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Race Review: Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2014 (by ‘Elf’)

A race worth travelling for. Singaporeans looking to do an overseas run should list Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon (SCKLM) as one of the few runs to sign up. Traditionally taking place in June/July, this year's run was planned for in October to avoid any postponement due to the haze...

The Unlikely Marathoner

Hi there! Take one look at me and you will never guess that I am a runner. I am short, and sometimes walk funny. This is due to a previous injury, my hips hurt when I stand too long or when I just completed an intense exercise (like running). Yet,...

Race Review: Great Eastern Women’s Run 2014 (by ‘slowrunner’)

A satisfying race! It was my second participation at Great Eastern Women's Run in the 10km category. The first was in 2012 and I have yet to beat that timing of 57 minutes. I did not carry my mobile phone throughout the race, and I find it a pity that I was...

Running Heroes: No. 1 Steve Prefontaine, aka ‘Pre’

I thought I would do a short series of blog posts about my running heroes. You will have heard of all these people I am sure, some of them you will know the story well, some you might not know quite so well. Hopefully they are a good read. I'll give...

Race Review: Chua Chu Kang BIG Farm Walk & Run 2014 (by ‘AVE’)

It was around October again. I remember last year on the same month after running 8km at Chua Chu Kang Farm Run 2013 (CCK) event that I'm going to join again next year. CCK was one of the many running events I anticipated this year. This event is annually held around...

Raining Cats and dogs at Sentosa

We have done this before and we will do this again. That was what I told my kids who ran the Hello Kitty Run on 1 November 2014, Saturday. Hello Kitty Run 2014 My girls and I waited  for the flag off patiently but grey skies loomed above.  It sure looked threatening from...

3 more days till #GE2014

3 more days till #GE2014!!! This will be the first time that I will be participating in GE2014 and also the first time for me to run a half-marathon. It took 4 years for me to decide to try completing a half-marathon. 4 years ago, I joined Bay Marathon 10km...

Race Review: Puma Night Run Singapore 2014 (by ‘sinaistrider’)

Puma Night Run first event in Singapore, Saturday 1st November, 2045 flag off at Sentosa. This race ended up in the middle of a very busy racing weekend for me. I ran the Stadium Run at the Singapore National Games on Saturday morning (4.4k), good news there - I was...