Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 07

I had experienced first hand of a marathon on Sunday morning. Volunteered with a bunch of FOC people to raise some funds and we had to report at the Padang at an unearthly 1am.

Initially the plan was for the entire bunch of people to man the drinks station but due to shortage of manpower in other places, some of us got route marshalling instead.

Everyone got paired up with someone while I had to man the route alone. At least I got to feel the cool breeze and see the sunrise in the morning, which feels really good as I'm usually wake up late.

You got to give kudos to those who do this on a competitive level. Most of them are able to complete the entire 42+km in 2 hours 15 mins. To put that in perspective, imagining running 1km in 3.2 mins, surely not an easy task!

Anyway the number of people who needs some deep heat rub cream(for muscle cramps and tightening) is overwhelming. Everyone will crowd around you just to get some of the cream. A tube only lasted for 10 mins!

The whole thing ended at around 12pm when the last two runners (or rather walkers) made it to the half way point and was persuaded by the organisers to board a minivan instead of finishing the whole marathon. A pity that they can't complete the marathon but you got to be realistic. If after 6 hours you only managed to complete half of the marathon, you will definitely not able to finish the marathon before 2pm.

I have to give credit to those who I know that managed to finish the run, no matter how they do it. Its an accomplishment where only those with the proper physical and mental conditioning can finish it.