“Look! I got new shoes!”
When I got home, I said: "Look! I got new shoes!" The Wife's eyes start to glaze over as I chattered on about the shoes, the race tee. Sigh. Only runners will know what I mean.
IAAF World Half Marathon: Anne Qi Hui sets national record of 1:23:16
Anne Qi Hui, 32, of Singapore, clocked a personal best and new national record time of 1 hour 23 minutes and 16 seconds at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championship.
IAAF World Half Marathon: Soh Rui Yong sets personal best of 1:12:12
Soh Rui Yong, 21, of Singapore, clocked a personal best time of 1 hour 12 minutes and 12 seconds at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championship. Rui Yong finished 72nd out of 78 runners. Eight runners did not finish.
“Can you still run 10km?”
"Can you still run 10km?" asked the Wife. I can always trust the Wife to get to the point.
Army Half Marathon: Soh Rui Yong runs 1:12:25.15 PB to finish as fastest Singaporean
Soh Rui Yong was the fastest Singaporean on the day when he ran the 21km Army Half Marathon in a personal best (PB) time of 1 hour 12 minutes 25.15 seconds (gun time).
Army Half Marathon route to include Gardens by the Bay; SuperTrees to be lit for first time
The Army Half Marathon this Sunday will see runners take in the new Gardens by the Bay, including the newly opened Bay South Garden.
Soh Rui Yong: “The supporters went bananas. A local lad was on the verge of beating one of the invincible Africans”
Soh Rui Yong finished first in the Men's Open category and placed fourth overall, behind three Kenyans, at the recent 2012 Jurong Lake Run. He shares with us a first-hand account of the race.
Singapore Marathon: Organisers cap 21km and 10km numbers
The organisers of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore have capped the number of runners that can register for all categories.