Only 24 years of age, Allison Yee has accomplished more than her peers, in competitive sports, academics and business. So what’s her secret to balancing all these at the same […]
Ironman age group elite athlete Andy Wibowo from Indonesia is a well-known name in the triathlon circuit, having qualified for the prestigious Ironman World Championship in Kona twice, as well as […]
Malaysian professional track cyclist Josiah Ng (now retired) was the first Malaysian to make it into the Olympic cycling finals, before going on to become a three-time Olympian at Athens […]
After working in the prison for 20 years (his first and only job since he finished national service), Masri Khairuman resigned to pursue a completely new career – as a […]
Head coach of Swimsmooth Singapore, Merle Talviste, only switched to sports as a career later in life. She was a landscape architect previously, doing city and regional planning, and her […]
In the next episode of The PURPOSE Podcast, we have Colin O’Shea, head coach and founder of COS Coaching. Seven years ago, Colin came to Singapore with his finance career in […]
We have launched our own podcast series! The PURPOSE Podcast is brought to you by PURPOSE Performance Wear with co-hosts Noor Aziz, founder of PURPOSE, and Cheryl Tay. This podcast […]
To recover from her shin splint injuries two years ago, Fitri Tasfiah was out of running for a while. It was during this time that she picked up swimming as […]
For someone who thought doing an Ironman race would be impossible for him, Dedy Bunyamin has completed five full distance Ironman races (including the recent Ironman Malaysia) and nine Ironman […]
Four years ago, Hilda Novianti picked up running after the birth of her second child. A friend of hers, Riyo Hanggoro, then invited her to try a mini-triathlon event held […]
One morning in 2017, Lucky Bagus Waskito could not get out of bed because of severe pain in his lower back. After consulting five doctors, one of them finally found […]
Claire Walton is just arriving in Kailua-Kona for a third consecutive year for the prestigious Ironman World Championship. The 35-year-old English and Literature teacher at an international school in Malaysia […]
When you live with an Ironman, it is pretty hard not to get influenced at some point. Jinella Chua did a sprint triathlon in her early 20s and thought that […]
As a mother of five kids – her eldest is 20 and her youngest is 2 – you wonder where Julie Jamaluddin finds the time to do it all. Work, […]
Samantha Lee recalls watching the news about a triathlon event when she was a kid and made a mental note to herself that she will try it one day. That […]
It’s funny how Philippa Glover actually hated her first triathlon. It was a sprint triathlon she did in Singapore three years ago and the tough swim and hot run put […]
A month after she bought a bicycle, Chris Ang went for the Audax 200km ride and loved cycling so much that she joined her friends for weekly group rides. It […]
Mok Ying Rong follows in the footsteps of her brother Mok Ying Ren, a double SEA Games gold medallist in the marathon and triathlon. The 25-year-old physiotherapist previously held the […]
Mariana Mohammad is a beast on two wheels. The 41-year-old road cyclist easily puts men to shame on the tarmac – just ask around. Mariana, a mother of two, was […]
After her first Ironman 70.3 race in Taiwan – on her birthday in 2015 – Lesley Lang met with an accident when she was out cycling one night. A car […]