[MesaStila Challenge 21km Trail] Travel, Relax and Race – Day 3
Waking up rejuvenised for race day, runners for the 21km/13km events were ferried to the start point at Ambarawa Railway Museum, located about 30 minutes bus ride from the resort. Runners were to start at the railway station, running along the heritage railway for most part of the course...
[MesaStila Challenge 21km Trail] Travel, Relax and Race – Day 2
The 2nd day of the 3D2N travel and run trip was spent doing an easy run, exploring the resort while checking out the activities available. There is a 4.8km designated route around the resort for guests to walk/run. The route brought me through the rustic villages. I also saw...
[MesaStila Challenge 21km Trail] Travel, Relax and Race – Day 1
MesaStila Hotel & Resort Magelang is located in Central Java, Indonesia, which is only 3.5 hours' away from Singapore (2 hours direct flight to Semarang Airport + 1.5 hours land transfer). Before my departure, everyone was worried that the haze condition will be bad. However, Java is actually located...
Race Review: Educity Sundown Malaysia 2015 (by ‘Dropthepoptart’)
Finally, a HM in Johor state..
Educity Sundown Malaysia returns in its second edition following its successful debut last year. Being adventurous as usual (I've never run a race in Johor state despite its' close proximity to SG), I decided to take part in this years' edition - given the chance that I...
Tour de Bintan 2015 – Epic Cycling Challenge
Race Venue - Bintan Island
The largest island in the Riau Archipelago with almost 3,000 large and small islands, Bintan Island is a popular tourist destination for many of us Singaporeans. Just 1.5 hours ferry ride away from Singapore, the colourful town of Bintan, Tanjung Pinang, used to be a local...
Altitude Paris Tour: Travel and Train With Singapore’s #1 Marathoner
We have heard of elite runners and their altitude training. In fact, altitude training is a component of virtually all elite running programs. But what about enthusiast runners like us? Fret not, anyone can try altitude training and running at high elevation will definitely give you that performance boost before...
Race Review: Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2015 (by ‘Elf’)
The Haze Does It Again
4th October 2015 0600hrs - What should have been the start of another run in KL turns out to be the start of my return back to Singapore on a flight booked immediately after the announcement of the cancellation of the race. It was probably...
Standard Chartered KL: The event that almost was
*sigh* at the haze.
This was supposed to be my Human’s first run in almost 2 months – a "comeback" of sorts, you know?
In a nutshell, Human re-injured her IT band when she recklessly when ahead to attempt the Gold Coast Marathon back in July without sufficient training. Despite the...