First, no more 15km. The distance is bump up to 25km instead.
Second, start at the late afternoon 4:20pm instead of the traditional 7am+.
I should be able to complete 25km with timing of 3 hrs to 3.5 hrs.
Initially i was aiming for below 3 hours. But since i "kay kiang" and signed up for the next week Adidas Sundown Marathon in early May when the organiser released limited slots, i decide to take it easy and treat it as a rehearsal for next week main event.
The targeted time will be 3.5 hrs instead.
Furthermore, i was not feeling well these few days. Have to pop a few panadol and cold medicine on Sunday to Tuesday.
So, i got myself prepare the night before. Bring 2 power gel for this event to be taken at the hour mark. Race strategy is to stop at every water point (think 1.5km to 2km) and walk for 1 minutes. Quite similar to my LSD to Jurong point 2 weeks ago (14mins jog with 1 min walk).
Left home at 1430 hrs. Drove to ECP and reach carpark F2 at around 1520 hrs. As expected (late afternoon) there was no parking lots available. So decide to "create" another lane just like last year.
Walk to the starting place. Found the sgrunners booth and rest in there to wait for my colleagues (Cheong has already arrived) and wait for the race to start. Soo msg saying that the shuttle bus queue at the Stadium is very long. Ended up, Soo, Yee Tat and Manoj share a cab to the starting point.
As the flag off approaches and they were no where to be seen i decide to run first. Anyway, they will eventually catch up with me during the race. Cheong decide to start with them.
Off i go and stick to my strategy with 1 minutes walk break at every water point. Consumed power get at the 1 hr 10 mins mark and 2 hr 20 mins mark and took 2+ minutes walk break while doing that.
As expected, the rest of my colleague overtook me during the various part of the race. In generally i managed to adhere to my strategy and most walk break lasted between 1-2 minutes. But during the 12-15km stretch, i really felt like giving up and take more walk break.
The route is basically the whole of ECP with a few additional U turn point. I think the whole ECP is about 21km to and fro.
After 3 hrs and 7 minutes. I managed to cross the finishing line. Meet up with the rest of the colleagues. They decide to catch the shuttle bus back, i decide to proceed to the food centre to take my dinner. Bought fishball noodles.
There were still runners on the road while i walk back to F2 to collect my car. While passing the finishing point, the clock was showing 3 hrs 57 mins. Collect the car at around 2045 hrs and reach home at 2120 hrs.
There is Cold Storage Kids Run tomorrow. Need to wake up early.
Results of the group.
25km
Soo ------ 2h:38m:49s (gun) / 2h:16m:45s (net)
Cheong --- 2h:53m:4s (gun) / 2h:31m:4s (net)
Yee Tat -- 2h:59m:15s (gun) / 2h:37m:17s (net)
Rama ----- 3h:4m:50s (gun) / 2h:42m:49s (net) -> ran by Manoj
Kok Yong - 3h:8m:3s (gun) / 3h:7m:23s (net)
10km
Samuel --- 1h:7m:31s (gun) / 1h:6m:49s (net)
Cannot find the timing of Tom
taken by La senza from sgrunners.
Photos from Soo.
Photos from my phone.
Goodies bag.
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