the fahrenheit performance podcast

We welcomed Seth Puan, personal trainer and special needs coach to the red seats this week. This episode is a break from our usual endurance athlete focus, but is really a story that needed to be told. Often marginalised and sidelined, the special needs community is better because of people like Seth. Listen to Seth's story as how he found his calling serving those with special needs and found...

We welcomed Ng Xuan Jie, Singapore's pocket sized duathlon champion to the red seats this week. Listen to Xuan Jie's story as how she started as a DSA badminton player, then transformed her self into a serious distance runner while dabbling in ultimate frisbee. Don't let her ever present smile fool you, she means business and will leave you in the dust in a race without mercy. It hasn&...

We welcomed Ang Chen Xiang, Singapore's most decorated 110m hurdler to the clinic this week. Listen to Chen Xiang's story of humble beginnings, learning to hurdle using old table legs then juggling cross country and Track & Field all through high school before emerging as Singapore's most dominant 110m hurdler ever. Chen Xiang is not just any athlete that is there to make up the numbers, he is...

We welcomed Yi Heng, one of the co-founders and coach of Tribal Triathlon to the clinic this week. Listen to Yi Heng's story of the evolution of a university passion project to become one of the larger players in the triathlon coaching community. Now very established, specialising in supporting youth development in the sport, find out how Yi Heng started, juggles this with his full time job an...

We welcomed Arthur Tong the founder and head coach of Elevate Performance Coaching to the red seats this this week. Listen to Arthur's story of life as a high schooler in Vancouver before signing on to the Army as a regular then after 13 years of service venturing out and starting a coaching business of his own. Find out how Arthur started, his struggles during the early years of business and...

We welcomed Raphael Chau, National Triathlete, financial advisor & Metasport's Relationship Manager to the clinic this week. Listen to Rapha's story of life as a late blooming but talented swimmer, his eventual overtraining & burnout from the sport which ulitmately lead to him switching over to triathlon. Find out how Rapha started, how its going and how the little things can fresh...

We welcomed Edwin Shen, the man responsible for Oakley Singapore's Product Training & Sports Marketing to the clinic this week. Edwin's links to endurance sports goes way back when he as a fresh graduate working for a local country club, tasked with organising the clubs activities. With the seed planted early, it grew first into running events like 5Ks, half marathons and marathons and...

We welcomed Herlene Yu, Singapore's back to back to back Triathlon National Champion to the red seats this week. Originally a talented swimmer on the Singapore National Team, Herlene made the switch to triathlon as a teenager as an alternative to the long hours in the pool. After two major accidents that could have easily derailed her triathlon career, Herlene has shown grit and determination...

We welcomed Kayato Ukai, a Japanese triathlete who loves to push the limits to the red seats this week. Originally from Kawanishi 川西市, in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, Kayato moved to Singapore to bring the supplement brand SAURUS to SE Asia. In a short few months he has made is presence felt personally by his great performances in the local endurance scene and also professionally but opening the do...

We welcomed Matt Bury, the coach of some of Singapore's finest triathletes the red seats this week. Based in Brisbane Australia, Matt is one of the most sought after coaches in the region only taking about 15 clients at a time. From working on skills to periodisation plans and sports psychology, Matt leaves no stone unturned when it comes to giving his athletes the tools to succeed. Often on t...

We welcomed one of the stalwarts of the Singapore Triathlon scene., Peter Chua, to the red seats this week. After becoming one of the first technical officers (TO) for triathlon in Singapore in 2003, Peter has become a familiar face in the triathlon community throughout SE Asia. Many may not know his name, but almost all local triathletes would know his face. Often considered the bad guys of the s...

This week we had the pleasure of having everybody's favourite ride leader, Peter Chean in the clinic. A lawyer by day, father & husband by night, and ride leader for MAAP early in the mornings. Peter seems to know everyone and is known by so many in the Singapore cycling scene. Listen to Peter's story of how we started, what is takes to be a good ride leader and just as importantly a g...

We joined Anthony Foy, head race mechanic for T100 Singapore behind the scenes on location in the PRO bike mechanics area while he prepared the professional triathlete's race bikes for the race on 4/5 April. A design engineer by day and race mechanic by assignment, Anthony has a lot going on and an immense amount of knowledge of the ins and outs of the cycling industry. Listen to Anthony's...

We welcomed a very special guest, professional triathlete and PTO ranked #5 triathlete in the world Mika Noodt to the red seats this week. At only 24 years old, Mika has risen through the ranks of pro triathlon at breakneck speed with his eyes firmly on the top spot which seems to be well within reach after only being pro for 3 years. Listen to Mika's story of how we started as just an out doorsy...

We welcomed In Jae, a Singaporean bikepacker to the red seats this week. In Jae has just returned from a journey of self discovery where he cycled the length of Japan, south to the north during his university break. Listen to In Jae's story of how we started on a mountain bike in Kagoshima (鹿児島市) and ended up on a gravel bike in Hokkaido (北海道) after completing over 2500kms and 54 days i...

We welcomed Kenneth Seet, our first hyrox / hybrid athlete to the red seats this week. Kenneth is the epitome of white collar athlete, he holds down a high profile job in the corporate world, he's a dad, a husband, and he is a hybrid athlete.... which means he trains a lot! Listen to Kenneth's story of how we started as a cross country runner in high school, to a self proclaimed "meat...

We welcomed everybody's favourite bike packer Ram to the red seats this week. After leaving his job and all his worldly possessions behind, Ram embarked on an incredible solo journey from Singapore - Malaysia - Thailand - Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam - China by bike. Ram was not even a cyclist before he left, but came home 4.5 months later a seasoned bike packer, completing his journey for under...

We welcomed the bike whisperer, Kenneth Wee to the red seats this week. After leaving a career in advertising, Kenneth found his calling in teaching others how to ride and how to fix bicycles. Be it newbie to the sport, kids, grandmas, Kenneth is willing to teach them all. Upon establishing himself as the bike educator of the region, Kenneth as forged the path lifted the level of technicians and t...

We welcomed the indestructible Ling Er to the red seats this week. Ling Er has been most consistent SE Asian triathlete for over a decade with 7x Kona finishers, 3x SE Asia Over Champion and countless ironman & 70.3 accolades. A perennial winner and podium placer Ling has had to overcome some major setbacks in her life any of which could have been career ending, but she has bounced back each t...

We welcomed the infamous Nicolette Tan this to the red seats this week. Nicolette has transcended cycling in Singapore her story has become synonymous with cyclist vs driver road rage tension that always simmers and every once in a while comes to a head. Almost two years on, listen to Nicolette recount in her own words her journey before during and after "the incident" and how it has pro...

We welcomed Ken Goh, the head honcho of No6 Racing Wheels to the red seats this week. Listen to Ken's story of how the brand was build from roots of the Shanghai Ride Now Cycle Club to its meteoric rise to becoming one of the most highly sought after wheelsets in the market today. If you want to know the answers to all the questions that we always ask each other when it comes to cycling wheels...

We welcomed one of Singapore's most eminent endurance coaches Ben Pulham to the red seats this week. Listen to Ben's amazing story of his life as a professional triathlete travelling the world with the ITU circuit, retiring from competitive sport and settling down in Singapore, getting married, having kids and setting up COACHED . We deep dive into his coaching methodology and also the tes...

We welcomed mega age group triathlete April Rice to the red seats this week. Listen to April's amazing story of her life as a mother of two and elite age group triathlete having accomplished almost everything in the sport with a 9th overall in Challenge Roth, completing KONA & Nice world championships as well as multiple 70.3 world championships. Learn about Aprils journey through the spor...

We welcomed national duathlon champion Ahmad Arif Ibrahim to the red seats this week. Listen to Arif's journey as a runner / triathlete and now ultimately a specialist duathlete. From his humble start as a runner during his university days, Arif has emerged as Singapore's most dominant duathlete on the National Team representing Singapore in three SEA Games' and counting. about the guest: Ahmad Ar...

We welcomed national triathlete Tey Yi Jun to the red seats this week. You may not of heard of Yi Jun, that's because he has only been doing triathlon for about 2 years but in that time he has made an indelible mark on the sport in Singapore. Listen to how he got his start in 2023 and the chain of events that landed him on the National Team representing Singapore in Asia Cups throughout the region...