The Panda Club in Macau first started to organize the event in 1981 under the partial sponsorship by various business organizations and social personnel’s support. With a heart of enthusiasm and devotion, has linked up Macau, Taipa and Coloane for the first edition of Macau International Marathon. That year, the response was ardent, participants’ age ranged from the eldest of fifty three to the youngest of twelve years old, with a total of over 400 athletes. Amongst them more than two hundred came from around the world especially for this event. At that time, the competition has attracted the residents along the course to stay around and cheered for the athletes. The competition was in vogue and profoundly influential, which has set-up a model for the future in organizing large-scale international sports events in Macau. This year marked the 27th running of the Macau Marathon. Let’s find out how Renohtaram and Ripley fared in this year’s race by reading their review here.

On September 28, 2008, the sports metropolis of Berlin celebrated yet another fabulous anniversary with over 40,000 athletes set off on the fastest marathon course in the world, cheered on by a million spectators and more than 70 live bands. So how does it feel like running in the 35th real,- BERLIN MARATHON? To some, it meant the chance to run the same race where another record was set by the elites but to most, it meant a lot more than just running the same 42.195km. Let us find out raven’s unforgettable journey in recounting his Berlin Marathon experience, by reading his review of the fantastic atmosphere along the course, running through the Brandenburg Gate and past the grandstands the last 400m to the finish line.

Both SGRunners joined the online forum in 2007, Eliza in Jan and MoonHub in Dec. Both enjoyed taking part in races, especially shorter races ranging from 10ks to half marathons. So it was not difficult to predict who would come out on top in the 2007/2008 SGRunners Sprint Trophy Challenge. Eliza and MoonHub had each competed and completed 11 running competitive running events between 24 Jun 07 and 23 Jun 08, amassing a total of 165.800 pts and 182.500 pts respectively en route to winning the Women and Men’s Sprint Challenge Trophy. That was 105.950 pts (Eliza) and 53.100 pts (MoonHub) more than their nearest competitors! So what do these two SGRunners enjoy doing in their daily life besides running? Click here to read more on Eliza and MoonHub, in another exclusive interview brought to you by SGRunners.

One is from Hong Kong while the other is from Australia. Both joined SGRunners in 2005: Shortlegs (better known as Leggies) on 5 Aug and Richy a few months later on 22 Nov. Since then, they have been actively following threads in the forum as well as exchanging news, ideas and training views with fellow members regularly. And whenever they drop by the city of Singapore for races, they will make sure they catch up with other SGRunners. So, what exactly do they like and how they keep in touch with fellow members? To find out more about Richy and Shortlegs, click here to read our exclusive interview, brought to you by SGRunners.

A record number of participants (1,400 including those taking part in Tanita Sprintman Triathlon) turned up at the new home of the Gold Coast Half Ironman on 5 October 2008 to compete in one of the toughest events in Australia. This is the 12th year running of the event and Calypso Bay proved to be the perfect venue which enabled family and friends of participants to lend support to competitors regularly along the open-pan course and beautiful marina. This is also the validation event for Ironman Australia 2009 while others take part to fulfil their own personal goals. Find out more about the Cannibal Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon 2008, by reading Shortleg’s review of this tough and unforgiving course.