Race Reviews

After a long hiatus from running, I finally got the chance to don my running gears and head out to East Coast Park for the Brooks Run Happy Half Marathon on 17 January 2016, flagged off at 5:30am. This is my first time running a half marathon race and...

I signed up for the inaugural 3-Ten Golf Course Run in the final week just a few days before the race pack collection. The 3 refers to the 3 Golf Courses at the Orchid Country Club, Dendro, Aranda and Vanda. I had just completed the Standard Chartered Marathon Race and...

When I registered for the 3Ten Golf Course race, I had this romantic notion of gentle undulating hills, amongst the beauty of a golf course and the surrounding Sungei Seletar Reservoir.  I haven’t run a 10km race since February, about a month before I fractured my foot.  I figured...

Years ago, I've been dreaming of running a marathon. But over the years, I have never make any actions to make it happen until this year, I took the courage to sign up for it to challenge myself. I didn't really do many long distance run before the marathon and...

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) has always been the marquee running event in Singapore, and being held in the first week of December, the event has been regarded by many runners as a grand finale to the year. This year, it was held on the 6 December 2015, with...

After much contemplation and a hard time deciding over running in Indonesia (Jakarta Marathon), Thailand (SCMBKK) and Vietnam (Halong Bay HM), I decided to register for this year's Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon (HM category) which took place on 15 NOV 2015. (I finally managed to set aside time to blog this down. Pardon for...

I ran my one and only SCMS 10km race in 2014.  After a long week away in Boracay to celebrate a friend's 40th I returned to Singapore with only a few days spare before the race.  Needless to say, after a seriously good trip with far too much partying,...

When I first looked at the $70 price tag for this race, I just went whoaaaa, why so much?  Sometimes it pays to look a little deeper and read the fine print. Returning for the second year in a row, Santa Run for Wishes is a fundraising race for the...