Army Half Marathon: 21km route remains unchanged for 2013
The route for the Army Half Marathon remains unchanged for this year when runners are flagged off on September 1.
The route for the Army Half Marathon remains unchanged for this year when runners are flagged off on September 1.
Foo Gen Lin clocked 34 minutes 22.56 seconds to win the 10km open category at the Jurong Lake Run. Ang Chee Yong was second in 34:35.85 while Rai Dev also made the podium in third place, stopping the clock in 34:42.82.
Mok Ying Ren clocks 2:27:30 at the Gold Coast Marathon to qualify for the year-end SEA Games and establish himself as gold medal hope.
Ang Chee Yong was the fastest Singaporean when he clocked 2 hours 56 minutes 23.37 seconds in the Sundown Marathon. His timing was good enough for a second-place finish behind Stuart Haynes of Great Britain who clocked 2:45:09.22.
Singapore's Anne Qi Hui won the women's half-marathon race at the Sundown Marathon in a time of 1 hour 27 minutes 35.16 seconds.
A new category – the 3GEN Family Chase – was introduced this year. This event enabled eager grandparents to ditch the sidelines and run the 800-metre course together with the grandkids and their parents.
The 6th edition of the Cold Storage Kids Run was held this morning at the Padang with a capacity crowd of 5,000 kids and 15,000 parents, grandparents and supporters.
Soh Rui Yong was selected by the SAA to represent Singapore at the Hong Kong Diamond Mile. He shares with us a first-hand account of his race.