Overall: 2803rd placing
Average speed: 8.7 km per hr
The winner of the event was in division M2529 and achieved a time of 01:13:08.Event average time: 2h 38 min and 46 sec.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Stanchart Marathon 2007 - Statistics
Overall: 2803rd placingAverage speed: 8.7 km per hrThe winner of the event was in division M2529 and achieved a time of 01:13:08.Event average time: 2h 38 min and 46 sec.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007
The big day came and I went to pick at KC at the agreed time. Took the PIE-CTE route and was bit surprised to see the slow moving traffic along Orchard Road to Bras Basah road. It was like 8 pm on a Saturday night. But then again, there was a record 12 thousand full marathon runners and another 10 thousand half marathon runners this year, so come to think of it, its not surprising at all.
Picked up Dave at the car park entrance of Raffles City S.C., by then the free car park lot was at 50+! I found one empty lot at the new car park extension and within the next five minutes, the surrounding lots were fully occupied. By 5 am, I believe there should be less than 10 lots left.
We arrived at the Cenotaph where KC was supposed to meet up with Clement and Teck Lim. But in the end KC left without meeting them as it was near the starting time of the full marathon.
The Half-marathon start time was at 6.15am, so me and Dave had more than half hour to warm up, so we also took the chance to camwhore abit.
Me at Cenotaph
Dave
Picked up Dave at the car park entrance of Raffles City S.C., by then the free car park lot was at 50+! I found one empty lot at the new car park extension and within the next five minutes, the surrounding lots were fully occupied. By 5 am, I believe there should be less than 10 lots left.
We arrived at the Cenotaph where KC was supposed to meet up with Clement and Teck Lim. But in the end KC left without meeting them as it was near the starting time of the full marathon.
The Half-marathon start time was at 6.15am, so me and Dave had more than half hour to warm up, so we also took the chance to camwhore abit.
Me at Cenotaph
DaveWe got to Esplanade Bridge at 6 am and slowly move towards the starting point near One Fullerton. At 6.15 am, we were off to our 21.5 km quest.
Dave sprint off as usual, while I ran at my own pace. Compared to the AHM (Bay run) back in August, this was a much better start as most of the runners were really running/jogging. Along the way I found a lady runner with a similar pace and use her as my pacer until I got out of Marina South.
For the first 12 km I was consciously taking note of my timing:
Anyway, I kept myself hydrated along the way by taking sips of water at almost every drink station and drank more when 100 plus was available. Although it was a cooling morning compared to previous years, but the sun was up before 7 am.
The challenge came at the Nicoll Highway/Merdeka Bridge. It was slightly sloppy which requires extra effort. Some distance after the U-turn, I finally stopped running. I conserve some energy and ran up the bridge and walked again after turning into Republic Boulevard.
I was still aiming for 2hr 15 min, but time checked at the 40 km mark (approx. 19 km mark) shows that I had took 2hr 6 min. No way was I able to hit that timing. So I slow down again...
Finally after turning into St Andrew's Road road, I tried to sprint at the last 50 meter, but I felt a slight muscle pull at my left calf. So no choice but to slow jog to the finishing line.
Final timing on my watch - 2 hr 25 min.
That is a record for me personally :-).
Still pondering about doing a full marathon next year....
Dave sprint off as usual, while I ran at my own pace. Compared to the AHM (Bay run) back in August, this was a much better start as most of the runners were really running/jogging. Along the way I found a lady runner with a similar pace and use her as my pacer until I got out of Marina South.
For the first 12 km I was consciously taking note of my timing:
- 1 km - 6 min
- 4 km - 25 min
- 6 km - 37 min
- 7 km - 45 min
- 9 km - 57 min
- 10 km - 1 hr 7 min
- 11 km - 1 hr 11 min
Anyway, I kept myself hydrated along the way by taking sips of water at almost every drink station and drank more when 100 plus was available. Although it was a cooling morning compared to previous years, but the sun was up before 7 am.
The challenge came at the Nicoll Highway/Merdeka Bridge. It was slightly sloppy which requires extra effort. Some distance after the U-turn, I finally stopped running. I conserve some energy and ran up the bridge and walked again after turning into Republic Boulevard.
I was still aiming for 2hr 15 min, but time checked at the 40 km mark (approx. 19 km mark) shows that I had took 2hr 6 min. No way was I able to hit that timing. So I slow down again...
Finally after turning into St Andrew's Road road, I tried to sprint at the last 50 meter, but I felt a slight muscle pull at my left calf. So no choice but to slow jog to the finishing line.
Final timing on my watch - 2 hr 25 min.
That is a record for me personally :-).
Still pondering about doing a full marathon next year....
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Night Marathon 2008
It is finally happening...night marathon in Singapore.
Race details:
Date: 31st May 2008
Time: TBC
Venue: TBC
More info at the official website: http://www.sundownmarathon.com/index.php
Race details:
Date: 31st May 2008
Time: TBC
Venue: TBC
More info at the official website: http://www.sundownmarathon.com/index.php
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Stanchart Marathon - Final training
Met with KC, WL, Clement and Teck Lim for one final run before the Standard Chartered Marathon.
Route: ECP Macdonald to Adventure club and U-turn back.
Time taken: approximately 1 hr.
Guess I am more prepared than the Army Half Marathon. Hopefully can clock a better timing!
Route: ECP Macdonald to Adventure club and U-turn back.
Time taken: approximately 1 hr.
Guess I am more prepared than the Army Half Marathon. Hopefully can clock a better timing!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Marathon training - morning run
Revert back to morning run this time round.
Started at Fort road. KC, Clement and another fellow did their run first before coming back to meet us.
Route: Fort road to toilet after adventure club (U-turn)
Time taken: under 2 hrs.
Started at Fort road. KC, Clement and another fellow did their run first before coming back to meet us.
Route: Fort road to toilet after adventure club (U-turn)
Time taken: under 2 hrs.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Marathon training - another evening run
Did another evening run today. WL joined me half way near the beacon tower.
Route: Carpark F2 down to Fort Road (U-turn).
Time taken: 2 hr 6 min.
Route: Carpark F2 down to Fort Road (U-turn).
Time taken: 2 hr 6 min.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Marathon training - Evening run
Route: Fort road to Sailing Club toilet (U-turn)
Time taken: 2hr 18 min
Time taken: 2hr 18 min
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Marathon Training - another record breaking
Did an evening run on Saturday, again starting from Fort Road.
I did a warm up run of 12 minutes from the Fort Road car park and U-turn back from the end of the Fort Road route. KC and Clement arrived earlier and made their way back from from Macdonald. WL as usual, was late.
Clement had to leave early so he turn back after the Seafood Center, while we pushed on.
I went beyond the what I did in the previous Saturday, where I clocked a total of 1 hr 50 minutes, excluding stoppages. I turn back at the Yatch Club with WL, while KC continue to finish the Tanah Merah SAFRA club leg.
We had a few stoppages along the way, once to buy a drink. Fortunately it was an evening run so I finally walk/ran/jog my way back to Fort Road car park.
Time taken - 2 hr 18 minutes.
I did a warm up run of 12 minutes from the Fort Road car park and U-turn back from the end of the Fort Road route. KC and Clement arrived earlier and made their way back from from Macdonald. WL as usual, was late.
Clement had to leave early so he turn back after the Seafood Center, while we pushed on.
I went beyond the what I did in the previous Saturday, where I clocked a total of 1 hr 50 minutes, excluding stoppages. I turn back at the Yatch Club with WL, while KC continue to finish the Tanah Merah SAFRA club leg.
We had a few stoppages along the way, once to buy a drink. Fortunately it was an evening run so I finally walk/ran/jog my way back to Fort Road car park.
Time taken - 2 hr 18 minutes.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Training program
Since mid-August, The Straits Time has been allocating a weekly column on marathon related stuff, in conjunction with the december Singapore Marathon.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Saucony-100 Plus Passion Run 2007 - Certificate Collection
Date: 30 Jul 2007 (Mon) till 30 Aug 2007 (Thu)
Time: 11:00am to 8:00pm
Location: Running Lab, Velocity@Novena Square
Official Website: http://www.singaporepassionrun.com
ECP - 28 July 2007
Met KC and Clement at ECP for our weekly run. OSIM triathlon was on so the route beyond the Lagoon was blocked.
We did the Fort Road route, U-turn and went up and round the SKI 360 Lagoon, then back to the warming up area.
Timing:
24 min - End of Fort Road route
44 min - Past warming up area
54 min - Toilet (D2) right after East Coast Jumbo Seafood Center
1 hr 14 min - Orange signboard@Warming up area
We did the Fort Road route, U-turn and went up and round the SKI 360 Lagoon, then back to the warming up area.
Timing:
24 min - End of Fort Road route
44 min - Past warming up area
54 min - Toilet (D2) right after East Coast Jumbo Seafood Center
1 hr 14 min - Orange signboard@Warming up area
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Mizuno Wave Run 2007 Recap
Lousy route, lousy organisation, lousy weather.
It was drizzling, almost tempted not to go but still pushed myself to drive to Temasek Polytechnic. Cars were lining up along Tampines Avenue 1 until SAFRA so I knew I have to abandon my plan to park inside. Then as I was near the TP West Gate, I caught sight of empty car park lots! So I checked traffic and filter quickly to the extreme left lane leading to the polytechnic West Gate entrance. Ho seh! Got a lot and walk to the Stadium at the other end. Within 5 minutes I believe the car park was full. >:)
Stadium was packed and I waited as the Emcee kept repeating that they will start as soon as the VIP arrives. Couldn't see Dave and Wei Liang just got out of his house. Finally the VIP arrived to flag off the event, but I took more than 4 minutes to just get out of that little back gate of TP. #$%^!
The reservoir trail was full of puddle of water and most runners tried their best to avoid stepping into it. Some didn't bother and splash water onto others (KNN). I tried to keep running on the side whenever I could.
Just when I want to get out of the reservoir trail to the main road, I found the second bottle neck of the running route. It was simply to narrow for such so many runners so everyone had to squeeze through. Eventually I was on pavement of Tampines Avenue 1. Some gungho runners ran on the road, occupying one lane, though they were not suppose to. There were no traffic controller, neither any safety barrier to block the runners from doing so.
The organiser changed the finishing point to Bedok Reservoir (it was supposed to be back at TP) and lots of runners who finished the run crowded along the final 50 meters, some walking along it. I thought I reached the finishing point and everyone seems to be walking around, so I stopped. But bloody hell, just 10 meters away, there it stood, at the side, not facing any runners, was the finishing point banner across the drain pavement!
Anyhow, I did a mediocre 1 hr 5 minutes, below my target of 55 minutes.
Then I went straight to queue for the goody bag, and find myself standing in the queue for more than an hour! In between, Wei Liang came, we took turns to grab a couple of Milo drink, then he went back home first, and Dave found me. It was ten plus when Wei Liang return and we collected our goody bags and went for breakfast.
But I tell myself it's the last time I am going to join any running event held in Bedok Reservoir.
It was drizzling, almost tempted not to go but still pushed myself to drive to Temasek Polytechnic. Cars were lining up along Tampines Avenue 1 until SAFRA so I knew I have to abandon my plan to park inside. Then as I was near the TP West Gate, I caught sight of empty car park lots! So I checked traffic and filter quickly to the extreme left lane leading to the polytechnic West Gate entrance. Ho seh! Got a lot and walk to the Stadium at the other end. Within 5 minutes I believe the car park was full. >:)
Stadium was packed and I waited as the Emcee kept repeating that they will start as soon as the VIP arrives. Couldn't see Dave and Wei Liang just got out of his house. Finally the VIP arrived to flag off the event, but I took more than 4 minutes to just get out of that little back gate of TP. #$%^!
The reservoir trail was full of puddle of water and most runners tried their best to avoid stepping into it. Some didn't bother and splash water onto others (KNN). I tried to keep running on the side whenever I could.
Just when I want to get out of the reservoir trail to the main road, I found the second bottle neck of the running route. It was simply to narrow for such so many runners so everyone had to squeeze through. Eventually I was on pavement of Tampines Avenue 1. Some gungho runners ran on the road, occupying one lane, though they were not suppose to. There were no traffic controller, neither any safety barrier to block the runners from doing so.
The organiser changed the finishing point to Bedok Reservoir (it was supposed to be back at TP) and lots of runners who finished the run crowded along the final 50 meters, some walking along it. I thought I reached the finishing point and everyone seems to be walking around, so I stopped. But bloody hell, just 10 meters away, there it stood, at the side, not facing any runners, was the finishing point banner across the drain pavement!
Anyhow, I did a mediocre 1 hr 5 minutes, below my target of 55 minutes.
Then I went straight to queue for the goody bag, and find myself standing in the queue for more than an hour! In between, Wei Liang came, we took turns to grab a couple of Milo drink, then he went back home first, and Dave found me. It was ten plus when Wei Liang return and we collected our goody bags and went for breakfast.
But I tell myself it's the last time I am going to join any running event held in Bedok Reservoir.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Singapore Marathon 2007
Date: 2 December 2007
Time: Marathon - 5.30 am; Half-marathon - 6.15 am;
Starting Point: Esplanade Drive
Official website: http://www.singaporemarathon.com
Registration url: http://www.singaporemarathon.com/en/regs/
Sheares Bridge Run/AHM 2007
Date: 26 Aug 2007
Time: 5.30 am
Venue: Esplanade Drive
End Point: NDP floating Platform
Official Website: http://www.safra.sg/sbr
New Balance (Yet another) Real Run 2007
Official Website: http://www.realrun.sg/
Date: 28th October 2007
Time: 7.30 AM - 15 KM; 7.45 AM - 10KM
Venue: Changi Exhibition Centre
Registration Fee: $30 (for non-RealRun Club/HomeTeam NS member).
More Details at HomeTeamNS - Real Run 2007.
Date: 28th October 2007
Time: 7.30 AM - 15 KM; 7.45 AM - 10KM
Venue: Changi Exhibition Centre
RACE ROUTE
15km Route - 12km Road, 1km Sand, 1km Trail and 1km Runway
Registration Fee: $30 (for non-RealRun Club/HomeTeam NS member).
More Details at HomeTeamNS - Real Run 2007.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
14 July 2007
Met KC at East Coast for run. Started from Burger King and U-turn at the National Sailing Center . KC went beyond, doing the route along the SAFRA country club golf course.
Timing:
18 min 35 sec - Bedok Jetty
34 min - Toilet(G2)@National Sailing Centre (U-turn)
49 min - Bedok Jetty
59 min - Toilet (D2) right after East Coast Jumbo Seafood Center
1 hr 9 min - Orange signboard@Warming up area
Distance covered: Approximately 12 KM.
Timing:
18 min 35 sec - Bedok Jetty
34 min - Toilet(G2)@National Sailing Centre (U-turn)
49 min - Bedok Jetty
59 min - Toilet (D2) right after East Coast Jumbo Seafood Center
1 hr 9 min - Orange signboard@Warming up area
Distance covered: Approximately 12 KM.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Saucony-100 Plus Passion Run 2007
Went for the Saucony-100Plus Passion Run with Dave last Saturday. I tried hard to maintain a constant speed of 6 min per kilometer. Managed to clock 1 hr 42 second at the finishing point - a personal best, compared to my last attempt in 2005.Gonna try break that record in the Mizuno Wave Run in 10 days time. ;-)
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