Signed up for the full marathon again. 4th attempt. 2nd marathon this year after sundown in end May. Not much training compared to 2nd attempt 2 years ago.
Went to bed at 2230 hrs. Fell asleep quite easily. Set alarm clock to ring at 0245 hrs. "Auto wake up" 5 minutes before the alarm rang. Already packed my stuffs 1 to 2 days earlier. 6 power gels, fuel belt, 1 bottle, deep heat run, half milo bar (not used during race).
As this year is slightly different, the full marathon start at orchard road, near ion shopping centre. Will meet up with Eddie at the office and we will walk to the starting point. Will either park the car at the office carpark or the free sunday parking lot beside the office building.
Ate 1.5 breadtalk floss bread with a cup of milo for breakfast. Left home at around 0335 hrs. Partial road closure at Paterson road and Orchard road. Reach Scott road and encountered slight traffic jam. Luckily left home quite early or else most probably going to be caught in the jam.
Meet up with Eddie in the office. Stanley and his brother was waiting for us downstair. We proceed to the starting corrals. Race start at 0500 hrs sharp. Running through the lighted up orchard road is a different experience.
Adopting the general strategy of 14 minutes jog with 1 minute walk and power gel at the hour mark. But knowing that water point is about every 2.5km, i try to stretch the 14 minutes a bit longer so that i do not need to stop twice and lose some time.
Run went fairly well for the first 21km (02:49:37). Struggle a bit during the East Coast Park return route. My target was to hit 30km within 4 hours. This will leave me with the whole 2 hours to complete the last 12.2km. But after 28km, my walk break duration increases but i tell myself that for every steps i managed to run, it would help in my goal to finish in 6 hours. Eventually i took 9 minutes more the complete the first 30km (04:09:34).
The next stretch is running through marina south through the marina barrage (35km). There was almost no shelter and it was very hot and it will be better if there are 1 or 2 extra water point at this stretch. I did a lot of walking here. Can only managed to jog for 1-2 minutes. I felt very tired and out of breath. Maybe this is the sign of runners "hitting the wall" after the 30km mark. All these times, i was mentally calculating my chances of hitting sub 6 and i felt the target slipping away for every walk i took. And based on my past marathon running, i will just walk to the end point.
Cross the barrage and head up Benjamin Sheares Bridge at the 37km mark. This is the merging point for all the 3 categories. But i have no problem with it as most of the HM and 10k runners would have completed their race. It was almost a 1km upslope and i can only walk. During the downslope, i tried to jog down and surprising i felt that i have the energy to do that. Either i have walked long enough and managed to recover back some energy or the power gel that i took help. So whenever i can managed, i try to jog.
In the end, i found the energy to jog the last 2km to the ending point and managed to cross the finished line within 6 hours.
Results.
Ranking : 5119
Singapore Ranking : 3859
Runner ID : 36232-SIN-FMM-008
Runner Name : GOH KOK YONG
Gun Start Time : 05:00:28
Chip Start Time : 05:01:59
CP10k : 01:19:57
CP21_1k : 02:49:37
CP21_5k : 02:51:27
CP30k : 04:09:34
Chip Finish Time : 05:57:30
Finish Time : 05:59:01
Photos from www.marathon-photos.com
Pictures.
In front of the starting line.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Escort bike and official timing car.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
On the way to starting pen. In front of Mandarin Hotel.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Eddie, Stanley's brother, Stanley.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
With me.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Start point.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
10km mark.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
10km timing, 1:18.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
21km mark.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
21km timing, 2:47
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
30km mark.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
30km timing, 4:07
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Marina Bay Sands and singapore flyer at the background.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Finishing point at Padang.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
SingTel corporate tent.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Finisher medal.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
Finisher T shirt.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
42.62km. 5 hrs 57 mins.
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| From 2010 Dec HTC Desire pictures. |
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