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The Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore was held in East Coast Park where the triathletes swam, biked and ran. All for a common goal- To cross the finishing line. The elites were the ones who started the race, which included Kona’s Champion Alexander Craig, Geelong champion Pete Jacobs, 2007 Ironman world Champion Chris McCormack, Reinaldo Colucci and Briton Jodie Swallow. The gun went off at 0715 and Craig was the first out of the water though he got stung by jellyfishes on his face, neck and underarm. However, Craig got hot company at his tail but he managed to shake off his rival, McCormack, after the transition. McCormack was alongside Craig in the 1.9km swim and 90.1km cycle.

I woke up early at 0830, caught a cab at 0910 and then, together with the driver’s help, I found Key Power International Showroom amongst a row of shop houses. Alexander Craig and Pete Jacobs, the renowned triathletes, came in for a sort of interview where they talked about their experiences and advices on the trainings and triathlons, including Ironman at 1000 sharp.

On Friday March 20th, I was given the opportunity to meet Craig Alexander the two-time Ironman world champion. We met him at Key Power International, the sole distributor for Newton shoes in Singapore. With Craig being sponsored by the Boulder, Colorado based company it was only fitting that we should meet him there.

HE HAD been running there since 1992, but marathoner Elangovan Ganesan and other running enthusiasts will no longer be able to return to one of their favourite routes in Singapore.
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Since last week, joggers who regularly use a path linking MacRitchie and Upper Peirce reservoirs have found themselves being turned away by Singapore Island Country Club security guards.

Triathlon has seen exponential growth in interest in the last few years and having the world champion competing this weekend on local shores adds to the excitement so I took the opportunity this morning to head over KPI which is hosting Criag Alexander for an interview.

The 80th running of the Seoul International Marathon was held on 15 Mar 2009 with runners from over 80 countries taking part in the event. This was also the biggest marathon in South Korea and had emerged as one of the world’s top 30 marathons. The organiser of the marathon aims to apply for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations at the 2nd half of 2009. To get the Gold Label, a marathon must have 5 records that meet standards in both men’s (2:10:30) and women’s (2:28:00) races over the past three years. This meant that the Seoul International Marathon is a fast road marathon which produced as many as 10 men’s records that satisfy the standard, but the women had only 4. So exactly how good and how fast is the course? Check out Ripley’s race review of this year’s event by clicking here.

On 15th March 2009, HiVelocity and North East CDC organised the SubUrban run which was held in Sengkang East Drive. This was the first ever ‘Two-In-A-Team’ race category.Runners took part in the race with their best friend, parent, child , brother or sister or even their neighbour.

SGRunners.COM organised a contest for Bloggers. These are the selected bloggers who stand a chance to get an ID Band to do a review. More information about ID Band, please click here.

Entry 1

Makes me realize how important for a lone runner to have a ID with him if anything do happen during the run. I myself is a “lone wolf”, a person who like to run alone, lonely biker along Mandai or LCK would probably be me… I don’t carry my wallet, nor my IC or even my driving licence :-/ call it stupid or stubborn, thinking that it always happens to others instead of myself. more… – zainal63

Entry 2

I totally lost control of my bike while cruising down a slope and bake too late to avoid a sharp bend. I was flung off my road bike and luckily I was wearing my helmet (which has a slight crack). I think I was unconscious for almost 30 to 45 seconds due to the strong impact. I couldn’t speak then. more… – oal

Entry 3

“Miss! Miss! Are you alright?” the voice aroused me from my semi-consciousness. My ankle was fractured, making me lie in an extremely uncomfortable position. The ID Band replayed this re-enactment as a reminder every time I looked at it. more… – nicoletan

Entry 4

Which are what goes on an ID band, so if the extreme ever happens to me when I’m running (like collapse from, I don’t know, too much of the good music coursing through my veins), at least I won’t be just another statistic, or one of those Jane Does lying unconscious in the hospital. more… – hecatemel

Entry 5

i guess the ID band culture isn’t really strong in Singapore at the moment. but i guess it will soon catch on with avid runners who may go for long-distance runs on their own! more… – eline

Entry 6

Marv opens his eyes too fast, too wide, allowing light to hurt his eyes. He feels the bed under him and a hand on his head. He finds his mother standing beside him. His mother opens her mouth “You fainted in the park, someone found you on the ground and brought you here and you never bring your IC with you. It will take me hours to know you’re in trouble.” more… – enzo1103

Entry 7

I was just paranoid. After 200m, it was clear that he just wanted company. So we jogged on for the next two km. At times he went ahead but mostly we jogged side by side. Every now and then, he would do his business by a tree or a bush. In the early hours of this Thu morning along the remote PCN, it felt like Will Smith and his dog in “I am Legend”. more… – seong350

Entry 8

“Breathe – breathe – breathe” his usual calm mantra to keep him steady…This time though something was wrong – his heart, normally the strongest part of his endurance anatomy, was pounding harder than usual and throbbing with pain. In this lapse in concentration he overlooked the pothole in the road and in one explosive second was sent careening off his bike into the ditch on the side. more… – triflash84

Entry 9

I banned the band (pardon the pun) a couple of years ago when the whole Make Poverty History Campaign was out in full force. Donations, money, charity and above all, a silly white band were not going to cure the world of ugliness, sickness, war but most of all greed. So when I saw people brandishing the silly white or yellow or blue or band of choice, i secretly sniggered and walked away very quickly. more… – jessintha

Entry 10

In the past few years there have been cases of hit and run in which runners and cyclists have been run down by a vehicle while crossing the road, even when following the laws of the road. more… – minicoopers51

Entry 11

The ID band also takes the tedium of filling out the same information behind the bib at every race and should you succumb to say heat exhaustion, all the useful information to the medical team is available on the band around your wrist or ankle. more… – bakhwee

Entry 12

Of course, you could carry a card with all these information. A laminated one too, perhaps. But those who perspire a whole lot like me will know that sweat pervades in mysterious ways – sooner or later your card will look like the remnants of the powergel you just took, and surely that’s not the point. Something then, for you to consider: ID Band. more… – Cokiee

The Cold Storage Kids Run kicked off yesterday at Novena Square. The company being a sponsor for the 2nd year running, I dutifully made my way there to witness the launch. Sad to said, the venue was very bad – despite its proximity to the MRT, the crowd was not as big as at United Square. In fact, there seemed to be more foreigners than local there.