First Run Clinic with Adidas!

Today we had our very first run clinic for ladies with Adidas! It was a great start! We had about 10 ladies who joined us for a short run and strengthening exercises at Vivo City. The run was in preparation for the Anlene Orchard Mile! It was certainly a privilege to be able to run with and share my running experiences with the ladies. A number of the ladies were very motivated after the run and have said that they were going to start on a regular running routine while others renewed their motivation for running. It was a heartening sight! I am looking forward to my next run clinic with the ladies ~ to learn and to share!

Partnership with Adidas!

Adidas Singapore made a press release today to announce its new initiative! To support and be the ultimate running resource for beginner to elite women runners in Singapore through its “adidas Running Clinics for Women”. And the initiative will be done in partnership with me! This is a very exciting opportunity for me as I will now be able to share and reach out to more ladies to help them achieve their running potentials and dreams!

There's Always Another Race... Another Day!

It's been a almost two months since my last entry... The ladies in The First Stride Programme are getting into their running routine and making good progress. They have a few races in mind as targets for them to work towards. It is wonderful to see the drive and motivation in them to strive for their dreams. On another note, the duathlon is tomorrow and I was very much looking forward to the race as I've never participated in a duathlon before. However, a few days back, I fell ill and have developed a nasty cough. Physically, I am in no shape to race. Guess most of us would have been there... and you start to find reasons to justify that you will be alright and well enough to race. So can you image me finding excuses over the last few days that I will be well enough to race! You can say I was in denial! Hoping against hope that I will fully recover by tomorrow. Well... I don't think it's going to be the case and I have come to my better senses to give the race a miss and give my body the rest it needs... When we fall ill, it's our body's way of telling us that we need to rest. There's always another race... another day! For all those who are participating in the duathlon, all the best and have fun!

The First Stride Programme Commences....

Today was our very first run session with the ladies for 2007! It was great to see a few new faces among the familiar ones! I can't believe that it has been more than three months since our last run 'together' (Singapore Marathon). It seemed like yesterday!! Despite being in the 'off-season' mode for three months, the returning ladies still exuded much confidence and certainty during their run today. It was very heartening to watch the ladies as they run so differently now compared to their first run session with me... They have certainly come a long way! Their running goals for 2007 have also moved up a notch!! It is wonderful to see the ladies believing in themselves and reaching for higher goals. And as I watched the new ladies, I thought to myself that they too will exude the same amount of confidence and certainty in good time! It is going to be an exciting running year ahead... watching the ladies achieve their running goals and potentials!! Making their Dreams a REALITY!

Adidas Sponsorship!

Adidas Singapore is now an official sponsor for The First Stride programme! And to my delight, Adidas is sponsoring me as an athlete as well!! The sponsorship certainly reinforces in me that in life anything is possible and that "Impossible is nothing"! The reason I am saying this is that... Five years ago, I had a conversation with my housemates about how great it would be to be sponsored by adidas. (I was a great adidas fan then... Still am now!!) That was just before I ran the 2002 Boston marathon. Of course back then it was just a passing remark and I never thought much about it. Honestly, I never thought it would ever happen! Five years later, here I am an Adidas Sponsored athlete and what's more... having Adidas' support in my passion to help women achieve their running potentials. To me, this is truly "Ask and you shall receive!" Although... Everything happens in its own Divine time! I am truly Blessed and I thank God!