Recognising A Few People

All the best to Philip ‘TriGeek’ Koh for his Ironman Austria attempt! I am sure that he will complete it, as he has done with his last ten Ironmans. Philip and Clifford Lee are, perhaps, the first two Singaporeans to hit the double-digit achievement for the three-discipline, 226km distance. I hope to join them in this league by year-end.

Martin Parnell is a 55-year-old ultra-marathoner and Ironman who is attempting to raise $250,000’s for the Team Kids U Can fund. He has been running five times a week (resting on weekends) to complete his 250 marathons this year. That is in excess of a whopping 10,550km by time he is done! Please donate to his charity when you can. He does hard work and it is for a worthy cause.

Congratulations to Tobias Frenz on his 3:09 marathon finish as the Standard Chartered Marathon in Kula Lumpur! This ultra-Ironman champion has turned his attention to desert ultra-marathoner to free-diver to long-distance swimmer, and his sports resume keeps growing. The Singapore Marathon, a marquee event, is already sold out and should see an exciting new route that weaves through the pronounced shopping belt called Orchard Road.

Dr Benedict Tan, a prominent sorts medicine specialist is now the President of the Singapore Sailing Federation. A former Olympic sailor, a multiple gold-medalist on the Asian racing circuit (including SEA Games) and author (recently, with ‘Run For Your Life’), Ben is optimistic about raising the bar for sailing and sailors for Singapore. We wish him all the best! We interviewed Ben for our blog, and it was also picked up by Leslie Tan, founder of Red Sports. 


Straight out of the pages of laudable sports achievements is Shawn Ann Leong's road to Kona in 2009. I recall watching her receive her award in Ironman China 2009. She also appeared in the Ironman World Championships 2009 DVD - as she crossed the line!

Finally, the first woman weightlifter in Singapore to compete in Commonwealth Games! Helena Wong will lead Singapore into our weightlifting books at the coming high profile games. We look forward to her representing us at the prestigious games. Helena has improved tremendously as a lifter while doing her degree in the UK. [More on weightlifting.]