Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010 Race Certificate

Received the race certificate yesterday, i'm most glad that there was no damage to the certificate itself, Perfect! For the last few years, the certificate usually arrives in the letterbox either bend or fold. Last year i had to return the certificate to get it printed again, but when it arrived, the corner was bend again (an A4 laminated paper posted out in an envelope).

This is probably my last full marathon in Singapore (the 5th), I have no intention of running a full marathon in Singapore, due to a few reasons. If i would to train for a full, i intended to go overseas like Thailand or Taiwan.

Will see how it goes, the next race coming up will be at the end of May, Sundown Marathon 2011 (half). I have given myself the goal of running under 2 hrs this time, finished 2 hrs 6 mins on the same race course last year.

the beginnning of another running season :)

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010

5am at the start line.

Copyright by Anthony Quek

Beautiful Christmas lightings, switched on just for the full marathoners.

Cute little toddler in the Kids Dash, a future runner :)

Copyright from MCYSingapore

The Penguins of Madagascar cheering for half marathon runners at Sentosa

Came across a few pictures of the Sunday event from flickr, there are hundreds more, I had choosen these 4 nice pictures for the blog. They are copyrights to their respect owners.

The Christmas lighting along Orchard was what we experience on that day, wonderful & stunning. A great welcome before we started our 42km run.

Race Pack Collection 22 Nov

Collected the race pack at Expo on Monday afternoon, no waiting needed on the last day for collection, simple and fast. Here are some pictures taken.

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010

SCMS released the official route map today. The youtube clip was uploaded a few hours ago.



Taking note of the water power, gel station and medical tent, we can just work out our own running plan.

Will probably sign up the half-marathon next year as the route looks interesting, running about 9 km inside Universal Studio park.

Clip has been removed by user 18 Nov Update

Marathon Medals in 8 yrs

26.2 miles (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009) This is my favourite as this picture span across 5 years, an approximate of 169km covered on race day, plus a few thousand kilometers in training run.

The toughest was 2008 Sundown Marathon, completed the race under a Cat 1 thunderstorm in the early morning. Runners were told to take shelter in nearby bus stops, but most of us just ran towards the finish line in the last few kilometers. Stopping and taking a break is not an option, not even in a storm.

Singapore Sundown Marathon 2008, 2009, 2010

The end of Singapore Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon from 2002-2009.
Medals shown here are from 2003-2009

This is the 8th year of distance running, had ran thousand of kilometers in training over the years. Shown here are Sundown Marathon and Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon medals.

Early this week, a good friend Steven captured these pictures to be used as stock photos. Every medal tells a story, facing the unknown, the struggle, the setbacks, the pain, the fear, the satisfaction... hopefully all runners can enjoy their run, it is not necessary to be the fastest, importantly, upon crossing the finish line, you knew you had gave your best.

Mile
1. Hello Start Line - Goodbye Doubt
2. Goodbye Fear
3. Hello Spectators - Goodbye Nerves
4. Hello Little Water Cups - Goodbye Anxiety
5. Goodbye Uncertainty
6. Hello Headwind - Goodbye Good Enough
7. Hello Cold - Goodbye Cynicism
8. Hello Warm Numbness - Goodbye Pain
9. Hello Don't Stop Now - Goodbye Arrogance
10. Hello Pounding Heart - Goodbye Overconfidence
11. Goodbye Giving Up
12. Goodbye the Easy Way Out
13. Hello Halfway Point - Goodbye Obstacles
14. Goodbye Pessimism
15. Goodbye Comfort Zone
16. Goodbye Apathy
17. Goodbye Cramping
18. Goodbye Coasting
19. Hello Wall. Goodbye Ego
20. Goodbye Struggle
21. Goodbye Demons
22. Goodbye Weakness
23. Hello Adoring Fans. Goodbye Previous Best
24. Goodbye Limitations
25. Hello Almost There- Goodbye Disbelief
26. Hello Finish Line - Goodbye Old Me

from the ad of ING New York City Marathon

Steven is an assigned official photographer for the coming Youth Olympic. For the latest photos updates in the coming month: AsianPhotosArts

More interesting & latest YOG updates! Till next post.

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.

CATEGORIES

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.