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Race Review: Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2015 (by Zhiyong)

Logistics before race day Took Scoot night flight 2 days before race. Arrive Gold Coast on the morning 1 day before race. Proceed to Race expo, which is along the way to most common accommodation options (Surfers paradise: 4.5km from start point or Main Beach: 2.5km from start point). Carbo...

Reflections on OSIM Sundown Marathon 2015

4th July, Independence Day of the United States. In Singapore, 26,000 runners giving up their sleep, to enjoy a good night out running. The only past-midnight running event in the heart of Singapore (F1 Pit). Runners were able to choose between Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km and 5km categories. The...

Challenging limits from trails in Sapa, Vietnam

I've always wanted to explore Sapa, a frontier town in Lào Cai Province of northwest Vietnam, 350km from Hanoi, for its breathtaking landscapes, filled with never-ending rice terraces. Trekking is one of the major activities for visitors to this quiet, natural heaven and since I had been missing out on...

Discovering our Child’s Racing Preferences

When I registered my daughter and husband for the Mileage Father's Day race, I had all best intentions.  It would be an event the two of them can share and the finisher medal will be a tangible item for my daughter to remember this year's Father's Day as a special...

Team Costa Top 10 Running Series #4 – Botanic Gardens

It's been a while since Team Costa has been on one of its run series.  Busy schedules and overseas travels have a way of hindering even well laid out plans. We finally made it out again and whilst I'm still not able to run yet the team selected the beautiful...

An Introduction, humble beginnings

Having taken running more seriously recently, I chanced upon a variety of online platforms that catered to runners. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that JustRunLah! hosted a blogging platform for those who were interested. After a little contemplation, I indicated my interest to contribute. I began running when I...

Why am I running? Why am I blogging?

I am a running newbie and have never ever ran in my life. Back in UK in my schooling days,  I was always last in the cross country race where I walked the whole race. I was the slowest in the sprint at sports day. In team sports, I...

Dad: Work. Family. Run. Repeat.

My life has always evolve around the following mantra: Work. Family. Run. Repeat. I constantly tackle the challenge of balancing career, family, my running and triathlon passion. I list my work first since most daily hours are spent in front of the laptop. I squeeze every minute of family time...