Standard Chartered Bank announced a S$9.75 million sponsorship of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) until 2013. This is the largest-ever corporate sponsorship for a running event in Singapore.
Mok Ying Ren added yet another feather to his cap when he broke Singapore's long-standing men's national 5000 metres record at the Tokai University Time Trials. The 22-year-old National University of Singapore medical student clocked a time of 14 minutes 51.09 seconds in rainy conditions to break Nadarajan Ganesan's record of 14:57.61 set in June 1995 in Germany.
Reigning national schools C boys' cross country champion Thineshwaran S/O Krishnakumar of Bendemeer Secondary overhauled race leader Shohib Bin Abdul Wahab Marican of Raffles Institution (RI) in the final 250m to add the 3000m title to his cross country crown. He clocked 10 minutes 12.79 seconds to hold off a late charge by Shohib, who finished less than a second behind in 10:13.56.
Mok Ying Ren shares a first-hand account of his run at last Sunday's Bareno Run in Kuala Lumpur where he set a personal best time of 1:08:18.
Lee Ming Hui, Koh Kai Ming, Soh Rui Yong, Jeffrey Ng, Chua Ee Ghim? Just who was the most dominant schoolboy cross country runner of the last decade?
Catholic High's Heng Yu Jie posted a time of 14 minutes 14.22 seconds on the 4.2 kilometres Bedok Reservoir course to win the Under-17 category at the Wings Cross Country Championships.
The organisers of the Sundown Marathon confirmed the routes for the 100km ultramarathon today.
adidas today announced plans to launch its very own running championship across Southeast Asia next year, titled the adidas ‘King of the Road’ (KOTR). Held in five countries across the region, and organised in city areas, the adidas KOTR race will culminate in an ultimate championship race that will be held in a different host country each year.