Singapore marathon
Love and hate
7.12.2014
Summary
Finish time: 3:30:58
Ranking: 115 / 13451
Pace: 4:59 min/km
Weather: 26 C, 94%
(source)
Results
Splits
Race report
Running in Singapore has been annual habit since 2005, missing only
2008 when I ran in New York instead. So once again, here I go, ninth
times in Singapore, in total, and obsessed to do better than before
to show-up to my colleagues there. Actually I already made a plan to
run 10 times in in Singapore and then stop the habit (at least full
marathons) and move on. Time to try marathons in other countries in
Asia as well. So far I have done only Hong Kong in 2009. Let's see.
The place is nice and warm, route is mostly pleasant and tropical,
yet it feels like home marathon already. Registration and organization
works, route is mostly flat, and it is never cold. But then again,
the same negative sides are there year after year. The biggest problem
is that the rush is not only in the start, but the marathon route merges
with that of the half-marathon, and especially the 10 km runners quite
badly at the end. So during the last stint, 3:30 runner must constantly
by-pass significantly slower 10 km runners and walkers. Another drawback
is that the first half of the race happens in dark (start is 5:30 I think).
The second half at daylight has nice sea view scenery at the East Coast
Park, the skyline of the city for a short time but includes also the
boring part between East coast park and Marina bay, and the last 3 km
struggling in the traffic. Overall, kind of love and hate relationship
to Singaporemarathon, though emotions are normalized to Singapore scale:
well moderated and well tolerated. ;-)
This time all preparations including training, adapting to the climate,
avoiding jet lag and carbo loading, all went perfect. Nevertheless,
the same problem appeared as in Odense. Despite that I was hoping
the warm climate would keep the tightness problems away, but no,
seems that I am stuck with it. So the race went as usual: starting with
good pace (little bit slower than in European races due to the climate),
and then gradually slowing down, and finally really struggling towards
the end to maintain reasonable speed.
Otherwise, nothing special to report. Therefore instead of writing bla
bla bla about eventless race, I conclude by a simple statistical summary
for further motivation.
- 32 marathons started
- 32 marathons completed
Complete list sorted according to finish time:
5.6.2010 Stockholm 2:54:57 161 / 14714
31.5.2008 Stockholm 2:58:55 193 / 13546 (10516+3030)
2.11.2008 New York 3:00:25 1005 / 38356
8.2.2009 Hong Kong 3:02:18 100 / 5653
16.10.2011 Vannes 3:04:29 81 / 1853
9.5.2009 Joensuu 3:05:03 5 / 103
13.4.2014 London 3:08:46 2155 / 35864
28.6.2011 St.Petersburg 3:08:48 97 / 965
16.6.2007 Forssa 3:09:05 18 / 440
10.4.2011 Rotterdam 3:10:00 668 / 7325
7.10.2012 Chicago 3:11:17 1686 / 37455
16.4.2007 Boston 3:12:09 2154 / 20348
2.12.2007 Singapore 3:12:03 103 / 9704
6.12.2009 Singapore 3:14:19 87 / 14258 (*)
28.6.2009 St.Petersburg 3:14:19 103 / 555
18.8.2007 Helsinki 3:14:28 193 / 5411
3.12.2006 Singapore 3:14:55 75 / 6588
21.5.2006 Joensuu 3:14:59 7 / 51 (all)
6.4.2014 Paris 3:16:32 2546 / 38674
5.4.2013 Dead Sea 3:16:xx xx / xxx
2.12.2012 Singapore 3:20:11 72 / 12922
2.6.2012 Stockholm 3:22:25 1380 / 14678
5.12.2010 Singapore 3:24:04 73 / 13296
24.9.2006 Berlin 3:24:19 3114 / 32497
29.6.2013 Turku 3:25:08 72 / 401 (m)
28.9.2014 Odense 3:26:25 322 / 1558
4.12.2011 Singapore 3:28:21 129 / 15343
7.12.2014 Singapore 3:30:58 115 / 13451
1.12.2013 Singapore 3:40:56 176 / xxxxx
4.12.2005 Singapore 3:50:27 245 / 4809 (all)
25.6.2005 St.Petersburg 3:53:33 199 / 393 (all)
10.9.2005 Jungfrau 4:53:24 1119 / 3643 (all)
