Welcome to ArthurTjandra.Com
Dr Arthur Tjandra’s Facebook account was terminated by Facebook in September 2016. This is actually a good thing, as these days, only those who are grandparents and great grandparents still use Facebook. You would be considered a dinosaur, if you still used Facebook today. The tech savvy, cool, hip and young-at-heart either use Friendster, MySpace, ICQ, WeChat or TikTok. As Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie can no longer share his favorite race photos with friends and relatives on Facebook anymore, he has now re-posted old race photos on ArthurTjandra.Com. He will continue to post all his upcoming race photos on ArthurTjandra.Com.
When Dr Arthur Tjandra of Elixir de Vie 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 December 2019, Dr Arthur Tjandra who is coming to 50 years of age, has competed in 56 marathon, half marathon, duathlon, triathlon and 10K races. Let’s wish him good health, so that he can continue to run up to and beyond the age of 80!
Life story through pictures
Life as a medical student: early to mid-1990s
@ University of Wales, College of Medicine:
@ University of Sydney School of Medicine:
Life as an intern (house officer) and medical officer (senior house officer): mid- to late-1990s
@ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney:
Life as a resident and fellow: 2000 to 2008
Some photos taken with prominent figures while undergoing post-graduate medical and surgical training in Singapore:
With President Wee Kim Wee:
With President S. R. Nathan:
With A/Prof Fong Poh Him
With Dr Pierre Fournier
Once, when We were Young (2000 to early 2010s)
Race Photo Highlights
First Race: Osim Singapore Triathlon 2004:
Singapore Duathlon 2005:
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 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.
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:
Standard Chartered Singapore 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, instead of full marathon races.
Maldives 2014:
Gold Coast Marathon 2015:
Gold Coast Marathon 2017:
Sydney Marathon 2017:
Brisbane Marathon 2018:
Sydney Marathon 2018:
Melbourne Marathon 2018:
Chinese New Year, February 2019:
Spring Break, April 2019:
Chinese New Year, Jan 2020:
A photograph taken with the first smart phone in his life, a Huawei P30 Lite (Feb 2020):
Quarantined at Swissotel The Stamford, March 2021:
Photo Albums
- My virgin race: Osim Singapore Triathlon 28 Aug 2004
- First State Visit to People’s Republic of China Oct-Nov 2004
- Singapore Duathlon 13 Mar 2005
- Osim Singapore Asian Triathlon Championship 2 Jul 2005
- New Balance Real Run Sentosa 28 Aug 2005
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 11 Sep 2005
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 4 Dec 2005
- Singapore Duathlon 26 Feb 2006
- Phuket International Marathon 18 Jun 2006
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 27 Aug 2006
- Singapore Oakley City Duathlon 20 May 2007
- Siemens Run Kuala Lumpur 8 July 2007
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 26 Aug 2007
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2 Dec 2007
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 24 Aug 2008
- Photo Shoot Oct 2008
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 7 Dec 2008
- Tribob Sprint Series Singapore Duathlon 15 Mar 2009
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 16 Aug 2009
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 6 Dec 2009
- Long Beach Marathon 17 Oct 2010
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 5 Dec 2010
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 4 Sep 2011
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 4 Dec 2011
- Tokyo Marathon 26 Feb 2012
- Paris Marathon 15 Apr 2012
- Gold Coast Airport Marathon 1 Jul 2012
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 9 Sep 2012
- Behind the scene: Channel News Asia documentary TV show, Nov 2012
- Seoul Marathon 17 Mar 2013
- Gold Coast Airport Marathon 7 Jul 2013
- Army Half Marathon Singapore 1 Sep 2013
- Sydney Marathon 22 Sep 2013
- Melbourne Marathon 13 Oct 2013
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 4 Dec 2013
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 7 Dec 2014
- Gold Coast Marathon 5 Jul 2015
- Melbourne Marathon 18 Oct 2015
- Vienna City Marathon 10 Apr 2016
- Gold Coast Marathon 3 Jul 2016
- Sydney Marathon 18 Sep 2016
- Melbourne Marathon 16 Oct 2016
- Jeju Olle Trails Run 22 Jun 2017
- Mount Namsan Seoul Run 26 Jun 2017
- Gold Coast Marathon 2 Jul 2017
- Brisbane Marathon 6 Aug 2017
- Sydney Marathon 17 Sep 2017
- Melbourne Marathon 15 Oct 2017
- Mizuno Wave Run Singapore 26 Nov 2017
- Run for Hope Singapore 21 Jan 2018
- Gold Coast Marathon 1 Jul 2018
- Brisbane Marathon 5 Aug 2018
- Run for Singapore, Nation Run Challenge 53 Km, 9-31 Aug 2018
- Sydney Marathon 16 Sep 2018
- Straits Times Run Singapore 23 Sep 2018
- Run for Animals Challenge 4 Oct 2018
- Melbourne Marathon 14 Oct 2018
- Home Team National Service REAL Run 21 Oct 2018
- Christchurch Run Jan-Feb 2019
- Queenstown Run 2-7 Feb 2019
- Te Anau/Milford Sound Run 7-8 Feb 2019
- Canberra Marathon 14 Apr 2019 (running with plantar fasciitis)
- Sun Moon Lake Walk Jun 2019 (recovering from plantar fasciitis)
- Qingjing Farm and Small Swiss Village Walk Jun 2019 (recovering from plantar fasciitis)
- Gold Coast Marathon 7 Jul 2019 (running with plantar fasciitis and cough/cold)
- Run for Singapore 54 Km Run/Walk Aug 2019 (recovering from plantar fasciitis)
- Sydney Marathon 15 Sep 2019
- Batman Run Singapore 21 Sep 2019
- Melbourne Marathon 13 Oct 2019 (running with buttocks and lower back injury)
- SG Run 19 Oct 2019
- Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 30 Nov 2019 (withdraw from race due to bad influenza (Covid-19?))
- Da Nang Chinese New Year Run 23-29 Jan 2020
- Covid-19 Runs Singapore Feb-Aug 2020
Dr Arthur Tjandra’s Race Results
2K Races
| No. | Date | Event | Time |
| 1. | 28 Aug 2004 | Osim Mini Triathlon – Run Relay | 0:07:58 *PB |
5K Races
| 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 Races
| No. | Date | Event | Time |
| 1. | 21 Sep 2019 | Batman Run Singapore (8K) | 0:45:58 |
| 2. | 21 Oct 2018 | Home Team NS REAL Run | 0:53:38.2 |
| 3. | 23 Sep 2018 | Straits Times Run | 0:54:48 |
| 4. | 16 Sep 2018 | Sydney Marathon | 0:53:12 |
| 5. | 21 Jan 2018 | Run for Hope | 0:56:38 |
| 6. | 26 Nov 2017 | Mizuno Wave Run | 0:54:27 |
| 7. | 8 July 2007 | Siemens Run KL | 0:55:12 |
| 9. | 20 May 2007 | Oakley City Duathlon | 0:57:55 |
| 10. | 26 Feb 2006 | Singapore Duathlon | 0:47:47 *PB |
| 11. | 13 Mar 2005 | Singapore Duathlon | 0:56:21 |
Half Marathon
| No. | Date | Event | Time |
| 1. | 13 Oct 2019 | Melbourne Marathon | 2:08:36 |
| 2. | 15 Sep 2019 | Sydney Marathon | 2:03:17 |
| 3. | 7 Jul 2019 | Gold Coast Marathon | 2:14:59 |
| 4. | 14 Apr 2019 | Canberra Marathon | 2:08:02 |
| 5. | 14 Oct 2018 | Melbourne Marathon | 1:59:16 |
| 6. | 16 Sep 2018 | Sydney Marathon | 1:57:22 |
| 7. | 5 Aug 2018 | Brisbane Marathon | 1:59:20 |
| 8. | 1 Jul 2018 | Gold Coast Marathon | 2:01:01 |
| 9. | 15 Oct 2017 | Melbourne Marathon | 2:02:12 |
| 10. | 17 Sep 2017 | Sydney Marathon | 2:00:21 |
| 11. | 6 Aug 2017 | Brisbane Marathon | 2:03:48 |
| 12. | 2 Jul 2017 | Gold Coast Marathon | 1:59:48 |
| 13. | 16 Oct 2016 | Melbourne Marathon | 2:06:51 |
| 14. | 18 Sep 2016 | Sydney Marathon | 2:11:40 |
| 15. | 3 Jul 2016 | Gold Coast Marathon | 2:09:14 |
| 16. | 10 Apr 2016 | Vienna Marathon | 2:18:44 |
| 17. | 18 Oct 2015 | Melbourne Marathon | 2:21:39 |
| 18. | 5 Jul 2015 | Gold Coast Marathon | 1:57:45 |
| 19. | 7 Dec 2014 | Singapore Marathon | 2:20:48 |
| 20. | 13 Oct 2013 | Melbourne Marathon | 2:04:13 |
| 21. | 22 Sep 2013 | Sydney Marathon | 2:00:13 |
| 22. | 1 Sep 2013 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 2:18:40 |
| 23. | 7 Jul 2013 | Gold Coast Marathon | 1:58:11 |
| 24. | 9 Sep 2012 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 2:06:53 |
| 25. | 1 Jul 2012 | Gold Coast Marathon | 1:53:06 *PB |
| 26. | 4 Sep 2011 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 02:23:24 |
| 27. | 17 Oct 2010 | Long Beach Marathon | 02:08:08.93 |
| 28. | 16 Aug 2009 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 02:03:41.50 |
| 29. | 24 Aug 2008 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 01:57:45.45 |
| 30. | 26 Aug 2007 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 01:58:54.54 |
| 31. | 27 Aug 2006 | Singapore Army Half Marathon | 01:57:33.65 |
| 32. | 18 Jun 2006 | Phuket Marathon | 02:06:02 |
| 33. | 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
