IPPT reduced to 3 stations – 2.4km run, sit-ups and push-ups: Ng Eng Hen, Defence Minister
NSmen will now have to clear just three stations to pass the Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT), announced the Defence Minister.
NSmen will now have to clear just three stations to pass the Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT), announced the Defence Minister.
Wider carriageways and improved lighting are part of the changes to the proposed running route for the 23rd SAFRA Singapore Bay Run and Army Half Marathon (SSBR and AHM), which will be held on Sunday, 31 August 2014.
22-year-old Soh Rui Yong clocked 31 minutes 15.95 seconds at the Portland Track Festival in the United States to break the 41-year-old 10,000m national record, which stood at 31:19.
This is the first time that SportCares Foundation is partnering up with the SAF, providing the young runners with a rare opportunity to compete on the grounds of an army camp.
All SAF Operationally Ready NSmen (ORNS) and those who have completed their ORNS training cycles will enjoy a significant discount of more than 75 percent on registration fees for the 5km, 10km and 21km categories.
Soh Rui Yong, 22, is a Singaporean undergraduate at the University of Oregon. He represented Singapore at the recent 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships where he set a new personal best time of 68 minutes 18 seconds. He shares with us a first-hand account of the race.
Soh Rui Yong, 22, is a Singaporean undergraduate at the University of Oregon. He represented Singapore at the recent 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships where he set a new personal best time of 68 minutes 18 seconds. He shares with us a first-hand account of the race.
Singaporean Soh Rui Yong, 22, shares with us a first-hand account of his race at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships where he set a new personal best time of 68 minutes 18 seconds.