I have not done a decent timing for our very own Singapore marathon. My very first marathon was SCSM 2007, being the maiden marathon, inexperience but did train hard, and did a unsatisfactory 5hr 11min. Last year I did an even worst timing; because I came back from my company sales Global meeting in France on Saturday, the day before the SCSM, so I ran in a jet lag condition, I did 5hr 20min.
Therefore I was determined to clock a decent timing for this year SCSM, at least a sub 5. I set my target 4hr 40min, based on my 2 previous marathon in HK Marathon and Phuket marathon, 4.45hr and 4.52hr respectively. I believe this was achievable. But due to the experience I had at Powerman in November for setting a very ambitious target that marred my race,led me to lower my target to 4.45hr or at least sub 5. I think I did the right thing to set a more conservative target, as I could have marred today's race too. I did 4hr 55min thou, quite satisfied; at least I have done Sub 5 on our own Singapore Marathon.
Today weather was good, our sunny big brother decided to take a "break" and provided all the marathoners a merciful cool cloudy weather. Quite a surprise with good whether as we were experiencing hot morning continuously for the last few days.
Congrat to all my fellows Safra MF runners who I have been training with since Sept; as many of them had made it below 5 hr; and to those who persevere and finally completed the race and to those who achieved PB, you are great too!!! Lucille did well too in her 1st SCSM 21km and her second 21km, she did 2hr 56min, shaved off 15min from the AHM in Aug. She will be doing the HK half thus was determined to come back below 3hr as this is HK half marathon's cut off time. Lucille was lamenting to me that she actually wasted 7 min waiting for loo at 5km mark. I did not know she is so technical in number. She has never been. Anyhow I think she did great, so proud of her and she was happy.
Let us all have a good deserved rest and we will start training for our HK marathon in end Feb 2010. I look forward to training with these MF Safra runners.
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