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I mark the pod’s 100th by sitting down with Thiruben, Singapore’s 800m national record holder, to trace a path from the football fields and gifted program classrooms to a time of 1:49.94 in perfect cool conditions in Korea.

The episode offers a rare, unvarnished look at how talent, culture and systems intersect. He grew up steeped in sport through his father, flirted seriously with football and only found running because his school lacked a football CCA. Early success in 1500m and cross country sparked ambition, but what truly shaped him was curiosity.

Thiruben shares candid insights on mindset, recovery and why belief is the first training plan worth mastering. He shares about the injury that broke his season, the A-Levels crash and therapy.

Beyond the track, Thiruben helped grow Singapore Athletics’ reach, turning 4,000 Instagram followers into over 13,000 and quadrupling sponsors. He believes fans back people, not just times, so he wrote record features that humanised athletes and widened the sport’s circle. The same logic underpins his decision to go pro: performance follows focus. If Singapore wants more Asian finalists and Olympians, athletes need real pathways and sustainable income, not token stipends.

His choice to go pro isn’t a gamble; it’s calculated urgency. At 26, windows close fast.

If you care about Singapore sport, talent pipelines or simply want to know what courage sounds and looks like - this episode is for you!

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1 SPL title, 3 Singapore Cups, 1 Coach of the Year & a fine run all the way to the Final of the Asian Champions League 2 - Aleksandar Rankovic has won it all in Singapore club football.

Our conversation starts in the streets of Belgrade as Aleks shares his childhood and how the love of the game took him from his hometown to the Eredivisie in Holland. He shares some special moments sharing the pitch with some big names in the Dutch league!

Aleks talks about how he started his coaching journey and shares some interesting coaching truths. Coaches starting out will want to hear what he has to say from his experience.

It all gets very interesting as we get into the Lion City Sailors FC story! He reveals how he got the job, his goal/objective, first impressions of the football here, thoughts on the honours he achieved here etc.

And if fans wanted to know the real Aleks, he was candid about his coaching philosophy, if he plays safe/boring football, accusations that he is arrogant, working with Forrest Li and of course the real question - why was he sacked?

Some questions were answered and some.....

All this and more as we say goodbye to Aleks and we wish him all the best for his next adventure!

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What if the path you’re on was poured for you long before you could choose? Lalita Rajah grew up in a family where law was more lineage than option, excelled at the academics, and built a steady career in corporate litigation and trademarks. The work was demanding but not ruthless, the colleagues became friends, and the respect was real. Yet beneath the competence was a quiet absence: fulfilment. A personal loss she couldn’t step away to honour and a cycle of heartbreak cracked the surface, and a single yoga class offered something she hadn’t felt in years — breath, focus and space.

We walk through how she went from curious student to certified teacher, trading billable hours for playlists and progressions. You’ll hear what Inside Flow really requires — choosing BPM that matches the arc of a song, crafting sequences that fit lyrics and phrasing, and sharing a true story that invites students to feel, not perform. We talk accessibility and progress: how wall-supported inversions demystify fear, how practice frequency changes outcomes, and how joy shows up in the moment a student realises, “I can do this.”

If you’ve ever felt your career was “set in wet cement,” this conversation is a timely reminder that we can make a change. Success doesn’t always wear heels and a title; sometimes it’s barefoot, on the beat and that's enough.