Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon celebrates International Women's Day on its Virtual Club platform with female fitness influencers Sofie Chandra, Cheryl Tay, and Choo Ling Er
This month, you can celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) while sweating it out and keeping fit and healthy at the same time. As part of the first Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) Virtual Club (VC) campaign for 2021, a series of virtual races, workshops and activities, with an aim to spotlight female runners within the running community, have been planned from now until March 31.
The SCSM VC is a digital platform launched last year to unify the running fraternity through weekly races and challenges, and it boasts various features including redeemable rewards, training and nutritional resources as well as performance tracking.
For the IWD campaign, there is a three-week-long collective distance challenge for all runners from the SCSM VC. Runners can clock as many runs and walks as they can to contribute towards the overall community distance. For those who are not confident of pounding the pavements yet can start their fitness journeys with three respected fitness influencers—Sofie Chandra, Cheryl Tay, and Choo Ling Er—who will be leading workout sessions on March 10, 16 and 19 respectively.
"Start small and keep showing up. Even if it's just 10mins of walking," says Chandra, who is also the female captain of the Adidas Runners Singapore group. Agreeing with her is Ironman athlete Choo. "The first two weeks getting into a routine will be hard especially with all the body soreness and aching."
Here, we pose some questions to Chandra, Tay and Choo, who provide pearls of adrenaline-laced wisdom to inspire more to embark on their first run and eventually on a fitter and healthier lifestyle.