Date: 8 Jun 2008
Time: 6.30 am
Venue: East Coast Park E2 Angsana Garden
This year there is a new category for 15KM.
For more info, refer to the official website here.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Monday, December 3, 2007
Stanchart Marathon 2007 - Statistics
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.
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.
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