Vanessa Lee was literally running against herself during the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at the Singapore Open Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium on April 18.

As the only competitor in the timed final, Lee used a beeper in her smartwatch to let her know if she was on track at every 100m interval as she went on to break Cheryl Chan’s national record of 11min 14.70sec set in 2020.