The much talked about and hyped up Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore is now within reaching distance. And with a 70,000-strong crowd set to flood the streets, expect a sea of blue to engulf the city’s landscape as runners take on four different routes.

The 100PLUS RunMaster application for the iPhone and iPod is every runner’s personal digital running trainer. Developed with marathon professionals, the app is designed to help runners improve their running game.

We’d say it’s a perfect warm-up for next week’s Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, of which a vast majority of those who participated in the Montrail – Mountain Hardwear Tiong Bahru Challenge would have to agree.

The Osu NM is an update of the original Osu with modern materials and colours, a new vamp mesh, and new bootie mesh for easy on and off access.

We mentioned it in the Race Prelude and we reiterate it again. 73 stories. 226 metres. 1,336 steps. The fastest time clocked? 7min 16sec by Matthias Jahn, a German firefighter, who’s also the reigning 2010 Stair Run Champion at the World Firefighters games and winner of the recent MesseTurm Vertical Race in Frankfurt, Germany.

After a year’s absence, the Salomon X-Trail Run graced the grounds of the Tampines Mountain Bike Park & Trail once again in its fourth showing.