Anne Hui Qi wins ultramarathon in record time (while others take record time to get to Sundown Marathon)

Changi Exhibition Centre, May 30, 2010 — Singaporean Anne Hui Qi, 29, won the women’s ultramarathon in 8 hours 4 seconds, 47 minutes faster than last year’s record. Korean Jae Duk Sim won the men’s category in 6:18:48, chopping off 78min from last year’s winning time of 7:36:05. It was a debut effort for both runners.

The huge crush of runners led to a congestion problem with runners experiencing difficulties reaching the start line for their race. A runner mentioned on the Sundown Marathon Facebook page that he waited from 6.50pm to 8.40pm to get onto the shuttle bus to get him to the start line for a 9pm 21km start.

The Changi Exhibition Centre is notorious for congestion problems because there is only one road leading in and out of the location. Members of the public trying to reach that area for non-sporting events held there have also experienced similar issues.

A mix up in the allocation of t-shirts has also left some runners trying to trade with each other for the right sizes in the same Facebook group.

Men’s winner Sim said: “The humidity in Singapore can be difficult to deal with when you are out there running but I put in my best effort and I am happy with the outcome. This was an amazing race and I thank all the supporters for coming out and cheering me on.”

Hui, a naturalised Singaporean, had to fight off a bad cold.

“I had a bad cold coming into this race and I wasn’t sure how I would perform, but everything went well, and with the encouragement from the race marshals and supporters, I kept pressing on. I am really grateful for their support and happy with my win,” said Hui.

In the marathon, Briton Mark Williams crossed the finish line in 3:04:21 and Singaporean Lim Baoying clinched the women’s title in a time of 3:48:19 in debut wins for both runners.

With a total of 19,600 entrants, the adidas Sundown Marathon 2010 ranks as the largest all-night running event in Asia. This total breaks the event’s previous entry record of 10,662 competitors set at last year’s race, and up 83% from 2008’s race which saw 6,029 runners register. The total of 625 Ultramarathon entrants was a new Sundown record.

Making up the rest of the field were 6,000 Half-Marathon and 5,000 Women’s 10K runners. They were joined by 725 corporate teams that comprise of four members with each runner covering a distance of 10km. This made the event the only “dusk to dawn” race in the world to provide a full suite of race categories from 10km to 84km.

This was also the first year that the top five winners from the Ultramarathon and Marathon categories and the top three winners from the half-marathon, women’s 10km and team categories were awarded prize money, exceeding S$15,000 in total.

Competitors for all categories were flagged off from the Changi Exhibition Centre on Aviation Park Road, and also crossed the finish line at the same point. The new route took runners down Changi Coastal Road and through East Coast Parkway before the turning point at Tanjong Rhu and doubling back to the Changi Exhibition Centre. Runners of the Ultramarathon ran the course twice.

adidas Sundown Marathon 2010 – Results

84km Ultra Marathon Men’s Open Category
1. Ahmad Lamchanak (Morocco) – 06:50:52
2. Benny Goh (Singapore) – 07:27:43
3. Joshua Toh (Singapore) – 07:32:51

84km Ultra Marathon Women’s Open Category
1. Hui Qi (Singapore) – 08:00:04
2. Lai Chee Yong (Singapore) – 08:44:42
3. Jan Lim (Singapore) – 09:39:48

84km Ultra Marathon Men’s Masters Category
1. Jae Duk Sim (South Korea) – 06:18:48
2. Kosaku Terada (Japan) – 08:15:09
3. Robson Phan (Singapore) – 08:19:32

84km Ultra Marathon Women’s Masters Category
1. Dai Siouyu (Taiwan) – 08:37:09
2. Mika Kume (Japan) – 09:13:37
3. Yvonne Bernhard (Australia) – 09:15:48

42km Marathon Men’s Open Category
1. Mark Williams (United Kingdom) – 03:04:21
2. Liam Yan Hong (Singapore) – 03:15:17
3. Nick Tymms (Singapore) – 03:18:45

42km Marathon Women’s Open Category
1. Lim Baoying (Singapore) – 03:48:19
2. Xiuling Quek (Singapore) – 03:58:12
3. Amy Hite (United States) – 03:58:27

42km Marathon Men’s Masters Category
1. Brian August (Singapore) – 03:32:59
2. Ahmad Sukri Mohd Lazim (Malaysia) – 03:37:18
3. James Middleditch (Singapore) – 03:38:33

42km Marathon Women’s Masters Category
1. Stella Tay Hwee Choo (Singapore) – 03:43:43
2. Irene Moo Pau Nyok (Singapore) – 03:50:57
3. Anne Ahoeagling (Finland) – 03:59:17

21km Half-Marathon Men’s Open Category
1. Stuart McLay (United Kingdom) – 01:20:08
2. Olivier Marquette (France) – 01:22:16
3. Clive Alley (Singapore) – 01:25:41

21km Half-Marathon Women’s Open Category
1. Ruth Clark (United Kingdom) – 01:42:14
2. Teresa Ravazzolo (Italy) – 01:44:59
3. Karin Wilhelmine Wiedenho (Germany) – 01:46:29

10km Women’s Open Category
1. Anna Thompson (Australia) – 00:36:20
2. Natasha Buckley (United Kingdom) – 00:42:21
3. Victoria Hill (Singapore) – 00:42:26

Team Challenge Men’s Category: ULTRAMEN – 02:51:50
Team Challenge Women’s Category: AJC Track – 04:11:08
Team Challenge Mixed Category: athlon – 02:38:50

Corporate Challenge Men’s Category: LTA Mens Team 1 – 02:56:51
Corporate Challenge Women’s Category: PAssion – 03:36:53
Corporate Challenge Mixed Category: Kakithon UTM – 02:54:30

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