Secrets to Speed: Professor Explains Psychological Marathon Training
In an online news update by the University of Tennessee (UT), a professor shared important tips about getting mentally ready to hit a race’s starting line. Jedediah Blanton, an assistant professor in sport psychology, said that training starts in your…
Tokyo Marathon cancels public participation, limited to elites
As the COVID-19 epidemic escalates in China and around the world, mass events including marathons have been implementing safety precautions or more drastic measures. Unfortunately, as new cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) have been confirmed within Japan and it’s capital, Tokyo,…
KL Standard Chartered Marathon 2020 has Sold Out!
The biggest and most popular marathon in the Golden Triangle, the Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM) sold out its public registrations in a record 7 hours yesterday. The 12th edition of ths premier distance running event is slated to…
Hong Kong Marathon to proceed in February
Organisers of The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will proceed with the 2020 edition to be held on February 9th. The race is highly popular around Asia and anticipates 74,000 participants in the biggest participation sporting event in Hong Kong,…
Malaysia Women Marathon 2020 collaborates with MCIS Life
The 8th edition of the Malaysia Women Marathon will be known as the MCIS Life Malaysia Women Marathon (MWM)’ for the next 3 years. The only women marathon in South East Asia welcomed MCIS Insurance Berhad (MCIS Life) as their…
Running A Marathon Will Keep You Younger, New Research Says
A new study by researchers from Barts and University College London reported that training and completing a marathon can improve the health of a new runner’s arteries, cutting about four years off their “vascular age”. 138 novice runners attempting the…
Eliud Kipchoge Focuses on Breaking Course Record of London Marathon 2020
The world’s fastest human to run a sub-2 marathon and the official fastest marathon in history has announced that he will be attempting to set a new course record at the London Marathon in 2020. Eliud Kipchoge holds the current…
Marathon for Tokyo Olympics 2020 moved to Sapporo
The marathon of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been moved to the northern Japanese city of Sapporo by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Moving the marathon and race walk events 800 kilometres north, will avoid high humidity and searing temperatures…
Taking A Hard Look at Malaysia’s 2019 SEA Games’ Results
The curtain has come down for this year’s SEA Games in The Philippines and it’s time to review how our athletes fared in this latest biannual games. Being the ToughAsia people that we are, we’ll focus on a few sports…
100 Marathons And Counting … For Kong Yen Erl
Not too long ago, it was common to hear from ordinary folks that that they would want to run just one marathon to tick their bucket list. Oh, how times have changed. More running events, better technology in gadgets and…
