King of the Trails 15km race on Pulau Ubin

The last time I was on Pulau Ubin was maybe 30 years ago during my full-time NS. Which was why I joined the 15km King of the Trails race on Ubin yesterday morning rather than this morning’s Straits Times Run which was yet another race around Marina Bay. I’ve rarely if ever heard of a…

Plogging in Singapore

Running to keep fit? Why not help the environment by picking up litter along the way? That was what 12 members of the local running group Superhero Runners did yesterday morning in the Rail Corridor. It’s called plogging. And it’s from the same place that gave us Ikea and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again….

Force of Nature Ultra 12km race: Return to Dairy Farm and MacRitchie Reservoir

The last time I ran at MacRitchie was about a year ago, commuting by foot from my Choa Chu Kang home to my workplace in Toa Payoh. This morning, I was back at the reservoir for the Force of Nature Ultra 12km trail race. (The other categories were 64km and 23km.) By the way, I…

On The Hills 10k: The umbrella run

When I woke up this morning, I considered not going for the On The Hills 10k race at Dairy Farm Nature Park. It was storming outside and my left leg had still not fully recovered from the mystery injury. The race might be cancelled anyway due to the weather. But then I thought I already…

Salomon X-Trail & Performance Series Changi: Two races in 15 hours

Once, I mistakenly signed up for two races on the same morning. I just forfeited one of them. Another time, I signed up for two races (a 13km trail race and a 10km “farm” run) on consecutive mornings. But this weekend, I topped that by unwittingly signing for the 10km Salomon X-Trail Run on Saturday…

MSIG Action Asia 10km run with my Baey

So I ran into MP and my former running companion Baey Yam Keng at the MSIG Action Asia trail run this morning, Well, not literally ran into him. He was there to flag off the 10km race. I knew he did the same thing last year, so I wasn’t too surprised to see him there….

Performance Series: Punggol Waterway-Coney Island

This would be my first race since I returned from North Korea. Running the 10k in the Pyongyang marathon was such a singular experience that any race that comes after seems pointless. I had signed up for the five-race Performance Series because the multi-race concept sounded cool. I also like the idea of running somewhere…

The Green Race in pictures

So I ran The Green Race this morning. There were three categories: one round (9.3km), two rounds and unlimited rounds. One round was enough for me. The race started at the old Bukit Timah train station like the Compressport Rail Corridor Run, but it’s a different route that circles back to end at the station….

Running at MacRitchie: A look back

With MacRitchie in the news because of the debate over the Cross Island MRT line, that seems like a good enough reason for me to put together some of the photos (and a couple of videos) I took with my iPhone while running at the reservoir. 14 May 2014 I started running regularly at MacRitchie…

Compressport Rail Corridor Run (or should it be Mud Corridor Run?)

I didn’t really enjoy the Green Corridor Run last year. It was hot because of the late morning start and the route was boring. But I decided to join the Compressport Rail Corridor Run yesterday because it’s a different organiser and instead of starting at the old Tanjong Pagar Station like the Green Corridor Run,…