Nike Goddess 5K Run Giveaways!

Ladies, fancy running the Nike Goddess 5K with your BFF? Or looking to kick start your running mileage for this year? Or even, thinking of running in an ALL-WOMEN’s run? Look no further!

We are pleased to giveaway 2 FREE Nike Goddess 5K slots to YOU and your BFF! Yes, we want YOU ladies out there to get out and start running! Time to lead a healthy lifestyle! Of course, terms and conditions apply. 🙂

To win the competition, follow the steps below:

STEP 1: Under the COMMENTS section, tell us why YOU and your buddy deserve to win the competition.

STEP 2: Using your creative juices, come out with your BEST caption/tagline for the Nike Goddess 5K Run.

STEP 3: Remember to include your Name & Email in the comments section so that we can contact you should you be selected. (Don’t worry, the particulars wont be made public)

STEP 4: Smile. And LIKE our FB Page if you like US. I mean, we are nice people arent we? 🙂

P.S, CONTEST ENDS MONDAY, 26TH MARCH 2012 @ 2359H. WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL ON 27TH MARCH 2012 BY NOON (12PM). REGISTRATION FOR THE GODDESS 5K CLOSES ON 30TH MARCH, SO DO CHECK YOUR EMAIL LADIES!

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Details on the Nike Goddess 5K Run:

Date: Saturday, 14th April 2012

Venue: Wave House Sentosa

Time: 1600H or 4pm for that matter

Next Training Sessions For Girls: Saturday, 1st April 2012 (click icon below)

Still in doubt, read more about LAST YEAR’S NIKE GODDESS 5K RUN, as covered by one of our female runners – Gisete!

Nike We Run SG 10K – The Vlogging Experience

Pardon the shaky camera and lousy visuals. Should have brought in a camera crew from Hollywood dont you think?

As the saying goes, a picture speaks a thousand words. But a video speaks a thousand pictures instead. So here it is, my first attempt to capture the moments during my Nike Run 2011. An awesome event overall with 12,000 running through the streets, post-entertainment with LIVE performances from  local artistes and an a great reception over at the reception area. You know what’s better? The “finisher’s medal”.

Watch the video to find out what it is! And oh, a special shout out to my friends who were there with me be it during the race, after the race and after the after race. You guys and ladies know who you are! 😉

I have uploaded 4 more Nike We Run SG 10K video interviews and casual chat sessions with some awesome possum people including the WINNER  OF WHY WE RUN NETWORK’S  NIKE CONTEST – MDM NG ! Despite her age, she came to the event, she saw the race and she conquered the 10K. Hell yeah, she ran SG 10K yo!

Here are some some of the video links to our YouTube account (search: whywerunn) –

1. My Post Nike Race Review
2. Chitty Chatty with the 987FM DJs – Divian and Jacqui
3. Interview with Mark SBTG on his first ever NIKE run!
4. Interview with our WINNER of our first ever contest giveaway – Mdm Ng!

Till next time, Guten Tag! See you at the next Nike Run  y’all!

P.S, Any suggestions for a good mini and easily mounted sports camcorder that i should consider? Hahaha!

Nike Goddess 5K Race Review

The sun’s blazing but it certainly didn’t do much to evaporate the excitement in the air. Despite the swirling heat, everyone’s faces were beaming with excitement. It was probably a race that attracted the most number of younger casual runners due to the way it was marketed.

Though I am not a big fan of pink, I was impressed by the awesome color scheme of pink and black. If only the running tees were in screaming pink, that would have been perfect!  The feminist banners injected some cheekiness and it was pretty entertaining reading them. This one’s my favorite :

Music’s great though the MCs were just so-so. Does their script only have one sentence ‘running is for girls’ or simply a lack of creativity?  Instead of the non stop gender debate on ‘who does it better’, I thought a few moment’s brief on safety or even race etiquette would have been more useful. Most participants were probably new to races and it might have helped minimize congestion during the race.

I like new routes so this one though short was a nice surprise. Overtaking was difficult given the strong crowd and narrow paths.  Again, a quick reminder for walkers to keep left before the race might have helped the situation. There were ample water points but the helpers at the 1^st water station were struggling to fill the cups quickly enough. The cheering was great especially when most could easily give up due to the crazy heat.

There were throngs of girls on the bridge waiting to grab a towel. If only it was a cold towel given out at the end of the bridge that would have been heavenly!  Went on to queue for my most desired 100+, ice mountain and a nice black box which contains…..ahhhh a finisher trophy, NICE…2 thumbs up.

I thought about the other 2 women’s only race and I must say the experience was simply different.

1. For some reason, I feel like I was 20 years old again. Was it the vibrancy or simply the whole look and feel the organizer intended? Regardless, it just felt good
2. No more hot sun or muddy fields after the race to collect finisher items. Thank god for that!
3. More casual participants vs competitive runners than the other races. This is great because this is a start to getting more girls to start running (exercising) and 5K is a very manageable distance
4. Last but not least, I love the trophy vs some bracelet and is a nice change from medals too.

In addition to a few kinks, I thought the organizer might like to consider having 2 or 3 flag offs for better crowd management if the same route were to be used again next year. Runners may be categorized according to their finishing time and this will allow competitive runners to run their personal best while the casual ones to walk-a-jog at their comfortable pace without being jostled at.

All in all, it was a good race despite the heat and a few hiccups. This is one hell of a hot run with lots of hot babes (literally aka sweating) too. Count me in for the next one!

Cheers!

Gis

The Goddess