When I was 15, my family moved to a newly developed area. There was a new department store that occupied two stories out of a building right across from my home. It was a small retail chain called Klasses, which has since gone out of business. One of my favorite past times was to window…
2018 can been summarised into humility and reflection. Without knowing it, my girls are now taller than their mother and beginning to vertically-threaten me, which is not too tall an order. We shall see how things turn out in the next few years. I started off 2018 with a diagnosed stress fracture on my left…
My first ever full marathon run was the 2015 edition of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS2015). Before that I had 3 half marathon experiences with some semi-decent results. I had thought about running a full marathon since I was a teenager but I had a lot of respect for and fear of that 42.195km…
[Read Part 1 here] [Read Part 2 here] Lately there has been quite a bit of coverage in the Singapore media about a few runners trying to beat the 2:24:22 Singapore marathon record. This includes the record holder himself, our 50 year old FlexiFitness Coach, M. Rameshon… but he is different. IMHO, this increased interest…
[Read Part 1 of FlexiFitness Magic here.] [Read Part 3 here] We have a great team of people/runners at FlexiFitness. This year my goal is very clear – to re-attempt the Standard Chartered marathons in Singapore and Hong Kong. Singapore is home court whereas Hong Kong is my home town. Being able to perform at…
It has been a very interesting few days. The people of the island/country that once colonized all time zones of this world finally made up their minds and spoke out through their Brexit vote that they want to leave the European Union (EU)! They believe they would do better without being in the EU. England,…
