SCSM 2008

Pre-Race
Took a slice of peanut butter bread before rushing off. My sweet sister was already at the pavilion waiting to fetch us to Esplanade. We moved to the start pt at 5am. Dear was quite worried for me as I didn't clock much mileage for this marathon.. think the max i did was 25km.. "Just keep running, you should be able to come in under 5" before he n Ricci went further ahead to the sub 4 section. Was standing alone before i saw Goola, Yuen, Jason, Michael n Ivy.. n joined them for a short chat before we started

Start - 10km : 1:03:28
Pace/km : 6min 21sec
The road was lightly dimmed with some light breeze as i ran past the CBD district.. it was quite crowded at the raffles ave part where we turn from the small filtered to nicoll hwy.. saw shirley n wong after the 7km marker.. followed them till 9km before dropping off their pace.. slightly out of my comfy zone.. the 4:45 pacers ran past me soon after the 10km mark..

10km - Half : 1:13:49
Pace/km : 6min 43sec
Took a 100plus at the 11km water pt.. as I ran further into the service road.. the 4:45 balloons were drifting futher n further away.. oh dear have i really slow down tt much.. ah nvm just run n finish it.. took my 1st gel @ 16km water point.. saw Simon, Shirley n Wong ahead... saw Wenlong then Teck Hou when i turn out of the food center towards F2.. Dear was slightly behind.. but he looked abit tired n couldn't see me when i waved at him.. saw many of our runners on their returned route as I ran on.. past the sailing center but no sight of the U turn point.. crossed the bridge n saw the U-turn point at 20km! Finally it's MY TURN!!

Half - 30km : 1:03:49
Pace/km : 7min 05sec
Caught up with shirley n Wong.. took the Gu gel @ 23km water pt.. ran on towards the lagoon n took my 1st salt tablet @ 25km WP.. drank at almost every WP.. kept the the right side of the lane from 27km... finally saw Siew Lee, KK n Wengkok support pt.. took my bundle pack (ribena, honey sticks n power gel) and ran on.. oops forgot to get a sng pao.. got an urge to turn back.. looked at my hand.. fully filled with food! better run.. took a honey stix.. haha.. pace was slowest at this 9km stretch.. drank n eat alot at this stretch..



30km - Finish : 1:22:28
Pace/km : 6min 46sec
Amelia ran past me and was amazed by what I was holding in my hand.. "Wah you open 'Za Huo Dian' arh" which means provision shop.. hahaha.. i better finish all of them before the finishing line.. took my 3rd gel at stadium 32km WP.. finished my last gulp of ribena at 33km.. took my 2nd honey stix @36km WP.. saw a fellow collegue @ kallang bridge n posed for a pix :D took my 3rd honey stix @ 38WP.. saw amelia applying some heat rub.. n off we went.. finally with oni 1 stix left n i finished it @ 40km.. sped off for the last 2km as i squeezed thru the big pool of 10km n 21km walkers...



The last 12km is quite enjoying as i din realise that while i am busy focusing to finish all the stuff i actually passed thru 736 M runners n 16 passed me! Woah!! :D