http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/scgs-girl-dies-13th-birthday-after-24km-run
But tragedy struck Wednesday morning when Nur Aisyah Ismail collapsed in the Singapore Chinese Girls' School (SCGS) and died on the way to hospital.
Wednesday also happened to be her 13th birthday.
Nur Aisyah was doing a 2.4km run during a physical education lesson when she collapsed.
Her father, Mr Ismail Adan, 50, told The New Paper Wednesday evening: "When the school called her mother at about 8.35am, I was already at work.
"She then called me saying that my daughter had fallen."
His first thought was that it was not serious but he got worried after his wife said she was being taken to hospital.
Mr Ismail, who works at Nanyang Technological University, rushed back to his Choa Chu Kang home on his motorcycle to pick up his wife, then they rode to the KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
When they were almost at the hospital, they received a call and he pulled over to the side of the road to answer it.
He said the person on the other end of the line told him that their daughter was "unresponsive".
When they arrived at the hospital, its representative confirmed that Nur Aisyah had died. They were then taken to see her body.
It was especially hard for the family because it was Nur Aisyah's birthday.
"We were going to order pizza for dinner and maybe a small cake," Mr Ismail said, adding that she shares her birthday with her twin brother.
Nur Aisyah was a bright student. She had an aggregate score of 257 for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) last year and was in the integrated programme (IP) in her school.
"When I go out with her, she will hold my hand. I always asked her why she did that and she said she didn't want to let me go," he said.
"I'll never get to hold her hand again."
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