As schools across the island celebrated National Day today with traditional concerts and festivities in their respective campuses, Woodlands Secondary adopted a different approach by celebrating the Nation’s birthday with a cross country run.
Participants of the 21km AHM and 10km Run will begin at the Esplanade Bridge and run past Marina Bay Sands along Bayfront Avenue, while participants of the non-competitive 5km Fun Run will take in the scenic view of the Marina Bay and the new developments encircling it when they run along Marina Bay Promenade.
Madankumar Balakrishnan of the National University of Singapore posts a double win in the 800m and 1500m at the 5th All-Comers Meet with sterling times of 1 minute 58.80 seconds and 4 minute 13.54 seconds respectively.
Borned without a left foot, Mohd Shariff, 42 is the first runner in Singapore who runs on blades and he has named himself the "Singapore Blade Runner". Inspired by the World Double Amputee Runner Oscar Pistorius, Mohd Shariff picked up running early last year and has completed an incredible 157km worth of races.
On Racial Harmony Day, 16 women of different ethnic backgrounds came together to do their part for charity during the Great Eastern Women 10K 2010 roadshow launch at Raffles Place.
The North Face 100 ultra trail marathon is set to return on Saturday 9 October 2010. The event, in its third year, offers three categories -- 100KM Solo, 100KM Duo and 50KM Duo.
POSB is once again reaching out to children and promoting community ties with the POSB Run for Kids 2010. The event will take place on 19 September and registrations are now open.
Aldrich Lim was the fastest runner this morning when he won the TRI-Run 10km open category for men in 34 minutes 42 seconds. Vivian Tang was the fastest woman runner when she finished her 10km race in 38:16.