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Having lived and worked mostly on the East, I am not very familiar with what's in the West of Singapore. When I began road cycling and running, I realised that the West is a really lumpy place, and its where most of the nice trails are.  And once in a...

Spinning is an indoor workout that is accomplished on an immobile bicycle that helps in maintaining your fitness. This workout is suitable for athletes of all ages. Spinning is a good way to exercise both your body and mind. The spinning vehicle comes with an adjustable seat, handle, bars...

September is a lull month for my run 'routine' ie no races.  Having completed two marathons a few months apart with my first half marathon trail following soon after, amidst the 10 km races, and the TOGO817 (cycling 817 km in 7 weeks) it was probably a good decision...

This post comes in 2 contexts. Firstly.... Running on PCNs at night these days can seriously damage your eyes The northeast region of Singapore is one of the best places be if you want lots of pavement to run or ride your bicycle.  The Northeastern Riverine Loop alone is 18km of...

I missed out last year's run because I was trying to control myself from signing up too many running events ? Told myself for 2017, I will participate in less running events and turns out I participated in much more runs than last year ? Next year really must...

Today was my first time taking part in the POSB PAssion Run for Kids. This run event was jointly organised by the People's Association (PA) and POSB and it was my second charity run of the year. The main aim of the event was to raise funds for children...

Childhood Memories As a kid I was alright at running. 'Catching' was my favourite recess activity in my primary school days, and I remember coming in first in class in my first and only NAPFA clocking 8:06 for the 1.6km. I was later selected in Year 7 and Year 8 (Sec...

One kilometre into the race, I was panting like a bull.  It was starting to get brighter but we had started off in darkness.  This was when I realized the headlamp that was a mandatory item came in useful.  But still, I mused.  A torch could have done it...