In Japan, New Year celebration always comes with good food & a few Ekiden (long distance relay) races; corporate, intervarsity, high school, male & female. Every new year, in Japan, Hakone Ekiden 箱根驿传 (short for Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip University Ekiden Race东京箱根间往复大学驿传竞走); a 2 consecutive days, 200 kilometres+ male intervarsity relay attracts a lot of media attention.…
Berlin marathon has been one of the first ‘world major marathons’, it is known for being flat, fast and cool. As a result, hundreds of thousands of applicants apply for it, and only a few tens of thousands get lucky enough to run it. Then a runner friend told me there is a way to…
Most of us know that 4 legged smaller domesticated animals with horns hopping around on grass is called goat. My younger daughter used to sing, ‘High on the hill was a lonely goatherd…’ from The Sound of Music, which happened to be one of the all-time favourite movies of my mom. Yes, they love music.…
It was about summer in 1980, the moment before I started science stream study in preparation for my O-level examinations. I bought a book that was about track and field training. I could not care too much about the examination as it was supposed to be in 1983. Two years away was a long time…
So much in 2019. We revisit & look see 😁 https://bit.ly/3IOlNW1 When my gal was sent off at the airport, I quietly said a prayer but brought back the rational self; she would visit Singapore again. It is home. Saying goodbye is always hard, however, I also told myself we had seen various unexpected events…
[Read Part 1 – Travel back (& forth) in time] [Read Part 2 – Travel back (& forth) in time] March 17, 2019 was the Taiwan marathon, exactly 4 weeks after the Hong Kong marathon, which is against conventional wisdom; thy shalt not run 2 marathons within a few months’ time! This time I got…
[Read Part 1 – Travel back (& forth) in time] [Read Part 3 – Travel back (& forth) in time] 2019 February Hong Kong Marathon was a good one. I had two young boys (they were younger than me at point of time when their age added up), Jeremy and David, working together on it.…
[Read Part 2 – Travel back (& forth) in time] [Read Part 3 – Travel back (& forth) in time] My family was there for me at the 2016 Hong Kong marathon, my second marathon ever. Their support was priceless and I remember seeing them about 200 meters from the finish line while I was…
2020 started off as per usual, I bet no one could guess what was emerging and waiting for mankind. The new coronavirus has been storming the world and took numerous lives. As of today, there has been over 200 million cases with approximately 2%+ mortality rate. No one really knows its natural history and more…
The Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon in December 2018 was a good run. I had my “cheat shoes” (those 4% faster shoes) and I was training well. I had probably covered over a thousand km with my running friend, Jing Song. Jing Song is relentless and intelligent. He decided to run his maiden marathon in Singapore…
Bits and Bites from Dr Ansgar Cheng 