Back from the Stan Chart Run
Turn up at the esplanade way way before the break of dawn, hitching a ride from J. That is about 4am in the morning not a soul in sight ( normally i would have just finished clubbing). Got some snacks at 7-11 before proceeding to the starting point of the run. Everyone Jm, SK, J ,WS and Taz were all nervous yet firedup for this full marathon. As for myself i wasn't really up to the challenge of the full one (taking consideration that i started half marathon only this year) maybe next year.
Flag off time was 6pm for the full marathon , leaving just me and my own devices. Oh well i still have my ipod blasting out some enya song for meditation. This time round i moved towards the front of the pack instead of the back. Want to see how i really fare should i go competitive.
First 5 km i feel alright, using my heart rate monitor. i tried to keep a constant heart rate of 160 -170 was able to sustain that till after 10km mark. The timing at that point was about 50mins, After that point my heart was racing at 180 and i have to slow or walk till it go back down to 160. The blistering morning sun started to pound on my body at the road towards kallang, Shade was almost none in sight. Worst still it looks long and neverending.
Water point was quite ample though out the run with 1 drinkstation every 2 km, every 6km they would provide elite drink (100plus - yah really elite one). Water serving was ice-mountain in a bottle, i kinda feel its a wastage of water as most runner only need a gulp or 2, the rest of the water was thrown away. One surprise is the last 2 km theres a banana stand and yes my stamach was growling , it was a saviour.
Gee one of the gripe i have is at the end of the run, i couldnt use the massage coz its reserved for the marathoners... so unfair.. plus where the heck did pple get the SCSM printed isotonic drinks?
This time round i fared much better then my 4months back AHM run. I completed at 2hr 14mins while AHM i did 2hr 29mins. 15 mins shaved off...
After collecting my medal, did a quick wash up and breakfast. Headed back to the finishing point to wait for the rest to arrive. Tried to find the SGrunners group but it wasn't an easy task with over 10,000 pple akin to needle in a haystack.
Taz and J came in about 4hr 45mins , Sh came in about 5hr 15mins , WS came in about 5hr 30mins and Jm came in about 6hr 01mins (attributing the fact he hasn't been training)
Over all , the result was better then expected and that spurs me on for next years -full marathon.
All winners!
Front and back of the finisher medal.. cool glossy pewter
Turn up at the esplanade way way before the break of dawn, hitching a ride from J. That is about 4am in the morning not a soul in sight ( normally i would have just finished clubbing). Got some snacks at 7-11 before proceeding to the starting point of the run. Everyone Jm, SK, J ,WS and Taz were all nervous yet firedup for this full marathon. As for myself i wasn't really up to the challenge of the full one (taking consideration that i started half marathon only this year) maybe next year.
Flag off time was 6pm for the full marathon , leaving just me and my own devices. Oh well i still have my ipod blasting out some enya song for meditation. This time round i moved towards the front of the pack instead of the back. Want to see how i really fare should i go competitive.
First 5 km i feel alright, using my heart rate monitor. i tried to keep a constant heart rate of 160 -170 was able to sustain that till after 10km mark. The timing at that point was about 50mins, After that point my heart was racing at 180 and i have to slow or walk till it go back down to 160. The blistering morning sun started to pound on my body at the road towards kallang, Shade was almost none in sight. Worst still it looks long and neverending.
Water point was quite ample though out the run with 1 drinkstation every 2 km, every 6km they would provide elite drink (100plus - yah really elite one). Water serving was ice-mountain in a bottle, i kinda feel its a wastage of water as most runner only need a gulp or 2, the rest of the water was thrown away. One surprise is the last 2 km theres a banana stand and yes my stamach was growling , it was a saviour.
Gee one of the gripe i have is at the end of the run, i couldnt use the massage coz its reserved for the marathoners... so unfair.. plus where the heck did pple get the SCSM printed isotonic drinks?
This time round i fared much better then my 4months back AHM run. I completed at 2hr 14mins while AHM i did 2hr 29mins. 15 mins shaved off...
After collecting my medal, did a quick wash up and breakfast. Headed back to the finishing point to wait for the rest to arrive. Tried to find the SGrunners group but it wasn't an easy task with over 10,000 pple akin to needle in a haystack.
Taz and J came in about 4hr 45mins , Sh came in about 5hr 15mins , WS came in about 5hr 30mins and Jm came in about 6hr 01mins (attributing the fact he hasn't been training)
Over all , the result was better then expected and that spurs me on for next years -full marathon.
All winners!
Front and back of the finisher medal.. cool glossy pewter
3 Comments:
At 4:19 PM,
Janice_O said…
after so much of our talk abt the big M.. guess u r finally tempted. i think u got WS timing wrong... better check..
At 10:56 PM,
Muggs said…
great timing!! Some improvement here!!
At 3:47 PM,
Ethanolic said…
Run away : opps should update the timing
Muggs : thanks for the encouragement
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