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Race Review: Energizer Night Race 2015 [12km] (by ‘SinaiStrider’)

My first night trail. I've been looking forward to this one for a while, firstly I am a lot more comfortable on the trail than I have been before, so I'm always keen to get out into the jungle, secondly, it's 12k which is a good distance for me...

Running @ George Town Part 2 – Mural Trail

Country: Malaysia State: Penang Highlight: George Town Mural Paintings Accommodation: Evergreen Laurel Hotel Water points: Shops along the route (Please bring some money) This route brings you to the famous wall paintings by Lithuanian artist, Ernest Zacharevic,  in George Town. In addition, many local artists followed suit and added to the whole collection which attracted tourists from all over the...

Personal Performance Review for 2014

Personal Performance Review for 2014. Total Race Participated: 15 Total Race Completed: 13 Total Race Mileage: 227.2km Total Time Taken: 19hrs 58mins 30secs Average Pace: 5mins 17secs Fastest Half Marathon Timing: 1hrs 46mins 49secs, Straits Times Run, 28 Sep 14 Fastest Race: Jurong Lake Run 10km, 21 Jun 14, 47mins 48secs, 4mins 47secs per km Overall Reflection: The...

Personal Performance Review for 2013

As stated in my blog, the whole intent and purpose of starting a running blog for myself is to serve as a mean for archiving my race records. Here goes my Personal Performance Review for 2013. Total Race Participated: 11 Total Race Completed: 9 Total Race Mileage: 161km Total Time Taken: 16hrs 56mins Average...

Cutting 17mins for Half Marathon over 2 years

I had been running Army Half Marathon (AHM) since 2003, and had completed my first Standard Chartered Marathon in 2006, however they were done without much proper training. In 2013, I started to participate races regularly (almost every month), and also started to train regularly to prepare myself for...

5 Tips to Take Beautiful Pictures while Running

I have never been a fan of running in a gym on a treadmill. Why will you want to stare at the same landscape (or a video drama) for a hour or so, when there are tons of beautiful places around the world to experience and enjoy while out...

Twilight Ultra Challenge 2015: Race Review from a Spectator

We ran, we jogged, we walked and finally limped, but we made our personal bests! - John Neilson Eight hours and forty-five minutes in the chair; waving the invisible Team Costa flag for my husband and my friends who were tackling the Twilight Ultra for the first time.  That's with...

Review: Oster® My Blend® personal blender (by ‘red3’)

The Oster® Brand Promise:  Performance. Versatility. Durability As a smoothie junkie, I like to have gadgets that are fast, space efficient, easy to clean and convenient to handle.  The Oster MyBlend delivers on all four criteria plus more and finally supersedes my hand held blender with its open beaker, a...