Dr Arthur Tjandra’s Facebook account was terminated by Facebook in September 2016. As he can no longer share his favorite race photos with his friends and relatives on Facebook, he has now re-posted those photos on this blog. He will continue to post all his race photos here. When he took part in his first race back in 2004, he promised himself that he would compete in at least 80 races by the time he is 80 years old. As of 2017, Dr Arthur Tjandra who is in his mid-40s, has competed in more than 40 races. Let’s wish him good health, so that he can continue to run up to and beyond the age of 80!

Dr Arthur Tjandra does not have any social media account. Therefore, if you see any social media account (e.g. Friendster, My Space, ICQ, etc) using his name and pictures, that is definitely a fake account! Dr Arthur Tjandra only posts his photographs, mostly photographs taken during his race trips, on this blog.

The following selected photos tell his life story.

Early to mid-1990s: Life as a medical student.

At University of Wales, College of Medicine:

At University of Sydney School of Medicine:

Mid- to late 1990s: Life as an intern and medical officer.

At Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney:

2000-2008: post-graduate specialty training in Singapore.

Some photos taken with prominent figures in Singapore:

With President Wee Kim Wee:

With President S. R. Nathan:

With A/Prof Fong Poh Him

With Dr Pierre Fournier

And of course, not forgetting some of the most memorable shots taken at his marathon/duathlon/triathlon races!

First Race: Osim Singapore Triathlon 2004:

Singapore Duathlon 2005:

Completion of his first full marathon distance race in Dec 2005, approx. 2 years after Dr Arthur Tjandra first picked up running as a hobby in Jan 2004:

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2005:

Singapore Duathlon 2006:

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007:

Photo shoot Oct 2008:

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008:

Gold Coast Marathon 2012:

Gold Coast Marathon 2013:

In 2013, Dr Arthur Tjandra took part in his last full marathon race at Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon. 2014 is the year he downgrades from full marathon to half marathon races, as he simply does not have the time and conducive environment to train for full marathon. He is a decent sub-2-hour half-marathoner, but a pathetic 5-hour marathoner.

With such bad timing in his last full marathon race, Dr Arthur Tjandra is determined to focus on and train for half marathon races.

Last full marathon race, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2013:

Maldives 2014:

Gold Coast Marathon 2015:

Gold Coast Marathon 2017:

Sydney Marathon 2017:

Brisbane Marathon 2018:

Sydney Marathon 2018:

Melbourne Marathon 2018:

1. My virgin race: Osim Singapore Triathlon 28 Aug 2004
2. Singapore Duathlon 13 Mar 2005
3. Osim Singapore Asian Triathlon Championship 2 Jul 2005
4. New Balance Real Run Sentosa 28 Aug 2005
5. Army Half Marathon Singapore 11 Sep 2005
6. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 4 Dec 2005
7. Singapore Duathlon 26 Feb 2006
8. Phuket International Marathon 18 Jun 2006
9. Army Half Marathon Singapore 27 Aug 2006
10. Singapore Oakley City Duathlon 20 May 2007
11. Siemens Run Kuala Lumpur 8 July 2007
12. Army Half Marathon Singapore 26 Aug 2007
13. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2 Dec 2007
14. Army Half Marathon Singapore 24 Aug 2008
15. Photo Shoot Oct 2008
16. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 7 Dec 2008
17. Tribob Sprint Series Singapore Duathlon 15 Mar 2009
18. Army Half Marathon Singapore 16 Aug 2009
19. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 6 Dec 2009
20. Long Beach Marathon 17 Oct 2010
21. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 5 Dec 2010
22. Army Half Marathon Singapore 4 Sep 2011
23. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 4 Dec 2011
24. Tokyo Marathon 26 Feb 2012
25. Paris Marathon 15 Apr 2012
26. Gold Coast Airport Marathon 1 Jul 2012
27. Army Half Marathon Singapore 9 Sep 2012
28. Behind the scene: Channel News Asia documentary TV show, Nov 2012
29. Seoul Marathon 17 Mar 2013
30. Gold Coast Airport Marathon 7 Jul 2013
31. Army Half Marathon Singapore 1 Sep 2013
32. Sydney Marathon 22 Sep 2013
33. Melbourne Marathon 13 Oct 2013
34. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 4 Dec 2013
35. Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 7 Dec 2014
36. Gold Coast Marathon 5 Jul 2015
37. Melbourne Marathon 18 Oct 2015
38. Vienna City Marathon 10 Apr 2016
39. Gold Coast Marathon 3 Jul 2016
40. Sydney Marathon 18 Sep 2016
41. Melbourne Marathon 16 Oct 2016
42. Jeju Olle Trails Run 22 Jun 2017
43. Mount Namsan Seoul Run 26 Jun 2017
44. Gold Coast Marathon 2 Jul 2017
45. Brisbane Marathon 6 Aug 2017
46. Sydney Marathon 17 Sep 2017
47. Melbourne Marathon 15 Oct 2017
48. Mizuno Wave Run Singapore 26 Nov 2017
49. Run for Hope Singapore 21 Jan 2018
50. Gold Coast Marathon 1 Jul 2018
51. Brisbane Marathon 5 Aug 2018
52. Run for Singapore, Nation Run Challenge 53 Km, 9-31 Aug 2018
53. Sydney Marathon 16 Sep 2018
54. Straits Times Run Singapore 23 Sep 2018
55. Run for Animals Challenge 4 Oct 2018
56. Melbourne Marathon 14 Oct 2018
57. Home Team National Service REAL Run 21 Oct 2018
58. Christchurch Run Jan-Feb 2019
59. Queenstown Run 2-7 Feb 2019
60. Te Anau/Milford Sound Run 7-8 Feb 2019
61. Canberra Marathon 14 Apr 2019
62. Gold Coast Marathon 7 Jul 2019
63. Sydney Marathon 15 Sep 2019
64. Melbourne Marathon 13 Oct 2019

 

Dr Arthur Tjandra’s Race Results

2K Run

No.	Date	Event	Time
1.	28 Aug 2004	Osim Mini Triathlon – Run Relay	0:07:58 *PB

5K Run

No.	Date	Event	Time
1.	6 Oct 2018	Treadmill Running	0:21:05 *PB
2.	2 Jul 2005	Osim Triathlon – Run Relay	0:24:34

10K Run

No.	Date	Event	Time
1.	21 Oct 2018	Home Team NS REAL Run	0:53:38.2
2.	23 Sep 2018	Straits Times Run	0:54:48
3.	16 Sep 2018	Sydney Marathon	0:53:12
4.	21 Jan 2018	Run for Hope	0:56:38
5.	26 Nov 2017	Mizuno Wave Run	0:54:27
6.	8 July 2007	Siemens Run KL	0:55:12
7.	20 May 2007	Oakley City Duathlon	0:57:55
9.	26 Feb 2006	Singapore Duathlon	0:47:47 *PB
10.	13 Mar 2005	Singapore Duathlon	0:56:21

Half Marathon

No.	Date	Event	Time
1.	14 Oct 2018	Melbourne Marathon	1:59:16
2.	16 Sep 2018	Sydney Marathon	1:57:22
3.	5 Aug 2018	Brisbane Marathon	1:59:20
4.	1 Jul 2018	Gold Coast Marathon	2:01:01
5.	15 Oct 2017	Melbourne Marathon	2:02:12
6.	17 Sep 2017	Sydney Marathon	2:00:21
7.	6 Aug 2017	Brisbane Marathon	2:03:48
8.	2 Jul 2017	Gold Coast Marathon	1:59:48
9.	16 Oct 2016	Melbourne Marathon	2:06:51
10.	18 Sep 2016	Sydney Marathon	2:11:40
11.	3 Jul 2016	Gold Coast Marathon	2:09:14
12.	10 Apr 2016	Vienna Marathon	2:18:44
13.	18 Oct 2015	Melbourne Marathon	2:21:39
14.	5 Jul 2015	Gold Coast Marathon	1:57:45
15.	7 Dec 2014	Singapore Marathon	2:20:48
16.	13 Oct 2013	Melbourne Marathon	2:04:13
17.	22 Sep 2013	Sydney Marathon	2:00:13
18.	1 Sep 2013	Singapore Army Half Marathon	2:18:40
19.	7 Jul 2013	Gold Coast Marathon	1:58:11
20.	9 Sep 2012	Singapore Army Half Marathon	2:06:53
21.	1 Jul 2012	Gold Coast Marathon	1:53:06 *PB
22.	4 Sep 2011	Singapore Army Half Marathon	02:23:24
23.	17 Oct 2010	Long Beach Marathon	02:08:08.93
24.	16 Aug 2009	Singapore Army Half Marathon	02:03:41.50
25.	24 Aug 2008	Singapore Army Half Marathon	01:57:45.45
26.	26 Aug 2007	Singapore Army Half Marathon	01:58:54.54
27.	27 Aug 2006	Singapore Army Half Marathon	01:57:33.65
28.	18 Jun 2006	Phuket Marathon	02:06:02
29.	11 Sep 2005	Singapore Army Half Marathon	02:07:06.82

Duathlon

No.	Date	Event	Distance	Time
1.	15 Mar 2009	Tribob Sprint Duathlon	3K-20K-3K	1:03:42
2.	20 May 2007	Singapore Duathlon	10K-40K-5K	3:20:28
3.	26 Feb 2006	Singapore Duathlon	10K-36K-5K	2:35:17
4.	13 Mar 2005	Singapore Duathlon	10K-40K-5K	3:04:37

Marathon

No.	Date	Event	Time
1.	4 Dec 2013	Singapore Marathon	5:29:02
2.	17 Mar 2013	Seoul Dong-A Marathon	5:10:37
3.	15 Apr 2012	Paris Marathon	5:09:28
4.	26 Feb 2012	Tokyo Marathon	5:05:17
5.	4 Dec 2011	Singapore Marathon	5:26:43
6.	5 Dec 2010	Singapore Marathon	5:38:35
7.	6 Dec 2009	Singapore Marathon	5:09:22
8.	7 Dec 2008	Singapore Marathon	4:44:18 *PB
9.	2 Dec 2007	Singapore Marathon	4:53:25
10.	4 Dec 2005	Singapore Marathon	5:09:30

*PB: Personal Best