Great Eastern Women’s Run 2021 is now open for registration - policyholders and loyal runners can access special discount codes upon registration!

Great Eastern launches the fifteenth version of the Great Eastern Women’s Run (GEWR). This yr’s race will see Singapore’s first all-ladies’s digital run. To mark the return of GEWR after the cancellation of the race in 2020 (because of the COVID-19 pandemic), runners will lead a fund-elevating initiative the place monies will go in the direction of underprivileged ladies within the society, serving to them lead a greater life.

This yr, the general public will get to take part within the GEWR by clocking their miles by way of a cellular app from 14 November to fifteen December, throughout a complete of 5 completely different race classes, with a special 113km class to commemorate the corporate’s 113th anniversary in 2021. For this special class, contributors can select to kind a group of two to 4 women to finish the space collectively or clock it individually throughout the time interval.

Other classes will embrace the same old 5km, 10km, 21.1km distances, in addition to the favored 2km class specifically for moms and daughters (5 to 12 years previous).

To put together contributors for their run, GEWR will conduct a series of month-to-month digital challenges to encourage women to extend their mileage and enhance their tempo on the app MOVE by Liv3ly.

Participants can additionally anticipate ideas from athletes, working coaches, physiotherapists and nutritionists on this journey as contributors prepare with GEWR on Facebook and Instagram, ranging from September.

Running in the direction of a Sustainable Future

This yr, Great Eastern will get rid of single-use plastic in race packs and entitlements, to make an influence in the direction of a greener and extra sustainable world. Finisher medals for contributors are 100% recyclable, whereas the race bag this yr is made out of pure pulp fibre and is recyclable.

Raising funds to empower ladies

In 2021, GEWR will probably be adopting two charity organisations – Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) and Daughters Of Tomorrow (DOT). DOT is an area charity searching for to empower ladies by serving to them obtain monetary independence to help their households, and a brand new beneficiary this yr.

Great Eastern pledges to make use of the race as a platform to lift consciousness and funds in the direction of supporting underprivileged ladies of their again-to-work trips. Members of the general public can help these causes by way of the Great Eastern Cares fundraising pages on SimplyGiving.sg arrange by Great Eastern workers and monetary representatives.

Registration

Registrations for GEWR will start right now, 18 August by way of right here. Participants will probably be required to clock their distance by the MOVE app from 14 November to fifteen December 2021.

Through the Great Eastern UPGREAT app, Great Eastern policyholders and loyal runners can access special discount codes to register for the run and clients with UPGREAT factors can additionally offset their factors to redeem slots for the run.