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Running 10km at Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2019
It has been a while since I run at a paid event. The last time was when I was in the army, running half-marathon with minimum training as my unit was 24/7 operational. This time, it was after some cajoling from an ex-colleague that I decided to sign up for a 10km run at the…
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Cultivate local runners please
Why does Singapore have to pay foreign athletes to participate in our local events? No doubt, for local events to survive, we do need foreign participants. However, is there a need to pay them? Can’t the Sports Councils or equivalent authorities in these athletes’ countries fund their expenses instead? The logic is simple, no matter…