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By: The crush at the Singapore Marathon makes mainstream media

The crush at the Singapore Marathon makes mainstream media — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:54:09 +0000

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By: Hitting the (human) wall at the Singapore Marathon

Hitting the (human) wall at the Singapore Marathon — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:13:54 +0000

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Luke Kibet wins Singapore Marathon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:24:46 +0000

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By: LV

LV — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:43:22 +0000

I agree with the qualifier part. In 2007, I bump into people who are actually walking during the first 5 km…get this…in the 21 km race. They shouldnt even be there!

Organizers should have a minimum cut-off for 21 km, eg. having done 10km under a certain time before or having done 21 km elsewhere under a certain time. For 42 km, having done 21 km under a certain time before or having done 42 km elsewhere under a certain time.

FYI, I started joining the 10km and clocked below 1 hr 30 mins before I considered joining the 21 km. And I will try to clock below 2 hrs 30 mins for 21 km before even thinking about running 42 km.

By: Jang

Jang — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:26:47 +0000

SCM/AFM organizers should refer to some certifications for both 21km & 42.195km races. Only those have achieved sub-1 hr 30mins in 10km may be accepted for 21km & those achieve sub-2 hr 30mins in 21km could be accepted for 42km race.

Those who finish within 2 hr 30min and 5 hr for 21k & 21k respectively would be awarded finisher medals & Tee-shirts; as what some of the Malaysian organisers do for their road races.

That would filter or screen out walkers or strollers or even love birds who treat sport events as Sunday outings. It does not paint nice pictures for locals or tourists to watch many unfit participants struggling for 8 to 9 hours for 42k.

Last but not least, ladies may consider to join walk-a-jog at the community clubs instead of even thinking to join Shape Run 5K even though it is affordable with pleasant goodies. Just annoyed to encounter strolling ladies at the last 2km of the Shape Run 10K.

Hopefully, the young national servicemen are not walking or jogging at the 21K at the AFM. It is far worst to see with own eyes that how unfit they are; even the Minister for Defence just commented that ‘they are just not rugged or rough’.

By the way, I am not a pro too but just a diligent student who prepare sufficient prior attending an exam (race).

Must study hard when going for exam, right?

Hey, let’s run to the rythm.

By: Wen Le

Wen Le — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:06:40 +0000

Typing error: It should be

To me, running in a race is just a form of training but NOT for competition.

By: Wen Le

Wen Le — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:04:28 +0000

In the past, I took part in the Mobile Marathon and found that it was not too crowded. I could double up my pace.
I don’t take part in Standard Chartered Marathon since it started. Not willing to pay such an expensive fee.
I took part in Army Half Marathon most of the times. I found that it is getting more crowded year after year. I gave up participating this year(2008) to cut costs on registration fee, necessities, taxi fare, etc.
To me, running in a race is just a form of training but for competition. Since it is so crowded and fee is getting more expensive, I choose to run and train on my own without much bother. I enjoy it much more than cramming in a race to breathe in more CO2 than O2.

By: Not all events are created equal

Not all events are created equal — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:32:00 +0000

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By: renuka

renuka — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:09:06 +0000

It is a bad idea to run it if you’ve trained hard to run a good time. It’s frustrating and running into the back of other runners when you’re most tired and need to focus is unhelpful to say the least. I guess it’s fine if you’re just running for fun or if you’re a good marathoner because then you’ll be in the clear of the crowds.

As for cramming in people to get into the “top 10″ marathons, I think a cursory look at the quality of times posted by the finishers will show just how far below any kind of claim to “top” status we are

By: Kenny

Kenny — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:28:02 +0000

Last year was my first attempt. Agreed that it was crowded for about first 3km. Gegerally liked the atmosphere. So will be trying for 2nd one this year. Hope the route will also include ECP.

By: PS

PS — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:51:42 +0000

It’s not fantastic experience but it’s like an annual pilgrimage affair. HK stanchart marathon is even more crowded – not because the runners were slow, but the starting area had space constraint. For ours, there is enough road lanes for runners to space out or overtake. In HK, there were no options. You’re simply stuck until the city road funnels to the highways.