TIMEX TRI-FACTOR Run 2011
Early Sunday morning I was at the F1 Pit Building for the TIMEX TRI-FACTOR Run 2011. I was registered for the 21km run, which was flagged off at 6am.
The race course was not as flat as the Sundown Half Marathon, it was a tough course with several up slopes, and many twist and turns along the route.
To make matter worse, the 21km route was poorly marked (I only saw one distance marker), and some runners missed a turn and ran extra distances before realizing their mistake! I felt sorry for them, especially those going all out to better their PBs, their race was ruined by confusion of the route.
I finished the 21km run in 1 hr 46 mins (gun time) and here’s me in my finisher’s pose:
Here’s a closer look at the finisher medal
[...] the Marina Bay skyline, after that, my race experience started going downhill. If last week’s Tri-Factor Run was a disaster as a result of insufficient route marker and lack of race marshals at critical junction, leading to [...]