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I was lucky enough to win a slot to run at Yoma Yangon International Marathon 15' from a contest held by Pris Chew's blog. It is definitely once in a lifetime experience to run at the outskirts of the beautiful city of Myanmar - Yangon. The locals were kind and warm...

What am I looking at?! OK, so after two long months away, I'm finally back in Europe, and boy was I in for a rude shock! Nine weeks of prolonged daylight hours, mini spells of heatwaves (Australia) and continuous oppressive heat and humidity (Singapore) had scrubbed my mind clean of how...

Happy New Year. My first race outing of 2015, and it's on local turf, the NUS Campus at Kent Ridge. When I talk to running friends here about this race and it's mid year sibling, the NUS 10k, three themes are apparent. 1) Watch the hills, watch the stairs, it's a tough...

First 2015 Race for Team Costa Team Costa has had its first race for 2015, solely represented by Sven Seyffert.  No better way to kick off the new year than by entering the MR25 Ultramarathon.  Held at Macritchie Reservoir the race is only considered finished when the participant completes 5...

To get away for an hour or two from the fast paced and stressful daily life Most of us are familiar with the daily grind. Getting up at 6am, sending the kids to school by 7am, sending the spouse to work by 8am, and reaching office by 9am. As if...

A good alternative in the west Singapore streets are filled with runners, yet, I feel like Pandan Reservoir has not received the attention it deserves. That's why I've been wanting to write about it ever since I first ran it (many months ago), but only now I got the time to get...

First run for 2015! Really excited for this run as this is the first run that was organized by West Coast Grassroots Organization which is super near my house. Which also means that I can wake up at 7am and still make it to the run that starts at 8am...

HELLO 2015! With all resolutions in place, the New Year Run is a must. A short review on the Mileage New Year Run 2015 held on 1st January 2015.  Pre-race:  Collection of the running tee was at Activ360 by Zen'Yu,  Novena Square, Velocity. As I was unable to collect the running tee myself,...