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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...

Enjoyable as it may be, vertical ascents do not equate to horizontal running. This was the lesson I learnt the hard way in the recent Penang Hill Heritage Forest Challenge, held on 20 August 2017. The race began at the Quarry Recreational Park, located at the entrance of the Penang Botanic...

LUCENA CIY – Two-time MILO Marathon Queen Jho-An Banayag-Villarma showed she still has what it takes as she ruled the 41st National MILO Marathon Lucena qualifying race Sunday (September 3) at the SM City Lucena.  Her dominating run shared the limelight with a down the wire ending in the...

‘I’ve always wanted to run but it feels so hard and I’ve never managed to get that runners high you hear about,’ a new acquaintance lamented to me recently. Firstly I was amazed by the lady’s desire to run. As passionate as I am about running, up until six years...

Been caught up with mundane routine and so not able to write as often.  About 3 weeks ago, a week before the SAFRA Bay Run and Army Half Marathon, I found myself at The Performance Series (TPS) Race 2, Punggol East/Coney Island, preparing to run the second race in...

NAGA CITY – Decorated runner Luisa Raterta added another achievement to her resume by winning the 41st National MILO Marathon Naga qualifying race held last Sunday (August 27) at SM Naga.  Meanwhile, Jeric Payong showed the way in the Men’s Division in the process towing a few family members...