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I've just registered for my 2nd race this year, the inaugural "Running Hour 2015" which will be held on Sunday, 22 March.  This race will be different to anything I've done before as it's a race for people with Special Needs.  I want to take part to help people...

Following my blog on the Evolution of Team Costa, the team had its first run out of a planned series of ten routes. Born out of a CNN Travel article entitled 10 Best Places to Run in Singapore that covered popular sites like the Green Corridor, MacRitchie Reservoir & Keppel Bay, the team...

Visitors to Gardens by the Bay and Marina Barrage on the evening of Saturday, 17 Jan, would have found themselves swarmed by people donning neon yellow shirts. Walking or running, with dogs or friends or babies in prams, these were participants of Run for Light 2015, held in support of...

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...