In 1980, Terrance Stanley “Terry” Fox – a one legged amputee and cancer victim – embarked on a cross-Canada run in a quest to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The athlete, turned Canadian humanitarian and cancer research activist, lasted 143 days and completed 5,373 kilometres before succumbing to the disease. All was not lost.

“Never judge a book by its cover.” I say never judge a shoe by its brand. Like many Singaporean runners, I had never heard of Montrail previously.

At the dawn of the New Year, we created quite a stir when we debuted 2012’s Singapore Running Calendar. Truth be told, we’re not done yet.

Organised by the NUS Business School Alumni, the NUS Bizad Charity Run saw an estimated 500 runners. This year’s event is a build-up from 2011’s encouraging drive where S$30,000 was raised – of which 100 percent of proceeds were dispersed to adopted beneficiaries.

The K-Swiss K-Ruuz 1.5 shoe is flexible, and allows forefoot or mid-foot strike-off easily. The loop tabs allow fast and easy transition during triathlons. Highly recommend not running in trails or muddy and wet terrains.

Team RunSociety was engaged in a sprint effort to push THIS out: The Event Calendar. Primed with a cluster of features, we thought it’d be better if we run you through them to help you ease in.