RunSohFast Podcast

BYD Singapore International Marathon Preview with 2024 runner up, Singapore Ironman and 100km record holder, Ben Khoo.Sports accolades aside, Ben is also the founder of Live Long Long, a Singaporean supplements company with the mission of helping people live longer and healthier lives: www.livelonglong.life

Expert guest and sports doctor Lim Baoying joins us on this episode as Singapore continues to battle the suffocating haze. Beyond haze tips and sharing medical expertise on what runners and event organisers can do, Baoying also speaks publicly for the first time regarding her 2018 Singapore Marathon National Championship win, and subsequent doping violation involving modafinil - a stimulant she had used to stay awake while operating on 4 hours sleep, juggling work, her masters, and running.Baoying's recommended tool for monitoring the haze: https://singapore-haze-activity-guide.pipetius.chatgpt.site/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleAVJlQBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAmZkaWQWUQ5UvjnFoBJbQey9FFYCdAg-pDSp8XNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp8hX-PCFxO4CStOllq9eDgv4r7l2IhD00AAm0XvIsqSFW0bgH5OE5G9X-eqm_aem_Hf_D4oZnoAoB-43FTVCeqg

Also, should finisher medals be given out when a race is cancelled?Why don't Singaporean women like a man in uniform?What are some hacks you can use when training on the treadmill?All this and more on Episode 26 of the RunSohFast Podcast.

🏃‍♂️ Episode 25: Tyler Day — From NCAA Champion & American Record Breaker to 3x Achilles Surgeries & Marathon RebirthOn this episode of the RunSohFast Podcast, hosts Soh Rui Yong and Romaine Soh sit down with former Northern Arizona University (NAU) superstar and distance running powerhouse, Tyler Day.Tyler’s running résumé is the stuff of collegiate legend:🏆 3x NCAA Division I Cross Country Team Champion🥉 3rd Individually at the 2017 NCAA XC Championships⚡ 13:16 for 5,000m indoors (2020) — breaking Galen Rupp’s long-standing American Collegiate RecordAfter an iconic NCAA career leading the Lumberjacks alongside teammate Matt Baxter, Tyler signed professionally with HOKA Northern Arizona Elite. But just six months in, disaster struck — a severe Achilles injury that led to three separate surgeries on the same left foot, completely derailing his track career and testing his resilience to the absolute limit.Now, rebuilt and hungrier than ever, Tyler has reinvented himself. Training as an unsponsored marathoner under the guidance of Coach Jack Polerecky, Tyler is writing a brand-new chapter on the roads.Tune in for an unfiltered, deeply inspiring conversation about reaching the top of American collegiate running, navigating the darkest days of chronic injury and surgery, and finding the passion to rebuild from scratch.🎧 FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBEYouTube: Subscribe to @RunSohFast for weekly episodes, running guides, and live streams!Spotify / Apple Podcasts: Search RunSohFast PodcastInstagram: @runsohfast | @vroomaine| @day6runz

After a season in the 400m-800m, Romaine realises she signed up for a 10km some time ago! With little to no aerobic work done this year, all seems lost... but can Coach Jack Polerecky, who coached Julia Paternain to that momentous bronze medal last year at the Tokyo World Championships, save the day?Weekly updates from Romaine's 10km project incoming...Big congratulations to Episode 14 and Episode 15 podcast guests, Esther and Ni Jia, for winning the Malaysian SEA Games Selection Trials today!

Question of the year: Is $139.90 for a pair of carbon plated racing shoes a steal?Mock Trial: Host Soh Rui Yong runs a defence of Keane Ko, with Justice Romaine Soh presiding.Also: Diabolical photo choices for the 2026 World Road Running Championships Singapore team announcement.

Imagine running 6:58 for 2.4km to place 3rd in your national championships. At 19 years old. The youngest ever from your country to run a sub-7min 2.4km. On 15 August 2026, that is exactly what Emerson Koo of Nanyang Polytechnic did at the Pocari Sweat 2.4km National Championships.

Schoolboy rivals and now rising stars Pranav and Jacob join us to chat Pocari Sweat 2.4km, how university orientation screwed up their training over the last 3 weeks leading in, and goals ahead as they renew their rivalry on the Singapore university running scene!

3 days to the most exciting track race on the Singapore circuit! The POCARI SWEAT 2.4KM National Championships will be this Saturday, August 15, at Kallang Practice Track. Without fail, it generates the best atmosphere of any Singapore Athletics track meet in Singapore. We have yet another exciting edition coming up.Rising star Pranav Shreedhar takes on defending champion Shaun Goh in the battle of the top Singaporeans. Will the men's national record of 6min 50.31sec fall? How will a last minute addition spice up this race? Also - will Vanessa Lee manage to finally break Goh Chui Ling's 7:48.50 national record to reclaim the title as 2.4km national record holder, 4.5 years after first losing it to Chui Ling in Jan 2022?4 x National Record Holder and 2 x SEA Games gold medalist Soh Rui Yong breaks down the action, together with former Singapore Athletics executive, Brian Pek.Just like that we are at Episode 20! Thank you to our viewers for helping us grow into what is so far the number 1 English speaking running podcast in Singapore, Southeast Asia, and some say ASIA!

This National Day, we have a true national icon on the show with us. Hamkah Afik is a 200m silver medalist from the 1993 SEA Games, National Relay Team Coach, and former Sprints Coach of Oldham Athletic Club. Here's why he left Oldham.Mini-game: Rui Yong had to drink a shot whenever Hamkah said "back in my day" or mentioned the 1993 SEA Games.