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In the beginning The journey to my virgin overseas race began on 27 January 2017 when I successfully secured a place to run Airbnb Brooklyn Half 2017.  Brooklyn Half, part of the New York Road Runners Five-Borough Series, is known to be the largest half-marathon in the USA, with 27,440...

Occasionally signing up for overseas races just to get out of the island for a weekend runcation, I was browsing through the list of upcoming regional races, hoping to sign myself up for 1 or 2. There were two races that stood out for me and they are Garmin Blue Run...

I signed up for this race held in Muar, Johor because I thought it would be quite refreshing to run at places outside Singapore and also to experience running in countryside. Muar is in the state of Johor but quite a distance away. Driving would take about 2.5 -...

It has been some time since I last wrote.  Had been preoccupied with mundane living and life’s tasks amongst other things like trying to recover fully from the spine and tailbone injuries I had.  Still, I had managed to complete a number of races that I had signed up...

Pre-race This was the 2nd consecutive year I took part in the Camel Muar Run, though it was named Camel Muar Cross Country last year with a slightly longer distance of 24.195km as compared to this year’s 22.195km. After a longer than usual bus journey due to the customary jam at...

************************ Running a Full Marathon - ✔ ************************ Ticked off the bucket list of things to do before I die. I finally ran my first Full Marathon last Sunday (21/05/2017) at the Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2017. Being my first FM, my target was to complete it under 5 hours. Was I...

(Crossing the timing belt at Camel Muar Run finishing line ? Photo Credits: Wan Marshall Datuk) It's as if the whole running popolulation of Singapore came to Muar and run. Guess many Singapore runners wanted to try something new and experience running at difference place already. Camel Muar run is...

What constitutes a good run event? For most, it’s the price and experience gained at the event which justifies for the overall race experience.  These are just some the expectations that participants would have when they sign up for a run event.  But what if the event is totally...