Race Review : Kyoto Marathon 2019
When Running Department (aka RD ) first announced the collaboration with Japan Tourism Board (JTB) to organise a Kyoto Marathon 2019 trip, I indicated my interest without much thought, impulsively. However, the anxiety started building when the trip was confirmed and countdown began. Anxiety number 1 – training mileage required. Anxiety number 2 – cold
- Published in Reviews
5 Fun Hacks to Curb your Post CNY Overeating Guilt
Have you eaten too many pineapple tarts, slices of ‘bak kwa’ or Chinese New Year cookies? Do you feel like you need to work your butts off to get back on track? After thorough and rather fun filled research, we have short-listed 5 of our favourite ways to salvage the situation! So, here are 5
- Published in Running Guide, Running Health
4 Tips for a Healthy Runner’s Diet
So, you finally decided to run a full marathon. You picked up your race kit and I am sure counting down the days until the start in nervous excitement. You must be training hard and testing your body and mental limits, but may I ask you a question? Have you reviewed your pre-race nutrition? My
- Published in Running Guide, Running Health
8 Things Runners do during CNY
Spring cleaning… “does it spark joy?“…. ✔ Grocery shopping for reunion dinner… ✔ Buying new clothes and shoes… ✔ Changing new notes from the bank… ✔ Well, for cray cray runners (like us), there is a whole long list of other things to do on our minds! Here are some, raise your hands if you
- Published in Running Adventures, Running Guide
How did Janice train for MR25 Ultra Marathon?
The 41st edition of the annual Mizuno MR25 Ultra Marathon took place on 30 December, 2018. Held at Macritchie Reservoir the race is only considered finished when the participant completes 5 laps of 10.35km (approx) each, totalling 51.75km (approx). The winner is the person that completes the most laps within the race’s 12 hours period.
- Published in Training
Prehabilitation with Ying Rong
We know that many runners visit a physiotherapist when they are injured. Do you know that a physio can help you even before injury strikes? We ask Ying Rong, co-founder and senior physiotherapist at The Rehab Lab to tell us about prehabilitation. What is prehabilitation? Prehabilitation is about the prevention of injuries. It refers to
- Published in Running Health
Jacky and Laine’s Strong Comeback in SCSM 2018
Over the last few weeks our Feature Friday articles have introduced you to some of our pacers and their grit infused success stories. But whilst parading these pacer’s perfection through our articles we might have missed one of the most unspoken pacer experience, which is, what happens when pacers are not able to cross the finishing
- Published in Training