Effective hydration for competing in hot & humid climates
Preventing dehydration in hot and humid climates is essential during both training and racing. Dehydration adversely affects your performance during training and slows your ability to recover for your next workout. In extreme cases of dehydration while exercising you risk nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting or disorientation. This should never...
How to Get Up Early
Due to the humid weather in Singapore, the best time to run is either at night or early in the morning, when it is cooling and more windy. As such, most of our races are also held in the early hours of morning and some of us may have...
How to enjoy Spicy Food and Running at the Same Time?
Curry fish head, laksa, tomyum... There are so much amazing spicy food in Singapore and sometimes we even add more chili to our food when we are not getting enough kick! However, too much spicy food may give us the runs and that is certainly not we want to happen...
Can Yoga Slim Us Down?
We have seen the rise in popularity of yoga in the last decade — this ancient discipline from India has now become one of the most popular fitness regime throughout the world. Mainstream media and social media platforms often portray women flaunting their impressive yoga poses with their slim and toned body. This gives the impression that...
Is Alcohol A Runner’s Enemy?
Fancy some drinks after a hard day at work? We know that too much drinks is bad for our liver, but what about how it affects our muscles? Some of us may experience body aches after drinking too much, while some make it a motivation to go for a...
Benefits Of Drinking Water At The Right Time
Our body is 2/3 made up of water and water helps to keep our body functioning properly. Although we may not be able to feel it, we are continuously losing water from skin evaporation, breathing, urine, and stool. Especially for us runners, we tend to lose more water content...
Running Makes You Poop!
Ever experienced the sudden urge to do a number 2 while you are running? It can be an embarrassing problem when you are running in a group or even during a race, putting you in a tight and agonising spot. While this may be a difficult topic to approach...
How Do You Know If You Are Overworking Your Body?
It can be difficult to predict how much exercise is too much for our body and it can be enticing sometimes to push ourselves to achieve a certain goal. When that happens, overworking will only have a backwards effect on our body and we may even end up getting...