This October 28, the largest running event in Southeast Asia adidas King of the Road (KOTR), returns as the first mass run to ever be held at the newly-opened Gardens by the Bay.

Following its success last year, KOTR will make its tour in five countries—with the qualifying rounds in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines before the grand finals in Singapore. Each country route is 16.8km long while the total distance of all five adidas KOTR events is 84km.

This year's KOTR race theme, "Colors", is represented through a variety of colored adidas race t-shirts provided—aimed at bringing together runners from across the region. The winner of each country's KOTR race will win an expense trip paid to Singapore to compete with the best runners in Southeast Asia.

Interested participants can register online at the official Singapore adidas King of the Road website from July onwards. Registration ($50) closes in September 2012.