STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON 4-DEC-2011

SUCCESS !! WE DID IT !!!

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

Listed below are our Hot-Runners and VFI-Runners ENTHUSIASTS who have completed this Marathon event that they have set out to do..... Cheers CONGRATS !!

Total 65,000 participants this year, a new record for Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon.

42KM FULL MARATHON RESULTS

CATHERINE NEW  4h:40m:46s

Catherine was just amazing. With 4h:40m she out-run all our regular male marathoners!  Well done, Cat. We are all so proud of you. Using Qi Gong technique or what? Isn't she gorgeous?

Lim Lid Jlen   4h:38m:54s

Lid Jlen (HC’s nephew) came in with fairly good timing of 4h:38m for his 2^nd marathon.

EDWIN GOH      4h:50m:55s

Tim, CS & Edwin as usual are among the early finishers.

JOE TAN        5h:08m:54s (VFI)

Joe at 5h:08m was the fastest among the VFI-Runners.

JANTO          5h:12m:01s

Good poise, Janto!

TAY Beng Hwee  5h:44m:14s

Glad to see Beng Hwee. Always see him at this event every year.

HC GAN                 5h:43m:19s (VFI)

Our cheer leader. Both legs cramped at 30km mark. But managed to complete full 42km.

ONG BOK HUI    5h:53m:12s

Boz our happy-go-lucky guy. Very nice chap.

Hwee Chwee     5h:53m:12s

Our sweet-heart and regular Hot-Runner.

Aik Kai        5h:53m:12s

3 buddies HweeChwee, Bok and Aik Kai hold hands and crossed the finishing line together.

EJ YAP         7h:15m:56s (VFI)

Legs cramped early at 20km mark. Had a hard time but with strong determination completed the full 42km. Respect, respect. Congrats on your 1st marathon.

21KM HALF MARATHON RESULTS

Aik Lan   3h:42m:07s

Our pretty lady slow and steady... completed her 1st half marahton. CONGRATS!

YOAV ELGRICHI 2h:05m:53s (VFI)

Imported talent from Israel. FAST. From VFI-Runners.

10KM EVENT RESULTS

LEE KWONG YEONG 0h:54m:48s (VFI)

Sub-hour 10km runner! Congrats! VFI-Runners captain.

CK LEE 1h:00m:43s (VFI)

Very FAST. Congrats!

NG WEE CHONG 1h:02m:32s (VFI)

LI TZE JIUN 1h:10m:00s (VFI)

JENNIFER NG 1h:13m:21s (VFI)

LIM KUI FANG 1h:17m:29s (VFI)

Evon Tan 1h:20m:28s (VFI)

VFI-Runners fielded 3 full marathoners -> HC, Joe and EJ.

Edwin through “MSI” company sponsored 20 runners for this event. Their Adidas running t-shirt are dark red with blue logo.

HC and the sales GM through “PAY” company co-sponsored 53 runners for this marathon event. Their Mizuno running t-shirt are orange with lime green strips. Of these 3 run full marathon, 1 run half marathon and the rest run 10km. Slogan is “Work hard but stay healthy”.

KY, CK and WC are the early finishers among the 10km event  VFI-Runners.

Tze, Jennifer and Kui Fang did very well among the ladies 10km event  VFI-Runners. WELL DONE !! Most of them are 1^st time participants.

FULL RESULTS (not all are recorded here)

Stan Chart 4-Dec-2011

42KM RESULTS (NET TIME)

TIM TEO                  4h:19m:16s

Lim Lid Jlen             4h:38m:54s

CATHERINE NEW  4h:40m:46s

CS CHAN                4h:46m:03s

EDWIN GOH           4h:50m:55s

JOE TAN                 5h:08m:54s (VFI)

JANTO                   5h:12m:01s

HC GAN                 5h:43m:19s (VFI)

TAY Beng Hwee  5h:44m:14s
ONG BOK HUI        5h:53m:12s

Hwee Chwee          5h:53m:12s

Aik Kai                     5h:53m:12s

EJ YAP                    7h:15m:56s (VFI)

21KM RESULTS (NET TIME)

YOAV ELGRICHI 2h:05m:53s (VFI)

Aik Lan            3h:42m:07s

10KM RESULTS (NET TIME)

Lee Kwong Yeong   0h:54m:48s (VFI)

Lee Chee Kiong     1h:00m:43s (VFI)

NG WEE CHONG 1h:02m:32s (VFI)

LOY KWEE YONG 1h:05m:53s (VFI)

DU CHIH-MING      1h:08m:33s (VFI)

CHOO KIM ENG         1h:09m:40s (VFI)

LI TZE JIUN             1h:10m:00s (VFI)

WONG WEI KEONG 1h:11m:11s (VFI)

JENNIFER NG        1h:13m:21s (VFI)

LIM KUI FANG        1h:17m:29s (VFI)

SHENICE LIEW      1h:18m:28s (VFI)

IMRAN JAMALUDIN   1h:19m:11s (VFI)

Evon Tan                 1h:20m:28s (VFI)

CYNTHIA CALISTA 1h:23m:18s (VFI)

JOANNE SING       1h:23m:38s (VFI)

PRISCILLA CHAN 1h:23m:39s (VFI)

THANDAR MYO     1h:27m:49s (VFI)

BENJAMIN CHUA 1h:35m:33s (VFI)

TERRENCE LIM     1h:36m:25s (VFI)

SOPHIE SUN         1h:38m:13s (VFI)

Ng KahHong           1h:47m:06s (VFI)

KHOW SIANG THYE 1h:47m:06s (VFI)

YOHETHA SARAVANAN 1h:47m:49s (VFI)

TAN CHENG HOON 1h:51m:34s (VFI)

Lynn Wong              2h:00m:54s (VFI)

Cynthia Chan      2h:00m:54s (VFI)

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

PAssion Run 25km at East Coast Park

The 25km event was broken down into 3 waves. The 1st wave started at 4:30pm, 2nd wave at 4:40pm and 3rd wave at 4:50pm. Couldn't get a parking space so parked my car along road side along East Coast Service road. Luckily did not get any summon ticket. I believe they allowed that due to this major running event. Wanted to join the 2nd wave but was late so ended up with the 3rd wave.

Did not sleep well the past few nights and body not in top form. Drank a glass of coffee, took an energy bar biscuit and 2 bananas.

One of the lady minister came to flag off the run. In the first few km, I was trying to pace after 2 runners of reasonable speed (about 10kmph). Did fairly well for the first 7km. Did not stop running while drinking  along drinking points. Lost sight of the 2 runners after 9km mark. Did fairly well for the first 10km.

After 10km mark, my body and mind got a bit "lazy" and did several "stop,drink & walk" at drinking points. The deceleration, stop, walk and acceleration took up more energy than usual.

Legs feeling a bit of cramp around 20km bear the knee muscle area. Started to focus on pulling the legs (pose method) instead of pushing the legs. Saw a good runner who was running upright with minimal body swing and at fairly good constant pace. It appeared so effortless for him (that's what I call equilibrium pace, a pace that you can almost continue to run non-stop almost effortlessly). So I paced after him. It helps tremendously... until I stop to drink at one of the water points and lost track of him.

Was quite please that towards the end of the race I was still able to dash at the last 200m easily. Carried along with me 2 GUI power gel but ended up consuming only 1 pack at 13km mark. Overall quite a tiring run. Stop my iPhone distance tracker software only after collecting my medal, finisher t-shirt and drink. My rough estimate is overall I took about 2hr 55 min or less.

Will stop running for whole of next week to let body recover in preparation for the 42km Adidas Sundown marathon event on Sat 28-May-2011. That will be a really tough one as I am not fully prepare or train enough for it this time round. But will attempt to complete it regardless, hopefully below 6 hours (my prior 42km run was 5hr 19min).

My run results and map using the iPhone RunKeeper software.

http://runkeeper.com/user/hcgan/activity/36306263

My very 1st 42.195km Full Marathon Ran

SUCCESS. We did it !!

The Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon event is getting so popular. Within a short few week

after opening for registration, the 50,000 places were all fully taken up and registration was closed. Ended up some of our fellow runners were not able to join.

Woke up late for my Aug-09 SAFRA Marina Bay 21km event. So, setup 3 alarm clocks last night just to be sure that I can wake up on time for my first Full marathon event today.

Woke up at 3:30am as planned. Took a cup of coffee, 3 bananas and 2 Nature Valley energy bar biscuits (free). Before leaving house, took a glass of the Berocca vitamin C drink (free). Drove out from home at 4:30am and reach event site at 5:00am.

A little surprised to see such a huge crowd. Moved myself ahead bit by bit on the Esplanade bridge towards the starting point. Nice to see that the queue line was properly labelled for >5 hr, 5hr, 4.5hr, 4.0hr, etc. Moved ahead and join the crowd at the 5 hr group.

Since I started running again on 9-Jul-08 with HT Ng and William Yeoh, I have never expected that I will ever run a full 42.195km marathon. One and a half year later, here I am just about to start my very first full marathon ran today at 5:30am. The feeling was great. Have two goals :

Goal#1 : to complete the full 42.195km marathon ran.

Goal#2 : to try to do it within 5:00 hours.

Initial plan was to try to complete the full event at an average speed of 9km/hr which will enable me to complete the full event within less than 5 hours. But I meshed it all up when the race started. Carry a fluid belt with me to carry items like car key, handphone, energy gel and a small bottle of 100-Plus (300ml). Brought along 4 packets of GU energy gel and plan to take one at 45 minutes or an hour interval.

0 to 10km

Started slow to allow the body to warm up. Tried to keep speed between 9km/hr and 10km/hr. Saw a black dressed ‘witch’ (without broom) running at a fairly constant speed of around 10km/hr. So decided to pace her. Quite comfortable pace and continue to run right behind the ‘witch’. Drink at each water point to stay hydrated as advice by Pete Laute.

10km to 20km

At around 10km mark, the “witch” met a “Santa mama” and stopped to chat. So I continue on and met our fellow hot-runner CS Chan (several-time marathoner). Started to pace and follow behind CS. Speed was between 10km/hr to 12km/hr. Deviated from my overall plan but feeling reasonably comfortable at that speed. Along the way saw the 4.5-hour marathon pacers, so my timing was quite ok I thought. Drink at each water point to stay hydrated. Always go for 100-Plus isotonic drink instead of plain water as it hydrates the body better as it replenishes the electrolytes.

20km to 30km

After 20km was not able to catch up with CS and the distance between him and me begin to widen. Continue to run at around 10km/hr speed. At 28km mark, started to feel some pain around the thigh and hamstring area. Bad sign and a symptom of cramp about to come. So stop to stretch the legs and then continue to run. Put on ‘heat-rubs’ along the way when there are supply available. So started a mixture of run and stop+stretch from 28km to 30km and try best to avoid onset of cramps. Told myself regardless what happen, must complete the full marathon.

30km to 40km

Saw the 5-hour marathon pacers, so thought may still have chance to complete the full marathon within 5 hours. Started to stay close to the 5-hour marathon pacers from 33km to 37km mark. Running speed was averaging around 9km/hr. Reasonably ok and did not trigger the cramps. Quite glad and still optimistic that maybe able to complete within 5 hours if the cramps do not sets in. However at 37km the pains around the legs were getting much stronger. The helpers along the way all ran out of the “heat-rubs”. So stopped and stretched the legs again and again and then run. Stopped several times to stretch… continue with a mix of run and stop+stretch to keep myself going. Borrowed some “heat-rub” from a fellow runner near a bus-stop. Seems to help relief some of the pain. Told myself that in future I must bring along some “heat-rub”.

40km to 42.195km

At 39km mark decided to continue running with minimal or no stops to complete the event with reasonable timing. Continued at average speed of 9km/hr and mindful of potential cramps setting in. Completed the full final few kilometres at that moderate speed through sheer determination.

COMPLETED THE 42.195KM FULL MARATHON IN 5:19:51 HOURS.

Was so so glad that I manage to complete the 42.195km Full Marathon and still able to walk around the place. As CS Chan said “It’s a Glory to complete a Marathon event”. Cheers….

After the finishing line, saw my wife and daughter at the side looking out for me. So glad that they have came to provide me the support. This is the first time they came to join me for a running event.

Met ZhiJing and Joe.

AFTER THE MARATHON (SAME DAY)

Was able to drive car home. Very glad that there is no injury. Thigh muscles very painful. Have difficulty taking off the socks. Very easy to get a cramp on every parts of the body if that portion of the body moves too fast e.g. arms, legs, etc. Felt legs pain while climbing stairs,

need to climb stairs slowly.

DAY 1 AFTER MARATHON

Thank goodness that my meeting in US was postponed to Jan-10. If not, the travelling and flight journey can be torturous. Went back to office to work today. Still have some pains on the legs and body generally felt tired.

DAY 2 AFTER MARATHON

Almost fully recovered. Most of the pains were gone. Was pleasantly surprised at the fast pace of recovery. Told myself must do another marathon again and aim to complete within 5 hours. Wanted to sign up for Sundown marathon on 29-May-10 but clashes with some other commitment. So will have to give this a miss.

Definitely will sign up for next year August Marina Bay Half Marathon and December Standard Chartered Full Marathon. Will also sign up for other running events along the way to continue to keep the body in tune and healthy. Not sure whether to run at constant speed of 9km/hr throughout or to use another different strategy to complete the full marathon within 5 hours.

I have never thought of running a Full Marathon some 1.5 years ago. Special Thanks to HT Ng and ST Kuan who have motivated me to sign up for my very first running event last year August i.e. SAFRA Marina Bay 10km run. And for HT Ng and William Yeoh who ran with me since then in the Nanyang Polytechnics running track and subsequently migrated to some of our other favourite running routes. And the joy of running with all our fellow Hot-Runners !!

Run for Health, Run for Fun, Run for Life.

Singapore Up Coming Marathon, Triathlon and Quadthlon Events

This Blog started on 20-08-2008.
To share with fellow sport enthusiasts on the up and coming running events in Singapore!

12-Oct-2008 Sunday
Keppel Offshore & Marine Quadthlon
Swim (500m) + Blade 912km) + Cycle (20km) + Run (6km)
Closing date is 12-Sep-08
For more info : email tmclub@safra.sg or 67888433/420

19-Oct-2008 Sunday
New Balance Real Run 2008 (The Ultimate X-Terrain Challenge)
10km (4km Trail + 0.6km Sand + 5.4km Road)
10km (4km Trail +0.6km Sand + 10.4km Road)
Closing date is 26-Sep-08
For more info : www.realrun.sg or 66654600

7-Dec-2008 Sunday
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon
For the Individual Division, there are six (6) categories:
(i) Full Marathon (42.195km)
(ii) Half Marathon (21.1km)
(iii) 10km – Men
(iv) 10km – Women
(v) 10km - Wheelchair Race
(vi) Kids Dash (750m). This is a non-competitive event.
Closing date is 15-Oct-08 or 48,000 slots taken up whichever comes first.
For more info : www.singaporemarathon.com/en/regs/