF 10 CHALLENGE and submit ALL 3 CHALLENGE result before 18^th December 2020.
2. Social media posting must be done according to the social media requirements as mentioned below once each challenge has completed and result has been submitted.
3. For ALL the lucky draw winners (Team), all their team members must be based in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.

Facebook: #MVTE2020 #MVTE_KL #MalaysiaTowerrunningAssociation #DominosMY #BeetItSportMy #MyBioFreeze #UM4S #BauerfeindMalaysia #BlackrollMalaysia AND tag us @MalaysiaTowerrunningAssociation @DominosMY

Instagram: #MVTE2020 #MVTE_KL #MalaysiaTowerrunningAssociation #DominosMY #BeetItSportMy #MyBioFreeze #UM4S #BauerfeindMalaysia #BlackrollMalaysia AND tag us @Mastowerrunning #DominosMY

Instagram Story: #MVTE2020 #MVTE_KL #MalaysiaTowerrunningAssociation #DominosMy #BiofreezeMy AND tag us @Mastowerrunning #DominosMY

• Participants must attach a screenshot of the workout sessions, which consists of the elevation gain / ascent as below:
• It can be extracted from either online platform as in photo 1, software app as in photo 2 or watch face from photo 3.
• For those who do not own any fitness watches, they may upload a manual spreadsheet of their climb that is equivalent or more to the height of the respective challenge. They may download the spreadsheet and print it out to be used during the challenge period. They must snap a photo and upload the completed spreadsheet as their result on to the link provided. Result submission link will be attached within the same email received by the participants once they completed their registration.

General

1. Q: What is the function of the e-bib?
   A: It represent your identity or a ticket for you to complete the challenge and you can post it on social media to inspire more people. We had prepared a customization of 10 e-bibs (Name, Team Name and Quotes) for you and we hope you will like the bib and keep it as a souvenir in the end of the day.

2. Q: What is the minimum age and maximum age of participants to take part on this challenge?
   A: There will not be any limit on the age of participants, however we advise that to those participants who are new to towerrunning sport, do walking up the stairs at your own pace. Do not rush as there will be plenty of time for you to complete the challenge.

3. Q: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, what are the guidelines that I should follow while I am doing the challenge?
   A: We strongly advised for those who uses apartment’s or condo’s staircase or public staircase, you may wear glove while you are doing the challenge as you might use the handrail of the staircase. If you have access to an open-air staircase, do it there as it is well ventilated. While in the lift, waiting to get back to ground floor, we strongly advise participants to press the button with your elbow and face to the wall of the lift after you enter the lift.

4. Q: May I know how much is the cost to participate on this event?
   A: RM 12 with a RM 2 administration fees per pax.

Registration

1. Q: What if after completion of registration and I still do not receive the e-bib?
   A: You may check your junk box or spam box. If it is still not there; you may double check on which email you used to fill up during registration. You can also email to info@checkpointspot.asia

2. Q: What if I missed the first few challenges and I still hope to complete the previous challenges?
   A: Yes. You can still register and receive all 10 customized e-bibs. 

3. Q: When is the deadline to register for this event?
   A: We decide to set the deadline on the final 10 days of the last challenge, which will be on 9^th December 2020.

Challenge

1. Q: Is it a must for me to print out the e-bib and put it on while doing the challenge?
   A: No. It is not necessary.

2. Q: Can I use multiple options to complete the challenge?
   A: Yes. You can. Do record down which option you use, and the elevation gain that option accumulated and added all up to achieve the respective height of the challenge. You may then combine all of it into a notes or collage each of the data summary into a photo, upload and submit to us (a maximum of 5 photos for you to upload during the result submission).

Result Submission, Prizes And Ranking

1. Q: When can I submit my result after I complete each challenge?
   A: Yes. You can submit immediately via the link provided.
   Result Submission Link (All Participants)

2. Q: Can I submit the result still after the respective challenge period?
   A: Yes, you can still submit but the deadline is on 18^th December, which will be the last day of the final challenge.

3. Q: Can I submit the result on behalf of my teammates?
   A: No. Your teammates must submit the result on their own. 

4. Q: What are the prizes for this challenge? Are there any prizes if I am the Top 5?
   A: There will not be any prizes offered for fastest timing participants or team but there will be lucky draw prizes up for grab and you must fulfil all the criteria in order to qualify for it.

5. Q: When will I be able to view my ranking for the respective challenge after I submit the result?
   A: The ranking will be there after you submit your result.

6. Q: How to be one of the sponsors for this event?
   A: You may email to us at office@towerrunningmalaysia.com or pm us on our facebook page – Malaysia Towerrunning Association (https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaTowerrunningAssociation/) or dm us on our Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/mastowerrunning/)

Lucky Draw

1. Q: What is the lucky draw prizes like?
   A: There will be lucky draw prizes sponsored by our sponsors, which is worth up to RM 15,000! 

2. Q: When will the result of lucky draw prizes winners being announced?
   A: We will announce the lucky draw prizes winners two days after the final challenge, which will be on 20^th December 2020 on our social media platform. Do like our facebook page – Malaysia Towerrunning Association (https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaTowerrunningAssociation/) and Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/mastowerrunning/) for the latest update regarding the lucky draw. 

3. Q: Who are eligible to win lucky draw prizes?
   A: The lucky draw prizes are only eligible for team, which all their members must be based in Malaysia and fulfil all the lucky draw terms and conditions mentioned below.

Organizer : Malaysia Towerrunning Association (K-KUL-04762)
Email : malaysiatowerrunning@gmail.com / office@towerrunningmalaysia.com