Trail Running

To speak the truth, I am not a very trail person, reason being, I have very bad descending skills.  To the trail runners, climbing up is always time consuming, so time need to be saved by "rolling" down the hills.  For me, both ways are equally time consuming. My first...

While lacked the ideal terrain here in Singapore to prepare for the big mountain races we were passionate about, something about the sport of trail running and dreams of spending time in the mountains kept us hooked.We sought to improvise and find creative ways to get the necessary training...

It's my first Cultra Cameron Ultra-Trail ?. They say it's the most scenic ultra trail run in Malaysia. The trail isn't really my type of vegetable after the super exhausting and scary experience in Gopeng Ultra Trail. Also, I have Khmer Empire Marathon which I'll be running half marathon...

IT is already close to 6am and I shouldn’t be deciding right now whether to wear my thermal top. But you usually do in a cold-weather country, a part of my subconsciousness must have been debating with me. That’s a good point: I did so for past races in Hong...

Singapore's trail runners don't seem to figure much, if at all, on the radar of the city-state's planners. Our fast growing community has to make do with a limited and diminishing set of options. I am vaguely hopeful that the need for more, and more continuous unpaved options may...

Every day, the running blogosphere, of which I admittedly am an insignificant but nevertheless guilty part, adds motivational, reflective, entertaining, educational, journalistic, etc. etc., pieces to its already unfathomably large and seemingly diverse universe. I say 'seemingly' because ultimately the number of genres it contains and the thematic conventions...

It was the first edition of Forest Force 50. And the race site was at Dairy Farm with the scenery much different than the usual Gardens by the Bay, F1 Pit Building or the high rise buildings. This time, the highlights of the route were just simply nature and...

Earlier on this year, I went to Hong Kong en route to Taiwan for the Chinese Lunar New Year.  Trails in Hong Kong are popular among Singaporeans because it is relatively cheap and there are many trails and mountains to choose from. The last time I faced Needle Hill was...