Running Clinics

Hi Runners

To help you reach your personal goals, we’ve lined up 4 power-packed running clinics so you can get the most out of your training.

Conducted by Journey Fitness Company, the Official Training Partner of Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2012, you’ll be able to tap into the collective wisdom of experienced endurance athletes, experts from the field of medicine and physiotherapy, as well as strength and conditioning instructors.

Slots are limited so you better make a run for it. Enjoy!

The details of the clinics are as follow:

 

Session 1  CLOSED 
Date: 8 Sep 2012, Saturday
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: SPEX House, SSC Headquarters
Topics:

1. Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail. By Ben Pulham, Journey Fitness Company
Simple steps to ensure your greatest run ever.

2. A resilient body is a fast body. By Dr Steven Tucker, Tucker Medical
Learn strategies to improve resilience.

3. Fuel your run properly. By Jonathan Fong, Journey Fitness Company
Secrets to tapping into your greatest energy source.

Session 2   CLOSED 
Date: 29 Sep 2012, Saturday
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: SPEX House, SSC Headquarters
Topics:

1. Running efficiently. By Ben Pulham, Journey Fitness Company
Effective exercises to improve your running efficiency.

2. Facts about your foot type and shape. By Andy Neo, ASICS
What is suitable for me?

3. Barefoot running. By Adam Jorgenson, The Foot Practice
Is it for me?

Session 3  CLOSED 
Date: 20 Oct 2012, Saturday
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: SPEX House, SSC Headquarters
Topics:

1. Recovery strategies for runners. By Ben Pulham, Journey Fitness Company
Simple tips to recover.

2. Overcoming daily challenges. By Thaddeus Lawrence
Making empowered choices.

3. Managing running injuries. By Gino Ng, Sports Solution
What to do during injury?

Session 4  CLOSED 
Date: 24 November 2012, Saturday
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: SPEX House, SSC Headquarters
Topics:

1. Race execution. By Mok Ying Ren, Leading marathon runner
You've done the training and now it's time to put that hard work to good use.

2. Be prepared. By Ben Pulham, Journey Fitness Company
Race week planning.

3. The taper. By Jonathan Fong, Journey Fitness Company
What it is and how to do it properly..

 

 

Please note:

a. Registration to the running clinics will open to all Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and Ekiden registrants of SCMS 2012 on 24 August 2012.

b. The slots are available on first-come-first-served basis through online registration only.

c. You would be required to enter your email address (used to register for the marathon) or NRIC / Passport Number/FIN (used to register for the marathon) to login to the clinics registration portal.

d. You may select more than one clinic to attend, but can only reserve one slot per clinic.

e. The registration fee for each running clinic is S$10.00. 50% discount applies for the first 1,000 SCMS 2012 registrants.

 

Speakers Profiles

 

Adam Jorgensen, The Foot Practice

Adam came to Singapore in 1995 from Brisbane, Australia, to establish the Podiatry service in the National University Hospital. As one of the pioneers of Podiatry in Singapore, Adam was also a founding member of the Podiatry Association (Singapore) and has served several terms as President.

Since 2000, Adam has focused his Podiatry interests in Sports Podiatry. He has had a wealth of experience in the areas of biomechanics, foot running injuries and running shoes. Adam is a member of the Australian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. He has also maintained a close relationship with the Sports Medicine Association (Singapore) having served terms as an executive committee member as well as 2 terms as President in 2006 and 2009.

In 2004, Adam moved into private practice to establish The Foot Practice at Camden Medical Centre. The Foot Practice continues to expand with new centres at the Singapore Sports Medicine Centre in Novena Medical Centre, Body with Soul at Rochester Park established in 2008 and The Osteopathic Centre at Siglap in 2010.
 
As a former National rugby player, Adam continues to keep fit with regular running and playing cricket.
 
 
Andy Neo, ASICS
 
Andy is the ASICS Runner's World Regional Senior Tech Rep. He completed his Bachelor of Sport & Outdoor Recreation from Monash University in 2008.
 
Andy is also the former SAFRA Running Club (Toa Payoh) Chief Trainer (2008/09) and has received SAFRA Running Club's Core Running Team (CRT) awards 2007, 2008 & 2010.
 
 
Ben Pulham, Director and Co Founder of Journey Fitness Company
 
With over 15 years of endurance sport experience, Ben has been a professional athlete ranked as high as 53rd in the world. He was a member of the highly competitive New Zealand Triathlon Team in 2007 and has competed around the world on numerous occassions in International Triathlon Union (ITU) events – with five podium finishes to date. Ben, who was a member of the New Zealand Olympic trials team in 2007, competed in his first triathlon aged 10.
 
Using his vast experience and knowledge of elite level racing, Ben has worked with and coached many local and international athletes to help them achieve personal bests. Through Journey Fitness Comapny, he now also supports multinational organizations to improve the health and well being of their employees by implementing strategic programmes that support both talent retention and performance.
 
Ben, 30, was born in Auckland, New Zealand and has been living and working in Singapore since 2008.
 
 
Jonathon Fong, Director and Co Founder of Journey Fitness Company
 
With over 15 years of endurance sports experience, Jonathan, who was Singapore’s National Record Holder and Triathlon Champion between 1996 to 1998, was awarded the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) Meritorious Award over the same period. He was the champion for the 1997 South-East Asian Triathlon and was placed first in the Singapore Biathlon (Open) in 2001. Jonathan has also competed in numerous triathlons from Sarawak to Los Angeles.
 
Using his experience of elite level racing and his qualifications as a sports scientist, Jonathan has worked with and coached many local and international athletes to help them achieve personal bests. Through Journey Fitness Comapany, he now also supports multinational organizations to improve the health and well being of their employees by implementing strategic programmes that support both talent retention and performance.
 
Jonathan was born in Singapore and has been involved in the triathlon scene since the age of 14.
 
 
Dr Steven Tucker, MD (USA), FACP (USA), FAMS (Singapore)
 
Dr. Steven Tucker is a dedicated physician and endurance athlete. A lifelong competitive runner and swimmer, since moving to Singapore in 2006, Dr. Tucker added cycling and triathlons to his training agenda. In addition to his medical practice, he is a sought after speaker and writer, competitive cyclist and Ironman 70.3 triathlete. More recently, Dr. Tucker co-founded the Singapore-based regionally competitive cycling team, Team Life Extension.
 
While Dr Tucker is a sub-specialist in the treatment of both breast and prostate cancer, he is also deeply passionate about the prevention of cancer and chronic disease through healthy lifestyle choices. In addition to contemporary medical care and screening, he advocates that simple and smart choices about food, activity (not just recreational sports), spirit, passion, as well as tailored dietary supplements, can have a significant impact on your health and longevity.
 
In both his oncology and general medicine practice, Dr. Tucker combines state-of-the-art testing and medicine with a common sense approach to chronic disease. For his patients, as well as his teammates, Dr. Tucker encourages the same approach in endurance training, combining athletic testing and data with real world results on the road. A customized and personalized approach is the way Dr. Tucker approaches both illness and wellness.
 
Dr Tucker evaluates and treats patients for General Medicine, breast cancer, and prostate cancer at his private office at the Novena Specialist Center.
 
 
Thaddeus Lawrence
 
Thaddeus is well known for successfully racing 1,000 kilometres in the hottest, coldest, windiest and driest deserts on earth, a competition rated by TIME magazine as one of its Top Ten Endurance Competitions in the world. Only a select group of individuals worldwide have achieved this remarkable feat in the Sahara, Gobi, Atacama and Antarctica. His efforts have also risen close to $200,000 for charitable organisations.
 
Thaddeus' sense of gratitude for where he's been and where he is today, inspires him to help others appreciate their own successes to develop stronger resilience. He is always exploring and discovering new tools that can help individuals develop a positive expectancy for their future. Leaders also value his infectious enthusiasm and inexhaustible energy in helping their organisations become more motivated to move forward.
 
Having appeared on Channel NewsAsia Primetime Morning and 938LIVE The Living Room to share his insights, Thaddeus has also presented 938LIVE’s Positive Business Minutes segment. He has been featured numerous times in newspapers and magazines including The Straits Times, TODAY, The New Paper, Action Asia and NTUC Lifestyle.
 
Thaddeus is the founder of Runaway Success Learning Practice. As a professional speaker and corporate trainer, hi expertise is in the areas of Personal Mastery and Motivation, Endurance and Resilience, Corporate Athleticism and Self Esteem. He blogs regularly on www.dreamscomealive.com
 
 
Gino Ng, Sports Solutions
 
Prior to joining Physio Solutions, Gino Ng worked as a senior sports physiotherapist at the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) from 1999-2009. He graduated with a double masters in Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy from the University of South Australia on a SSC sponsorship.
 
Gino's position is perhaps most unique amongst sports physiotherapists in Singapore having seen all sides of the field as a practitioner, an athlete and as a patient. His special interests are in the treatment of articular cartilage injuries having done research in the area whilst undergoing his postgraduate training. He specializes in treating sports injuries, as well as devising sports rehabilitation programmes after reconstructive surgeries to the shoulder, knee and ankle joints.
 
As a former national triathlete, Gino is a 2-time Singapore National Triathlon champion (2000-2001), National Duathlon champion (2001), 9-time winner of the National Vertical Marathon (1998-2001, 2004-2005, 2007-2009). He has also placed 4th at the 2001 Asian Duathlon Championships in Hong Kong and made several podium finishes in the Asian Cup Triathlon Series events over the years while holding down a full time job as a physiotherapist.
 
Partly as a result of his gruelling training regime, Gino needed 3 knee surgeries in 2002 and 2003. After which he made a comeback and placed 4th in the 2005 SEA Games triathlon event.
 
When not participating, Gino has kept close to sports, travelling widely with the Singapore medical teams for major overseas events such as the various SEA Games, 2002, 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2006 Asian Games and he is the only local Singaporean physiotherapist to have been to both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics.
 
 
Mok Ying Ren 
 
Mok Ying Ren is Singapore's leading marathon runner. He is a SEA games champion, was the winner of the local category of SCMS the past 2 years and was the winner of the Christchurch International Marathon 2011. Mok has a personal best marathon time of 2hr 26mins.
 
 

Top Winners

Full Marathon Men's Open

Kiproo Lilan - 02:17:20.27



Full Marathon Women's Open

Kosgei Irene Jerotich - 02:37:53.51

Full Marathon Singapore Men

Ashley Liew Wei Yen - 02:45:06.26

Full Marathon Singapore Women

Qi Hui - 03:17:06.51

Half Marathon Men's Open

Bernard Mwendia Muthoni - 01:07:10.91

Half Marathon Women's Open

Esther Wambui Karimi - 01:22:52.75

10KM Wheelchair

Jun Hiromichi - 00:23:23.44


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To challenge myself, to believe everything is possible if we do not give up upon ourselves :)

Joel Wong

I run because I want to and I run because I CAN!!!

Yiheng

Running 21k to prove myself that at 49, I still have strength and endurance to cope with this travail.

Setiawan

I run because I enjoy the challenge and I want to continue challenging myself until my body tells me enough.

Neerajvimal s/o Haridasan

I run so that I can still run 40 years from now.

Tei Laine

If I can conquer the marathon, I can conquer the hurdles in life!

Phua Fa Guang

Training for the day my son joins me in a marathon!

Sam

Some say "you can't run away from your problems", but I tell them "yes I CAN!"

Yock Miin

I run for the fun and the crowd, to immerse myself into the atmosphere. Chill Out...!

Magdalene

I run because running have given me confidence and zest for life. I run because there are no excuses not to, I run because I love life.

Choo Wen Jang

I want to challenge myself for this race with the essence of determination and patience.

Fonda

I run to clear my mind of all worries. It's just me and the road.

Aileen Randrup

It has been an annual ritual every first Sunday of December for the last 6 years.

Darrell

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