The 100Plus PAssion Run was back last Sunday and it was my 3rd time to experience the PAssion, and I signed up for the 25km category. It was a dusk-run, and the start-off time at 4.30pm was a real scorcher! It was too damn hot and humid!
Before the runners of 25km were flag-off, the 500m kids dash took place with great fanfare and shouts of encouragement from the parents!
The throngs of runners eagerly anticipating the flag-off for their 25km run.
Here’s me posing with the finisher medal. I took 2hrs 20mins to complete the race.
Here’s a picture of the finisher medal, finisher-Tee, and the race singlet
Let’s take a closer look at the finisher medal, which feels like a key-chain to me!
Last Sunday saw me at East Coast Park bright and early, supporting a friend at the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore Triathlon 2011. The weather was perfect for some endurance sports actions!
Ironman 70.3 races consist of a 1.9km / 1.2 mile swim, a 90-kilometre / 56-mile bike and a 21.1km /13.1 mile run, which adds up to 70.3 miles of total racing, hence the name. in this 5th edition of the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore series, Kris Gemmell of New Zealand won the men’s category and Mary Beth Ellis of USA won the women’s category.
Here’s a look at the day’s hardwork for the triathletes:
Anticipation built up to its highest as the triathletes waited anxiously for the flag off. And once the horn sounded, everyone charged towards the open sea!
Here we can see a trio of women’s triathletes going for the second loop of the swim. Go! Go!! Go!!!
After the 1.9km swim, it was a short run to the transition area to find their bikes and gear up for the 90km bike leg.
Here we see some of the men’s pro-triathletes coming in after their 90km bike ride and next up for them was the 21km run.
Hiro Nishiuchi, a pro triathlete from Fukushima, and his wife competed and helped to raise more than S$30,000 for victims of the Japan quake. The couple had just touched down Singapore when the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. Both still have relatives in Fukushima prefecture, and some are unaccounted for.
The Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010 official results were released and my official timing for my second marathon run is 4hrs 45mins. I didn’t achieve my primary target of a 4hrs 30mins finish but it was a vast improvement from my maiden marathon timing of 5hrs 37mins.
I will have to train harder next year to better my personal best and achieve the target time. Congratulations to all runners who have completed a great run and/or better your personal best time! See you again next year!
Singapore’s famous shopping belt along Orchard road was abuzz with vibrant energy on the early morning of 5th December as 19,000 runners lined up at the start point of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010. I was among the crowd, all set for my second full marathon after months of trainings and hardwork.
After the flag-off near Ngee Ann City, we full marathon runners were in for a visual treat as as we ran down Orchard Road with the Christmas light-up in full operation . The new marathon route brought us past iconic landmarks such as the colourful Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts building, Chinatown, the grand Esplanade, the Singapore Flyer and the new Intergrated resort – Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
With the invaluable experience of a maiden marathon run under my belt, I felt better prepared this year and was physically stronger to actually enjoy the race. At the end, I was able to run past the finishing line instead of hobbling with excruciating pain past it like last year, and achieved a vast improvement in my finishing time.
I’ll leave the official result to a later post, for now, let’s take a moment to view some of the pics I captured at the post-race carnival at the Padang.
Some runners at the home stretch, giving a final push towards the finish line. GO! GO!! GO!!!
Supporters along the home stretch cheering the runners on!
That’s me stealing a “photo finish” moment and posing with my hard-earned finisher t-shirt!
After experiencing my maiden marathon in December 2009, I have signed up for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2010. This will be my second marathon and it will take place on 5 December 2010.
Besides a change of sponsor (from New Balance to ASICS), this year’s Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore will feature three different race routes, from three unique start points – Orchard Road for the Full Marathon, Sentosa for the Half Marathon and Esplanade Bridge for the 10km category.
Runners will run pass landmarks such as Clarke Quay, Chinatown, the Esplanade, Singapore Flyer and the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort. Here’s an interactive video of the full marathon race route.
