Personal

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...

Becoming a Faster and More Efficient Runner Becoming a faster and more efficient runner definitely does not mean longer and harder training sessions on a frequent basis. You may even get injured if you train more than your body can tolerate. Try focusing on the following, instead. Exercise Your Core Muscles and...

Completing 366 Marathons in One Year For some runners, two or three marathons in one year is probably enough – let alone 366. But one Danish woman, Annette Fredskov, ran 366 marathons in 365 days – from July 2012 to July 2013. That meant she completed one marathon every day – without...

Heavy rain and thunders lead to Half Marathon cancellation I had registered for the Half Marathon category, and arrived on site at around 5:00am (flag-off was scheduled for 5:30am). It was a bit cloudy but little did I know how much the weather was about to change. It started drizzling at around 5:15am...

A runner's first world problem Who hasn't ever had to stop during a run -be it training or race- to tie his shoelaces? Now, if you are competing on a top level, this can be a major issue; for the rest of us, it is just a nuisance. One that can...

Who is Who IT executive Marcus Ong (top) has conquered the Sundown Marathon twice. In 2009, he was the champion for the 10km race. And last year, he emerged victorious in the Men’s 4x10km relay category. Come May, he will be taking on the 10km race again – at Singapore’s biggest...