Big smiles, wonderful weather and high-spirited volunteers; what more can you ask for? The Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore is definitely the biggest running event of the year, with tens of thousands of participants training weeks and months beforehand for the big day.

adidas introduces the miCoach SMART RUN, the most advanced and intuitive wrist based running device on the market. For the first time, runners will be able to track their runs using GPS mapping, monitor their heart rate off their wrist, listen to their favourite music and get real-time coaching in a single, simple, colour touch screen running watch.

Mok Ying Ren has signed an endorsement deal to be POCARI SWEAT’s Brand Ambassador. It is the 25-year-old’s third deal, with the other two sponsors being sporting brands Brooks and Key Power International.

But muscle imbalances such as weak gluteal muscles, and muscle tightness around the kneecaps can also cause misalignment, leading to chronic pain. By building up and stretching these important muscles that affect your knees, you may be able to see some improvement.

It’s the night before race day, one of the hardest periods of running that you are forced to deal with time and time again. You get a bit of anxiety before each race as you mentally prepare and psych yourself out, which ruins your sleeping schedule and makes it impossible to get your full eight hours of sleep. This is a big problem because it will affect your performance in the race tomorrow, so what can you do about it?

Runner’s knee is also prevalent in many sports other than running, such as netball, basketball, fencing and badminton. About 2 in 10 of the athletes we treat suffer from runner’s knee as we deal mainly with national athletes from a large variety of sports.