Personal

Friends from my #fitfam praise Shape Run as one of the better ladies-only runs in Singapore, and I agree, but I couldn't nail down the exact reason until I completed my second Shape Run on 26 July 2015. Registering for the Shape Run was like making a new friend... A friend...

As I conclude my "season" - essentially the first half of the year - I look back at my experiences. I went through a series of disappointing injuries. Often these were not overuse related, such as strains. Instead, the variety came in the form of single-episode injuries triggered by the...

The Tri-factor Run 2015 was held on 26 July 2015 and I had registered for the 24km category.  But as the days drew nearer, I was having second thoughts as I had not been training consistently and the longest run I had was 15 km.  But upon collecting the...

I Got A Personal Best! With an official gun time of 54 min 03 sec (nett time of 53 min 43 sec) at my first Shape Run! This fulfills one of my running goals that I had created for at the start of the year (link). I am so excited that...

Shape Run is Singapore's first all-women's run and this year they have new race categories such as 15km and family fun run to allow more people to join in the fun! I have been looking forward to race day as the race collection was superb; smooth queuing system and...

It's relay season in Singapore and after the appetizer served up by The Great Relay, this weekend was the main course, the Mizuno Ekiden Singapore. Ekiden is how Road Relays are run in Japan. They are massive spectator events. The New Year Hakone Ekiden is the largest sporting event on...

Some of you may have read my Sundown pre-race review, where I mentioned finally returning to some form of running post injury.  It was meant to be my first night race and I looked forward it.  No early wake up, plenty of caffeinating opportunities and no sun blaring down...

by Big Boned Guy. I woke up at 5 am in the morning, still a little bit groggy after a late night out drinking with PES E and Alcholic, guzzling beer and whiskey. In order to purge the harmful effects of the alcohol to prepare for the Pocari Sweat 10km...