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Adidas gets running lift from two sub-2 hour marathons

The German sportsgear-maker has been rebuilding its franchise, looking to capitalise on distance-running’s booming popularity

From left: BYD Singapore managing director James Ng, event director Shalindran Sathiyanesan, adidas Singapore managing director Chen Rui Yuan, and Sport Singapore deputy chief of industry development group Dean Tan at the National Stadium on Mar 17.
Lifestyle

BYD, adidas on board as new sponsors of Singapore’s national marathon in December

Previous title sponsor StanChart is event’s official bank, with naming rights to the 10 km category

Loh Guo Pei is The Westin Singapore's new "run conceirge" and he brings hotel guests on runs around the Marina Bay area several times a week.
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THE FINISH LINE

This ‘run concierge’ takes hotel guests on running tours around Marina Bay

Besides being the official hotel for elite runners at the Stanchart Marathon, The Westin Singapore is big on inclusivity and supporting people with disabilities

The flag-off for the 2025 Singapore Marathon will be at the F1 Pit Building, with the finish line at the Padang.
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THE FINISH LINE

Ironman Group aims for 60,000 runners at StanChart Singapore Marathon

There will likely be more international participants for the 2025 edition, with strong interest from Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia

The 2024 edition of SCSM attracted more than 55,000 runners from Singapore and around the world.
Lifestyle

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon returns on Dec 6-7 with new format

The half-marathon and full-marathon races will be held on separate days for the first time

The marathon is a return course running through central Pyongyang, passing major landmarks and heading out into the countryside before coming back through the city to a stadium filled with 50,000 spectators, Koryo Tours says.
Lifestyle

North Korea holds first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years

[SEOUL] North Korea on Sunday (Apr 6) held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that has largely closed its borders since the pande...

Thousands of runners of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon taking off at the start line of the Marathon category on Dec 1, 2024.
Lifestyle

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon draws over 55,000 runners from 85 countries

Close to 13,000 participants are from abroad, an all-time high for the region’s only World Athletics Gold Label race

Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Sydney marathon on Sep 21, 2014. Some 25,000 runners will test themselves over a newly re-jigged course on Sunday.
Lifestyle

Nervous excitement as Sydney Marathon closes on major status

It will become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago

Participants crossing the finishing line at the National Stadium after completing the 21.1 km race at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon last December.
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Strong turnout of over 50,000 runners expected at StanChart Marathon

There are more than 9,000 participants so far from overseas with the top five markets being Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, China and Hong Kong

Runners zoom off at the starting point at the 2023 Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.
Lifestyle

Corporate teams get free Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon Ekiden slots in exchange for fundraising commitment

The 2023 SCSM won the Best Sports Event of the Year at the Singapore Sports Awards

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