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Actually it's more of a 'first half of the x-country marathon' race review, since I was the 1st member of a relay team with a colleague from work. This was a great event. Very small in comparison to other Singapore's road race, there were maybe 500-800 runners in total. I've recently...

A pleasant run at a scenic location Last night I took part in the 10 km race of Jurong Lake Run 2014, held at the Chinese Garden. I was looking forward to this event, mainly due to location, but also due to my preference of running at evenings. I had high expectations from this event, gladly,...

And well... it was okay. Didn't achieve my targeted finishing time, but still a good run nonetheless. This year's route had a new twist: the organisers added the climbing up and down of the Sheares bridge. It was indeed challenging, by the 34th km, I was already doing a walkathon,...

Sundown Marathon Winners: Russell Ericksen and Alex Ong Singapore-based American marathoner Russell Ericksen emerged as champion, with a timing of 3 hours and 3 seconds, in the 42km category of the recently concluded Sundown Marathon. Singaporean Alex Ong followed closely behind, in second place, with a time of 3:00:50. Third-placed Thomas Greene,...

Exploring Bondi, Sydney the runner's way So I recently visited Sydney for a short business trip and, as usual, I couldn't miss the opportunity to run around and explore the place. While planning my trip, I chose to stay at a hotel at Bondi Junction, an eastern suburb of Sydney. The area seemed to...

After Sundown fever How was your race last Saturday? Anyone got a PB? I was hit with muscles ache and painful knees. Nevertheless, I'm recovering. It was so tiring after the run that I was in a daze by the time I reached home. Hope all of you have rested...

Seems a long time ago now, doesn't it? If you are anything like me, this video clip is how you feel today. Why do we do it 🙂 Can't wait for SCSM2014? Or never again? What's your story?

Training With Singapore’s Elite Runners They began with fast laps of the stadium track at a pace of five minutes per kilometre. Next, they progressed to doing intensive interval laps around the stadium. The timing was 76 seconds per lap (400 metres). Each interval was broken into 700 metres. After that, it...