Dex Cheong finished as the Singaporean athlete when he won the the Standard Male Category (18-29 years) in a time of 2 hours 1 minute 37 seconds at the 2013 Singapore Duathlon.
Reader Darrion Mohan shares a first-hand account of the MetaSprint Sprint Series Singapore Duathlon held on Sunday, April 1st, 2012.
Daniel Plews blazed home in 45 minutes 38 seconds to beat nearest challenger David Edwards by over two minutes in the Singapore Sprint Series Sprint Duathlon. Edwards finished in 48:18 while Wille Loo was just behind in 48:32.
The Singapore Sprint Series, which made its debut this year, is back for 2009. Better not eat too much during the coming holidays.
The City Duathlon debacle seems to have touched a raw nerve among endurance athletes, with poor marshalling and course design sending a leading group of bikers hurtling the wrong way, causing everyone to "follow the leader" and make the same mistake too. So what makes a good event?
George Lawson (1:36:09) and Monica Torres (1:51:51) were the fastest duathletes at the City Duathlon but the post-race conversations were centred on the confusion arising from the shortened bike leg. Riders were expecting to cover five loops of 8km each but were left scratching their heads when their speedometers indicated only 20km at the end of their bike leg. It seems a failure in marshalling and route set-up led to the mistake.
