Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011

The Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore is here again. It will be open for registration tomorrow 23 Jun. For those who intended to sign up, please do so and take advantage of the early bird. The early bird offer is valid from 23 Jun to 20 July 2011, last year, all the slots were taken during the early bird period.


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Full Marathon early bird offer $75 (15% less for cardholders at $63.75)
Half Marathon $58 ($49.30)
10km Men/Women/Wheelchair $50 (42.50)
5km Fun Run $20 (N.A)
Kids Dash 750m $18 (15.30)
Ekiden -42.195km $300 ($255)

I'm surprised when i saw the fees for this year full marathon $75 (for early bird offer)! With standard chartered credit card (15% off), it will be $63.75.

Last year i paid $38.25 for the full marathon (using standard chartered credit card). An increase of 40%!! WOW. For me & my friends we will just sign up for the half. Kind of disappointed to see the increasing fees, a few years from now, i'm not surprise to see $100 for full marathon.

After last year run, I have decided not to run a full in SC. The 10km & half marathon runners merged at Sheares Bridge and basically you have to walk with them. It is frustrating if you have a time goal, having come so far to reach 37km ... and ended up walking with the rest. It was only in the last 2km, you get to run to the finish. Precious time were wasted :(

Last year 60k signed up (from the previous 50k) and this year they intended to get 70k participants.

Race Review for 2010 Full Marathon
SCMS Race Review 2010

This will be the 9th year since my first 10km in SCSM. My recommendation for those who are running full marathon:

1. Prepare yourself. Train in the heat. (last year the race starts at 5am and at around 10am the temperature was at 35C) . Can you run in the heat for the last stretch? It can be quite painful & stressful.

2. Are you aiming for a PB? If you intend to do a personal best, SCMS might not be suitable. You will probably be slowed down by others near the finishing. Last year, I have to walk for about 2km at around 37km mark. I finished in less under 5 hrs, it could be better.

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010

No hedgehog didn't sponser the event :) Looking forward for the asics singlet & finisher T-shirt. At the moment, I don't have any asics products. Had been getting New Balance and adidas for the last 7 years...

A change in event name from Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (for the last 8 years), to a new name - Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, this year the race is opened to 60k runners for all categories...an increased from 50k last year.

New site: marathonsingapore.com

Signed up for the full marathon today, the 5th marathon in 6 years and my 3rd year as a charity runner, raising funds for the special children in Singapore, hopefully more runners can help to support the charity.

With Standard Chartered Bank credit card, runners get a further 15% off registration, remember to sign up as an early bird, as usual the price will increase as it gets closer to the running date.

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Full Marathon – 42.195km – $45.00
Half Marathon – 21.1km – $36.00
10km – Men / Women / Wheelchair – $31.00
Kids Dash- 750m – $10.00
Ekiden – 42.195km (6 participants per team) – $300.00

RUN FOR GOOD

The Run for good (RFG) is a charity programme that is initiated by the Standard Chartered Bank. This year, it aims to raise funds for Club Rainbow (Singapore) to help children who suffer from major chronic and potentially life-threatening illnesses. Extend a helping hand and make a difference to the lives of our beneficiary as you sign up to be a RFG participant. In appreciation of your philanthropic gesture, the top 500 RFG participants who raise more than S$300 as an individual or a minimum of S$5,000 as an organization will receive a refund of their registration fees as well as a limited edition RFG souvenir.