Together these sisters will run for health and a good cause at Great Eastern Women s Run

SINGAPORE – The Great Eastern Women’s Run on Nov 9 will be a special day for Nur Hiryanty Roslan, Nadhirah, Nadhrah and Nadia – who are 33, 30, 24 and 19 respectively – as it will be the first time that the four sisters are running a race together.

It took some persuasion from Nadhirah and Nadia to get Nadhrah to sign up for the 10km race as she does not enjoy running. But the 24-year-old, who is the fifth of six siblings – they have two brothers – agreed to take up the challenge to fulfil her personal workout goals.

Nadhrah said: “This year I wanted to start running again. I used to run in secondary school, but I’ve never participated in running events like this. So I thought maybe this year I could try again. I ran (5km) in the 2XU Compression Run, then they (her sisters) told me about the Great Eastern run and they are the ones that have been encouraging me to join all these running events.

“I am quite active in working out, but not really running. I was leaning towards the 5km but maybe in November I can do a 10km because I might have more time to practise.”

Her sisters Nadhirah and Nadia were in the queue for the May 26 event launch at Asia Square Tower 1, where the first 117 participants received two free slots to the race, along with a goodie bag.

Event organisers are expecting about 12,000 runners at the Singapore Sports Hub for the 2025 edition.

Both Nadhirah and Nadia took part in several runs in 2024 and the duo were happy that they managed to rope in Nadhrah and their oldest sister Nur Hiryanty for the Great Eastern Women’s Run.

Nadia, a final-year nursing student at