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A hot Sunday morning in July. Clear skies and full hearts. The buzz of nervous energy on the start line. Mizuno PAssion Wave Run 2014. 15k on what I know is going to be a tough course. One steep climb & a trail section. This is a great race though. A...

A 41-Year-Old National Record Broken Last month, a 41-year-old national running record was broken. This was the 10,000m track record set by PC Suppiah in 1973 – with a time of 31 minutes and 19.0 seconds. But Soh Rui Yong, recently broke it, by running the same distance at the USA’s...

Run For Cover 2014 Last weekend, 10 teams consisting of of eight runners each, took turns and pounded the treadmill at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. This was because they were all taking part in the Run for Cover event - a 24-hour treadmill endurance challenge. Within the 24 hours, the...

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...