RunSohFast Podcast

Most substance ever covered on our pod after a historic weekend. Recapping a huge weekend for Singapore distance running at the 2026 Gold Coast Marathon, HM and 10km. The time warping women's HM record (2016 -> 2019 -> 1996 -> 2026). Jordan Donnelly - Online Troll? How Singapore Athletics can better optimise OCTC to prevent leakage and better support all events? How Soh Rui Yong will conn...

Malaysian marathon ace Ni Jia has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top of the running scene while working his day job in IT. He's also not afraid to question the policies of the Malaysian sports officials despite warnings of potential backlash... On Episode 15, Ni Jia breaks down the convoluted selection process Malaysia Athletics Federation yesterday announced for the 2027 SEA Games that Malaysia w...

Our first ever Malaysian guest! Is Esther a runfluncer? How did she go from Wushu to running to triathlon to fastest ever half marathoner in Malaysian history? Will Malaysia host a triathlon at the 2027 SEA Games? All this and more on Episode 14!

Boomshakalaka! Our BEST guest yet? Nick Bester joins the podcast to talk about how he quit his banking job to be a running coach, almost gave up after a year, but then a timely break rocketed Best Athletics into the empire it is today. Lots of hard questions too from our loyal listeners too: Does Nick think he is a runfluencer? Why move to Winchester? What negative comments have stuck with him the...

Our longest episode yet with more stories than ever before! Why did Pranav quit running at 16 years old before becoming a National Schools cross country, 1500m and 5000m triple gold medalist at 18? How did Pranav go from being a bridge card player to a triple champion and the best schoolboy athlete in Singapore? Why does Pranav hate the 1500m and prefer the half marathon? Is he Jeeva 2.0? Experien...

From battling injury and depression as an athlete whose whole world was sprinting, to now a young coach mentoring the best athletes in Singapore (100m to 1500m), Coach Khai is perhaps one of the most beloved figures in Singapore Athletics. How did he overcome depression and his demons? What makes a former sprinter a top middle distance coach now? Which athlete has the biggest ego in Singapore in h...

Choo Ling Er gives us our most inspiring episode yet! After a near death bike crash in 2010 that resulted in 2 broken legs and a blood clot in her brain, Ling Er has embraced her second chance at life to the fullest - becoming Singapore's greatest ultra-endurance athlete ever. From 2018-2023, her 9hr 38min Ironman performance was the best by any Singaporean - man or woman.

Overcoming an unfortunate race week bug, Romaine raced 2 season's best at the Taiwan Open 800m and 1500m, tentatively earning a place on Singapore's team for the World Road Running Championships (Mile). After over 10 years with Coach Elangovan and Trackstar Athletics, Romaine embraced a new coaching setup and training philosophy at the start of 2026 when she joined Coach Khai and Oldham Athletics....

We host our first non-distance running guest! National Record Holder Kerstin Ong joins the pod and recounts her journey as a full-time influencer funding her athletics career and setting national records on the side.

This episode provides a deep dive into every training session of a record breaking season that rewrote Singapore running history. In 2021, Soh Rui Yong achieved the supposedly impossible - breaking a long distance Singapore national record in sweaty Singapore, at a run-down Kallang Practice Track where potholes added a cross country element to any track race. Guest host Amir takes the mic and puts...

3 years ago, Amir secretly applied to study at the University of Western Australia without the knowledge of his parents. That was a big step in breaking his first national record, and making the 2025 SEA Games athletics team. Follow the journey Down Under with Amir: @b4rkawi Hosts: @runsohfast and @vroomaine

Follow the GOAT for more Singapore distance running insights and training advice: @runsohfast Featuring Dr Dan Bulbrook as guest host: @what.dan.runs Co-Host Romaine is on competition leave, follow along and wish her good luck at the Taiwan Open 800m and 1500m: @vroomaine

Apologies for Aaron's video and audio cutting out in the previous episode. Thankfully, Soh Rui Yong is a genius. You can now watch the whole thing here, thanks to the backup file being found in the Studio cloud. Enjoy. Follow Rui Yong and Romaine for more sibling squabbles: @runsohfast @vroomaine Keep up with Aaron and remind him to use a computer, not an iPad for his next podcast: @aaronjustintwj

Follow Rui Yong and Romaine for more sibling squabbles: @runsohfast @vroomaine Keep up with Aaron and remind him not to anyhow grab people: @aaronjustintwj

Follow Rui Yong and Romaine for more sibling squabbles: @runsohfast @vroomaine Keep up with Shing Ling and remind her to take her gels: @ sh1ngl1ng_

The Singapore university scene used to be where distance runners went to die...and then there was Trex. 03:00 The lore of TREX 07:07 Coach Shohib 10:33 TREX's origin story 13:32 Joshua joins TREX 16:36 Should varsity athletes have to pay to represent their school 20:48 Richard joins TREX 24:04 TREX goes for their first month-long altitude stint in Kunming 28:40 Who is Jacob and what brings him to...

Kicking off the podcast with the 2025 Singapore National Marathon bronze medalist, Darren Chong! A PE teacher by day and athlete by night, Darren has been within the top ranks in Singapore's competitive running scene for many years. His preference to maintain a low profile earns him the underdog label at best, but more often means he does not make most people's radars in podium predictions or prod...