Richard Lee, an accidental Ironman in 2 months at Ironman Malaysia 2016
“Coming in, from Malaysia, is Richard LEE. YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!”. Those were the words announced by the emcee once I took the last step and crossed the finishing line in 16:54:21 in Langkawi, Malaysia after a 3.8km swim, 180km…
Women lifting taboos in Weightlifting at The Vanguard
It’s almost a taboo for women to be involved with Weightlifting, and everyone suddenly has an ‘expert’ opinion on how women will transform to be the Incredible Hulk. If only they knew how difficult it is for women to grow…
Lifting Off the weights at The Vanguard
The Vanguard, a weightlifting gym centered in District 13, Petaling Jaya will be organising ‘The Lift Off’ which is considered the biggest amateur weightlifting competition in Malaysia from October 29-30th. As many as eighty male and female competitors from around…
Spartans earn first Trifecta at Spartan Beast Malaysia
The world’s biggest obstacle race, Spartan Race held the toughest race of their Trifecta series in Putrajaya, Malaysia recently. The Spartan Beast features 30 obstacles along a 20km route around the Taman Alam Rimba, starting from the Nexus International School…
Thule South East Asia sponsors and collaborates with multisports and endurance athlete, Shahrom Abdullah
Malaysia’s multi-sports and endurance athlete extraordinaire, Shahrom Abdullah has been graciously sponsored by Thule South East Asia. Thule has gifted Shahrom with a Thule roof rack for his Subaru XV car, Thule’s latest Atmos X4 Phone case which is impact-proof and…
Scuba diving in Timor Leste with underwater casing for Casio Exilim FR100
Right up Casio’s alley of travel and adventure, Team ToughAsia embarked on an exotic destination to test out the underwater casing of the Exilim FR100 (EXFR100). The seas less travelled We set out to explore the lesser known Timor Leste, on…
Karen Siah publishes, ‘How I became an Ironman’ book to inspire triathletes and endurance athletes
As tide brings change, women are moving to the forefront of fitness and especially in triathlon. Hailing the toughest challenge known as ‘IRONMAN’ in triathlon, Karen Siah, a renowned name in Malaysia’s running and fitness scene, completed her first Ironman…
Get your race right with Garmin Forerunner 735XT at 113 Bukit Merah Triathlon
On my brief #roadtoIronman, 113 Bukit Merah Triathlon would be the half-Ironman distance triathlon race which would serve as my last warm up race in preparation for the full Ironman Malaysia in Langkawi next November. The third and final triathlon…
Liew family races together at 113 Bukit Merah Triathlon
“What is the run course? What is the swim course? What is the bike course?” Edward asked panicking. “It will be alright,” said mum calmly as we travelled as a family, to the Bukit Merah 113 triathlon race in Perak,…
Sweltering heat sizzles triathletes at Challenge Iskandar Puteri
Challenge Family hosted their inaugural triathlon here in Malaysia, hence I snapped up the chance to be part of the starting line-up. The triathlon brand name has been hosting races in many unique parts of the world like Iceland, swimming…
