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In the early morning of 4th December, twenty thousand runners turned up at Orchard Road for the start of the full marathon of Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011. At 5am, we were flagged off, each and every runner has a reason to run.

This year’s full marathon race route was very similar to last year, except for some minor changes along the route. The initial 5km was not a pleasant run at all, what with the throngs of runners squeezing into some narrow roads and literally running into tight corners inside the CDB area. Another sore point besides that was at the half and full-marathon merging point, which got lots of complains last year for the “human-wall”, which impeded running, was the same as last year. It was disappointing that there was no improvement made there.

This being my third full marathon run, I was much better prepared than the first two, and I went with a target in mind – to better my marathon personal best. Now let me share with you some pictures of the carnival at the end-point.

That was me posing with my hard-earned finisher tee at the “Run For A Reason” wall.