Personal

Sundown 2014 is exactly 3 days away. I have signed up for my virgin full marathon! All my past races were 10km and I only did one half marathon before. Anyone out there like me, feeling the jitters now? I'm both excited and worried. Excited that there will be around 12...

Sitting here today thinking about next weekend's Sundown Marathon, has me recollecting marathons past and I've decided that my sporadic and unfulfilled relationship with 26.2 miles is worth a blog post. By way of intro, Sundown 2014 will be my 5th Marathon. I did my first in 2003 in London,...

Singapore's most Foamtastic run Extra set of clothing? Checked. Towel? Checked. Courage to crawl through the sand? Checked. Enthusiasm to be soaked in foam and water? Checked. At 8.15am, I arrived at the starting point of the 5k Foam Run- Siloso Beach. All participants are supposed to arrive about an hour before the timing...

I decided that I'd train through this race, instead of taking a few days out before the race as usual. So I did a long run on tuesday (vesak day), some interval work on thursday and a macritchie loop on saturday morning ahead of the Green Corridor Run on...

Running Tips From Veteran Ironman Adrian Mok – for Sundown Marathon Adrian Mok, a former national triathlete and endurance athlete, recently gave a talk to runners – in the lead up to the Sundown Marathon. Adrian, the founder of HiVelocity and the brains behind the Sundown Marathon, shared with runners,...

The Green Corridor Run Hello everyone. I'm very happy to be a new blogger on the site. For my first post I thought I'd do a little preview / build up for the Green Corridor Run 2014 coming up this Sunday. 10.6k from Tanjong Pagar Railway Station up the KTM to...

3 weeks to go ... to the annual Sundown Marathon. I have a special thing towards the Sundown marathon, as this was the first 42k that I competed and completed in 2011. It's a first for me, and definitely a humbling and gruelling one... First attempts in 2011 and 2012 I was...

Singapore Blade Runner Returns to the Boston Marathon He was in the centre of the Boston Marathon bombings last year. But instead of letting that discourage him, Shariff Abdullah Peters, who is better known as the Singapore Blade Runner returned to the scene of the bombings this year in April. According...