Great Eastern Women 10K run – A picture story
November 4, 2009
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.
Janie Hui, Sherilyn Kee, Gayathiri and Jacqueline Chua from the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School run down the finishing line together. They are from their school’s National Cadet Corps. “Awesome!” said Gaya, when asked about her 5km run. “We sang a birthday song every km [for Jacklyn Fong].” (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Kenyan Leah Malot wins Great Eastern Women 10K; Qi Hui fastest Singaporean
November 2, 2009
By Les Tan/Red Sports. Pictures by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.
Leah Malot of Kenya hits the tape in a time of 33 minutes 56 seconds, five seconds ahead of Anna Thompson (in background). (Photo 1 © 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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Singapore Chinese Girls’ School will send most participants for Great Eastern Women 10K run again
September 4, 2009
Contributed by Nicole Han
A couple of Singapore Chinese Girls’ School runners starting the 10km race in 2007. A huge contingent of over 400 SCGS girls, alumni and staff will run again this year. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports file photo)
For the fourth year running, the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS) will send the most number of participants from a school organisation for the Great Eastern Women 10K run.
The Great Eastern Women 10K will be held on Sunday, 1st November 2009 from 7am to 12noon at the Padang as part of the Marina Bay Urban Challenge and hopes to attract 15,000 participants. The race route starts at Nicoll Highway and ends at the Padang. It is the largest all-women running event in Singapore and is held annually.
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Women 10(.4)K and (Out of) Shape Run not actually 10km
November 17, 2008
By Les Tan
Anitha Kiptum’s winning time of 34 minutes 55 seconds was outside her personal best time of 32min 12sec and also slower than last year’s winning time of 33min 46.30sec. The extra distance played a part in the slower time. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
At the recent Women 10K, the elite runners were noticeably slower than their personal best (PB) times which left them puzzled. As it turns out, the Women 10K was about 400m longer, according to a top-10 runner who spoke with the organisers.
Elite runners were told that that part of the course would involve running across a makeshift wooden bridge that would span a ditch. Before race day, a minor disaster struck the organisers when a truck went over the bridge and broke it.
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Was the Women 10K really 10km?
October 29, 2008
By Les Tan
Suzy Walsham grimaces in pain at the end of the race and had to be helped to the medical tent. She expressed disappointment that she didn’t break 34 minutes in the race. (Photo © Les Tan/Red Sports)
At least three of the elite women runners at the Women 10K race were off their personal best (PB) times by enough of a margin to leave them scratching their heads. The race was held at the Padang on Sunday, October 26 and saw a finish line drama when the winner was sent to hospital for dehydration.
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Anitha Kiptum of Kenya wins Women 10K and collapses at finish; Vivian Tang fastest local in 6th
October 26, 2008
By Les Tan
Anitha Kiptum approaches the finish line, her gait increasingly unsteady. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
The Padang, Sunday, October 26, 2008 – Anitha Kiptum of Kenya won the Women 10K race this morning at the Padang in a dramatic finish that saw her rushed to the hospital in an ambulance for exhaustion. Her winning time of 34 minutes 55 seconds is outside her personal best time of 32min 12sec and also slower than last year’s winning time of 33min 46.30sec. However, that was not the concern of most onlookers as they witnessed the drama that unfolded before them.
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Singapore-based Suzy Walsham to challenge elite African runners at Women 10K this weekend
October 24, 2008
By Les Tan
Singapore-based Suzy Walsham finished second last year in the Women 10K. (Photo ©Â Les Tan/Red Sports)
Runners will get to catch Kenyan runner Anitha Kiptum this Sunday competing against elite Singapore-based runners in the Women 10K. The race was won last year by Leah Malot, also of Kenya, in a time of 33 minutes 46.30 seconds. Kiptum’s personal best time of 32min 12sec set in Hamburg, Germany suggests she may break the race and Asian record that Malot set last year.
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10 MPs appeal to Women 10K runners to support anti-cancer initiative
September 26, 2008
Singapore, September 25, 2008 – 10 women Members of Parliament (MPs)* have stepped up to champion Singapore's first-ever "Women Against Cancer" initiative – a cause supported by the Women 10K run. In their support for the cause, the MPs are calling upon runners, corporations and members of the public to contribute generously through the Women 10K website.
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Defending champion Suzy Walsham finishes 2nd in Women 10k
October 21, 2007
Story and pictures by Leslie Tan
How do you know you’re an elite runner at an event with 8,000 runners? There’s nobody near you. Suzy Walsham runs down the stretch alone towards the finish line. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
The Padang, Sunday, October 21, 2007 – Australian Suzy Walsham, the defending champion of the Women 10k, came in second in a personal best time of 34 minutes 19.25 seconds this morning at the Padang.
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