Celebrate being in the pink of health in this first of its kind event in Malaysia! To up the ante, everyone has to wear a pink wig, hat, toupee or cap!

It’s back—bigger, better and more colourful! Celebrating 10 years of empowering women to live healthy and live great through running, this year’s Great Eastern Women’s Run (GEWR) will take place on Sunday, 1 November 2015.

Check out the back cover of the Dave Alley- and David Lees-authored book “Headwind” and you can’t miss the words, “Just how much punishment can the human body take?” emblazoned in red ink. Good question. And exactly who is crazy enough to test that hypothesis? None other than Dave Alley, Queensland police officer, father of four and man on a mission to complete the 14,000 km running challenge on record. That goal is impressive on its own. Pair it with his 2011 achievement — bicycling around Australia in record-setting time — and we couldn’t wait to interview him to see what drives this Renaissance man. Our conclusion? He’s a one-of-kind action hero in the flesh.

Vertical marathons share some similarities with regular marathons, in that they both are endurance sports which will test your limits physically and mentally. The difference lies in the distance. Standard marathons are 42 km long and typically take 3-4 hours to finish, while vertical marathons take place over a relatively short distance, and depending on the height of the building, can be completed anywhere from less than 10 minutes to 30 minutes to complete. The world record for the Swissotel’s Vertical Marathon’s 1336 steps is a breathtaking 6 minutes and 46 seconds!

Some communities recycle plastic while others stop at paper. Leave it to Singapore to find a way to recycle drainage maintenance tracks and blighted canals and turn them into healthy waterways, parks and running paths that befit the City of Gardens and Water. Transforming such tracts of land into recreational areas runners can enjoy is the work of the ABC Water Program, a government entity that continues to take on the most difficult environmental challenges by turning rundown areas into recreational wonderlands. If you’re looking for a place to run that will make you proud of your country and your government, you owe it to yourself to visit each one.

Run along one of the most revered and sacred mountain! The fourth Mt. Fuji Marathon will be held on Sunday, 29 November 2015 at Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Yamanashi Prefecture. Its reputation as one of the world’s most beautiful course has seen the marathon bursting with overseas participants amongst the staggering 15,000-strong runners.