67-year-old completes 2,200km Peninsular Malaysia run to honour wife, fund cancer research
Lim Shyang Guey’s 86-day run around Peninsular Malaysia to raise money for cancer treatment in honour of his late wife finished on June 21
He launched his “Run for Gold” campaign at the end of March in honour of Goh, who died of gallbladder cancer in 2024, and carried a photo of her as he completed his run over 86 days around the region that makes up the western part of Malaysia.
Working with the National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM), he ran through all 11 states in Peninsular Malaysia and a federal territory. He has raised more than 775,000 ringgit (US$191,000) for cancer research and treatment so far – surpassing his original goal of 600,000 ringgit.
“I got the sense that somebody was watching over me,” Lim says, just days after completing the race. He recalls running in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, where he looked up to see a motorcycle shop that bore the same English and Chinese names as his late wife.
Lim recounts some harrowing experiences, including a hit-and-run accident that injured a team member who was operating the drone that was filming his run for a documentary. Lim was just a few steps ahead of the drone pilot but was miraculously unscathed.