IRONMAN Asia Pacific is delighted to announce the continuation of TIME dotCom (TIME) as the title sponsor for the 2016 and 2017 IRONMAN 70.3 Putrajaya.

Trace 3,000 years of history in the fascinating city of Jerusalem, holy to the world’s three monotheistic religions. Held in Israel’s capital on Friday, 18 March 2016, the Jerusalem Winner Marathon combines history with a challenging race experience.

Some reviewers call the new TomTom Spark GPS Fitness Watch a liberating device because you won’t be trailing those pesky wires required to keep your music playing nonstop. Did we say music? You read that right. The Spark Music and the Spark Cardio + Music puts your favourite tunes right at your wrist and these cleverly-designed watches have no shortage of features that also enhance your wellbeing and physical health. Think of the Spark range as half coach and half DJ, only this coach won’t scream at you if you don’t follow your programme to the letter!

The future of women’s running has evolved further with the new adidas PureBOOST X running shoes, the first shoes created specifically for women. After teaming up with female athletes from around the world, adidas has created a high performance and high fashion running shoe for women.

Having run a marathon—or just cheering friends on because you’ve yet to try a full marathon yourself—you probably know that not all recoveries are created equal. What do we mean by this intriguing statement? That we’re all unique, so your recovery “style” may be far afield of your running mates and competitors.

You’re smart. Your parents are smart. Even your dog and cat are smart — but can a nation be smart? It can if the country to which you refer is Singapore. We are never shy about admitting that everything new and improved is a shining example of our urban planning efforts, so you couldn’t find a more advanced society in which to live than ours. But perhaps you wonder how Singapore’s mission to become the world’s first smart nation impacts runners.