Do you pound the pavements? Race along the road? Sprint across the sand? Or gallop on grass? After recently training for a marathon and spending most of my time out on the road, I decided to use my post-race recovery to explore what else is in offer for the running enthusiast in search of a more varied, and hopefully, more forgiving terrain.

What stops Theresa Tan in her tracks? Nothing. She has beaten race competitors, her own fears and insecurities and she’s beaten cancer, which shows how unstoppable she is! Though diagnosed with scoliosis at age 13, that didn’t mean that she stopped being active. Instead, she forged ahead with such focus, by the time the joint-winner of the Singapore Woman Award 2012 was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, she already knew how to fight. These days, she’s a whirlwind: she and her husband are raising three active children, she advocates on behalf of women with cancer who have no health coverage, she runs a writing agency and, oh yes, she likes a good race. Her book, A Clean Breast, was a labour of love, a defiant statement and the tale of a woman who’s yet to meet a challenge she couldn’t face down. It was a privilege to interview her. You’ll likely agree.

When Gold Coast Airport Marathon Chairman Kerry Watson gathered together some the organisation’s most creative thinkers, their job was to select a theme that would grab the attention of runners across the globe—a name that would symbolise all aspects of the 37th run scheduled for 4 and 5 July 2015.

On 4 April, Dana & Sarah Films premiered a new documentary about the Tarahumara running tribe. The film titled – GOSHEN: Places of Refuge for the Running People was directed and produced by Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz. In the film, it shares an eye opening investigation of the Tarahumara people’s unique diet, ultra-running endurance, and natural running with minimal footwear.

The Corporate Challenge, Singapore’s first and most popular road race geared exclusively to the workforce, has reached a full capacity of entrants in 11 of its 12 years. The 5.6km race began on the Esplanade Bridge and finished adjacent to the F1 Pit Building at Marina Bay on 23 April, evening after office hours.

To many of us, April is the month to decorate Easter eggs, seek out those hidden eggs or, to get ready for a new term/semester in school. Yet, do you know that April is Earth Month too? I bet many of you are clueless about that!