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Raffles Institution sweep men’s and women’s open team titles at Wings Cross-Country Championships

Story by Colin Tung/Red Sports. Pictures by Marvin Lowe/Red Sports.

Bedok Reservoir Park, Saturday, February 27, 2010 – Raffles Institution (RI) swept the men’s and women’s open team titles at the 9th Wings Cross-Country Championships, sending a strong message to rival schools that they would need a really strong challenge to be knocked off their perch as reigning A Division cross-country champions in both gender categories.

The RI boys took the men’s open team title with 26 points (lowest points based on the top-four finishers of a team). Wings Athletics Club and MacRitchie Runners 25 (MR25) were second and third with 46 points and 55 points respectively.

In the women’s open category, the RI girls won with a tally of 18 points. Cedar Girls’ Secondary and Anglo-Chinese Junior College were runners-up and third with 31 points and 64 points respectively.
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500 youths to take part in Surf ‘N’ Sweat at Sentosa this weekend

Some 500 youths will be flooding Siloso Beach (Sapphire Area), to take part in Surf ‘N’ Sweat 2010 this Sunday, 7 Feb 2010 from morning to evening. The event, which is organised by the Nanyang Technological University Sports Club, is open to the public.

More than 250 people will be taking part in the main event, Surf ‘N’ Sweat, a biathlon-like competition that is fun, yet just as challenging. Instead of conventional swimming and running, participants will paddle out 400m to sea on a surfboard and back to shore, followed by a 6km run along the beach.
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Runners Hui Qin and Marcus Ong win gold on POL-ITE Track and Field opening day

By REDintern Soh Rui Yong

Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – It was double delight for the home fans at NYP, as their athletes snapped up both gold medals on offer on the track, with Phua Hui Qin and Marcus Ong winning the women’s 3000m and men’s 10,000m respectively.
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Dark horse Aldrich Lim holds off favourites T Haarishankar and Zachary Devaraj to win National U-18 cross-country crown

By REDintern Soh Rui Yong

Bedok Reservoir, Saturday, January 23, 2010 – Aldrich Lim of Naval Base Secondary School defeated a strong field which included several top junior athletes to become Singapore’s new Under-18 cross-country champion at the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) Cross-Country Championships.

He clocked a time of 17:40.53 min over the 5km long route and in doing so, Aldrich established himself as a strong contender for the B Division National Schools Championships, which will be held on March 24th.
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SAA to look for agencies to market commercial rights for Singapore Marathon

By Steven Yeo

Road running in Singapore needs something new. It’s a new decade and a new world. Having grown from 2,000 runners in Year 2000 to 50,000 in Year 2009, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) is inviting sports marketing experts to collaborate and bring Singapore road running to a new height. More new quality events, more integration of events, more new runners.

At stake are the commercial rights of Singapore Marathon, the Singapore Cross Country, the Singapore Road Relay and new events which can be created to raise the quality of the running scene. The estimated value of National running events is about $5m in 2009 and should be expected to double by 2020.
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Singapore Marathon 2009 – A Picture Story

Pictures by Lai Jun Wei, Vanessa Lim and Tan Huey Ying/Red Sports.

The Padang, Sunday, December 6, 2008 – The Singapore Marathon last Sunday saw the roads of downtown Singapore closed to traffic as tens of thousands of runners ruled. Runners took part in the 42km, 21km and 10km races and while some were racing to win serious money, most were running for health, for the environment or just for pure fun. Here’s a picture story of the Singapore Marathon brought to you by the crew.

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“First time is always the best time.” – Singapore’s top triathlete Mok Ying Ren shines at marathon debut

Story by Yvonne Yap/Red Sports. Pictures by Lai Jun Wei and Tan Huey Ying/Red Sports

The Padang, Sunday, December 6, 2009 – Mok Ying Ren, Singapore’s top triathlete, made his marathon debut in style, running away with the accolade of Singapore’s fastest male marathoner with a timing of 2 hours, 43 minutes and 42 seconds in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009.

Ashley Liew (2:51:22) and Benny Goh (2:56:44) were the second and third fastest Singaporeans respectively.

The top two Singaporean marathoners for 2008, Murugiah Rameshon and Daniel Ling, did not participate in this year’s race.
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Luke Kibet wins Singapore Marathon again; sets new course record

Story by Yvonne Yap/Red Sports. Pictures by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.

The Padang, Sunday, December 6, 2009 – Defending champion Luke Kibet edged out compatriot Johnstone Chepkwony in an exciting sprint finish, setting a new course record of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 24 seconds at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. He shaved 2 minutes and 37 seconds off his previous record in 2008.
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New Balance back in the running for Singapore Marathon

By Les Tan/Red Sports

When the estimated 17,000 runners start off on their 42.1km marathon tomorrow, another chapter in the battle between running shoe brands for market supremacy will also take place.
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2007 SEA Games triathlon champion Mok Ying Ren to make marathon debut

Story by Colin Tung/Red Sports

Sunday, 29 November, 2009 – Mok Ying Ren, the 2007 South-East Asian (SEA) Games triathlon champion, will make his marathon debut at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on December 6th.

The sport of triathlon was omitted from the biennial SEA Games which is scheduled to run from 9-18 December in Laos.

Having had the door to the SEA Games closed to him through triathlon, Mok had earlier in the year harboured hopes of making the SEA Games through track-and-field where he is the top local 5000m and 10,000m runner.

But when 21-year-old Mok, who is in his third year of undergraduate studies in medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS), missed the cut for the SEA Games track-and-field team, he found another way to keep himself occupied – making his marathon debut.
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“I’ve registered for London Marathon next year …” – an interview with Dr Benedict Tan

Interview by Enrico Varella/Leadership Lessons from Triathlons

I recall that I interviewed Dr. Ben Tan in 1991 for 8 Days magazine. I made a prediction that he would be part of a group of national athletes that would win gold in the SEA Games.

True to his hard work and performance, he delivered the goods. He made a big splash, and continued to leave achievements in his wake.

After he retired from competitive sailing, he left a prominent trail of personal records in the marathon. Who would imagine that he was amphibious in nature!
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An interview with Julie Ong and Sim Phei Sunn – The North Face 100K trailblazers

By Les Tan/Red Sports

Julie Ong and Sim Phei Sunn are two endurance athletes who recently took part in The North Face 100 Singapore race. Julie, a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) and local-born Phei Sunn were first-timers in this race, having met each other through the Safra Mount Faber Running Club.

Phei Sunn and Julie competed in the 100km Duo Women’s Category and came in second. They were the only Singapore team on the podium.
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Running at 1,800 feet – A Singaporean reflects on the Stinson Beach Marathon

Contributed by Sim Phei Sunn.

Marin County, USA, Saturday, November 7, 2009 – It was my second trail marathon in the USA. This time it was in the scenic cradle of Marin County and Mt. Tamalpais national park, across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

The place yielded a special meaning for me. As a young student in Berkeley 13 years ago, my first orientation camp was in the Marin County Muir Woods. Coming fresh from tropical Singapore, I was totally unprepared and under-dressed for the cold and winds of the seaside campground. Yet I stayed outdoors and huddled next to a huge campfire the whole night. It was the first time I saw high waves hitting the shores, and a vast unbroken horizon of the ocean and city landscape from the trails.

13 years later, I am back on the shores, waiting for the start of a marathon. The Stinson Beach Marathon was a community event, limited to 300 participants across 7 mile (11.2km), 25km and 26 mile (42km) categories, with a course-wide 6hr cut-off time. The route took us from sea level to 1,800ft (550m) where we ran along the mountain ridge with a spectacular view of the glittering ocean. The weather was glorious with clear skies and sunshine.
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Great Eastern Women 10K run – A picture story

Picture story by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports

The Padang, Sunday, November 1, 2009 – The fourth annual Great Eastern Women 10K saw more than 14,000 women register to take to the streets of Marina Bay in either the 10km or 5km Fun run categories.

There were 5,439 finishers in the 10km and the largest contingent from an organisation was from the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.

Here’s a picture story of the day.

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Kenyan Leah Malot wins Great Eastern Women 10K; Qi Hui fastest Singaporean

By Les Tan/Red Sports. Pictures by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.

The Padang, Sunday, November 1, 2009 – Leah Malot of Kenya won the Great Eastern Women 10K in a time of 33 minutes 56 seconds, beating out Anna Thompson of Australia by five seconds.
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