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title: "91yo M’sian Uncle Finishes 10km Race In Less Than 2 Hrs, Joined A 12km Race The Week Before"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/91yo-msian-uncle-finishes-10km-race-in-less-than-2-hrs-joined-a-12km-race-the-week-before/
date: 2025-08-20
modified: 2025-08-21
lang: en
author: "S.Y Lee"
description: "Think running is only for the young? One Malaysian uncle just showed otherwise. Meet Ong Kim Hwa, a 91-year-old runner from Seremban who recently joined the Petaling Jaya Half Marathon..."
categories:
  - "Society"
tags:
  - "10km race"
  - "12km"
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# 91yo M’sian Uncle Finishes 10km Race In Less Than 2 Hrs, Joined A 12km Race The Week Before

##### Think running is only for the young? One Malaysian uncle just showed otherwise.

Meet Ong Kim Hwa, a 91-year-old runner from Seremban who recently joined the Petaling Jaya Half Marathon 2025.

Taking part in the Men’s Senior Veteran 10km category, Ong managed to cross the finish line in 1 hour and 46 minutes — a pace many younger runners would envy.

## Not last place

Far from being a straggler, Ong finished 118th out of 127 runners in his category, and placed 1296th overall among 1,422 participants.

So yes, he beat quite a number of younger folks.

## A back-to-back achievement

What’s even more remarkable is that this wasn’t his only race in August.

Just a week earlier, Ong completed the IJM Land Half Marathon, where[ he covered 12km in just over 2 hours.](https://www.facebook.com/arenamalaysia.asia/posts/pfbid0zHZzZusSf5TTQbqsXFQQ8evJMQwg5JgtZ472Chh4R16RNvurs6fJCaMmTpXoiiLhl)

Two weekends. Two long-distance races. At age 91.

Photos and clips of Ong have gone viral on social media, with netizens calling him a true “legend” and praising him as living proof that age doesn’t have to be a barrier.

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