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The Army Half-Marathon – A Picture Story

August 19, 2009

Photo Story by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports and Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports

The Padang, Sunday, August 16, 2009 – About 70,000 runners hit the streets for the SAFRA Singapore Bay Run and Army Half-Marathon on Sunday. Apart from the 21km race, there was a 10km and 6km category as well. Women runners increased by 35% while 15% more men ran compared to last year.

Approximately 18,000 Singapore Army personnel also took part this year. In addition, eight foreign army teams from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America and Vietnam flew in specially for this event. India claimed the top two spots while Indonesia finished third in the team category.

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A runner goes past the Singapore Flyer on the Benjamin Sheares Bridge. (Photo 1 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

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Mok Ying Ren and Elaine Lim are fastest Singaporeans at Army Half-Marathon

August 19, 2009

By Les Tan/Red Sports

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Mok Ying Ren, the fastest Singaporean on the day. (Photo 1 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

The Padang, Sunday, August 16, 2009 – Singaporeans Mok Ying Ren and Elaine Lim were the fastest Singaporeans at the Army Half-Marathon on Sunday.

Ying Ren finished the 21km race in 1 hour 14 minutes 27 seconds ahead of last year’s winner Lim Kien Mau who finished in 1:15:45. Ying Ren, who finished second to Kien Mau in the 2008 edition, improved on his time of 1:17:13 clocked in last year’s race.

“The route was challenging,” said Ying Ren who set a personal best of 1:12 at the Tri-Factor race two weeks ago. “I expected to be better today.”
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Indian Army team outruns other nations to win Army Half-Marathon

August 25, 2008

Story by Les Tan. Pictures by Koh Yizhe, Vanessa Lim and Tan Huey Ying.

A half-marathon runner goes by on the Sheares Bridge. (Photo 1 © Van)

Marina Bay, Sunday, August 24, 2008 – The Indian Army outran other army teams yesterday to come out tops at the Army Half-Marathon. 12 foreign army teams flew in specially for this event and the United States, New Zealand, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia and Malaysia were among the nations represented. Indonesia and Thailand came in second and third respectively.
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It’s called the Army Half-Marathon…no, the Sheares Bridge Run…, no, the Singapore Bay Run…whatever, lah.

August 20, 2008

The mother of all running events will take place this weekend. If you call it the Army Half Marathon, you are correct. If you call it the Singapore Bay Run, you are also correct. If you call it the Sheares Bridge Run, you’re wrong this year.

For one brief moment last year, the event actually had three names. Now the Singapore Armed Forces are the best when it comes to organising events. If you participate in the Singapore Biathlon run by the Singapore Navy, you know what I mean. Superb organisation. If you look like you will drown, they will yank you out. If you have run the Sheares Bridge Run (I prefer this name), there are so many water points along the route you can drown yourself in water. No other running event in Singapore has that many water points. It is impossible to be dehydrated. It is also impossible not to want to pee all the time along the route.
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