Race Reviews

Visitors to Gardens by the Bay and Marina Barrage on the evening of Saturday, 17 Jan, would have found themselves swarmed by people donning neon yellow shirts. Walking or running, with dogs or friends or babies in prams, these were participants of Run for Light 2015, held in support of...

Happy New Year. My first race outing of 2015, and it's on local turf, the NUS Campus at Kent Ridge. When I talk to running friends here about this race and it's mid year sibling, the NUS 10k, three themes are apparent. 1) Watch the hills, watch the stairs, it's a tough...

First 2015 Race for Team Costa Team Costa has had its first race for 2015, solely represented by Sven Seyffert.  No better way to kick off the new year than by entering the MR25 Ultramarathon.  Held at Macritchie Reservoir the race is only considered finished when the participant completes 5...

First run for 2015! Really excited for this run as this is the first run that was organized by West Coast Grassroots Organization which is super near my house. Which also means that I can wake up at 7am and still make it to the run that starts at 8am...

HELLO 2015! With all resolutions in place, the New Year Run is a must. A short review on the Mileage New Year Run 2015 held on 1st January 2015.  Pre-race:  Collection of the running tee was at Activ360 by Zen'Yu,  Novena Square, Velocity. As I was unable to collect the running tee myself,...

SCMS 2014 Objectives : no cramping no over drinking --> bloatedness pace control - not to go fast from the start The Master & The Disciple As a boy, I grew up watching a lot of  Hong Kong Martial Arts movies. A common theme would typically portray a Master-Protege situation. The master always imparts...

The Runner’s Lie With already a few reviews on Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, I was asking myself whether I should join the fray as well. But since my only 2 posts are related to the Standard Chartered Marathon Series – why not? So let me start off with something most of...

Captain Canada back again. I have not written in over two weeks which breaks a promise to myself that I will post my antics once per week. Well I think it was worth collecting my thoughts and waiting to do my first race review on JustRunLah. PAIN When you think about...