Tuesday, December 04, 2012
It's the annual Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, and thankfully, I managed to wake up an hour before the alarm clocks did. No more repeats of last year's events!
The race analysis is out.
-Among all finishers: 3135th out of 12923 finishers.
-Among all male: 2768th out of 10975 male finishers.
-Among all Singaporeans: 1739th out of 8810 Singaporeans.
-19% of the women runners were ahead of me.
-Over the final 12km, I overtook 478 runners (Really!?) and was overtaken by 17 runners.
-Average speed: 8.4 km/h
-Average km: 7 mins 6 secs
Interestingly, here are the split speeds:
1. First 10km: 8.6 km/h
2. Second 10km: 9.6 km/h
3. Third 10km: 8.4 km/h
4. Final 12km: 7.7 km/h
That meant I ran fastest from 10km-20km, before significantly slowing down (and started alternate brisk walking) in the second half.
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Previous records:
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007 : 5:06:14
adidas Sundown Marathon 2008 : 5:07:58
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 : 5:01:04
Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010 : 5:13:35
Volkswagen Prague International Marathon 2012 : 4:53:22
Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2012 : 4:59:49
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One thing that was really great for this year's race, was the cool weather. It got a little sunny after 9am, but it was not the kind of sweltering heat that would otherwise have been.
Once again, the stretch leading from East Coast Park to the Marina Barrage (via the Bay East gardens) was very demotivational, due to the quiet surroundings, walking competitors and sleepy volunteers. It was almost eternal over there.
Similarly, the cruel upslope at Sheares bridge was an ending stretch that saw most people walking up. Feeling guilty of wasting too much time walking up the bridge, I gathered the momentum to jog downslope and was relieved not to be plagued by further cramps here.
When the sign "Last 1km" was seen, I looked at my watch. "Hmm, 7 more minutes to 5 hours". It gave me a sudden surge of energy. I was already walking by now, but managed to gather whatever that was left in me, to jog that last 1 km in full, so as to meet that 5-hour target.
Very lucky or what, I had 11 more seconds to spare, making this the best personal timing set in a Singapore marathon.
人生是黑白的.
7:11 PM <3
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