SCMS 2011 - 21km

Bad experience. What to say.......under-trained & my bib was ripped off my race belt.

21.1km in 3 hr 40min, almost matched my last year's Personal Worst but that was with a broken toe. :(

North East Run 2011

Just signed up at SKCC for 14km Men's Open

Date: Sunday 20th November 2011
Time: 0700am (First Flag Off)
Venue: Pasir Ris Park

Paid $35 for 14km after $5 discount for PAssion card holder. Worth it I think.

Mizuno Wave Run 2011

Official Results based on NETT Time:

Tag ID:	1997
Name:	Kenneth Chin Henn Khin
Category:	Men Open
Nett Timing:	01:19:18
Position:	1295 / 1837

Mizuno Wave Run 2011

I signed up for this using U Sports. So, I paid $33 for this event. 
Left home at 5:40am. Took bus 87 and changed to bus 8 at Bedok Interchange. On return, took bus 5 and changed to bus 87 at Kaki Bukit Ave 1. Doable, so i don't mind joining this event in future years. Unlike ECP which I won't join if it is Sunday morning event. Saturday afternoon for ECP is ok.


Race experience was ok. Met Jacq along the route and just before the finishing, dressed in 2XU from top to bottom. She was very consistent jogger although she said she was still jet-lagged from her return from Europe.


Good
* Not stopping for traffic (from condo residents) along the route (happened to me before)
* 3 water points is sufficient But.... see 'Bad' below
* Cold 100Plus at 3rd water point.
* Finisher Tee is nice. Mizuno Running Vest + T-shirt is quite good for a 10k event.
* Finisher medal - it's nice colour but not as impressive in weight & make as other events.
* Place is quite bus accessible.

Bad
* 2.5km and 5km water points, I stopped for 100Plus and gave up. Long queue, people cutting to take w/o queue, therefore only took plain water.
* 5km water point then ran out of 100 Plus. The volunteers were frantic shouting and asking people to get from next table (which was only plain water)
* Lack of Distance marker. First few km, follow the Park distance marker (Little blue stones on the right hand side of the trail) for 1st 3km.
* My Endomondo measured 10.51km. Subtract 100m (since I started it where I was queuing), it was 10.41km. The bad is I nearly punctured after re-starting my jog at 9km mark (per Endomondo).
* The queuing for (1) Medal + Finisher Tee Coupon and (2) Finisher Tee was bad, bad, bad.
* No proper announcement that runners must collect the medal & coupon or cannot collect Finisher Tee. Quite a number around me had to reverse back after queuing more than 10mins for Tee when they were told they need the coupon that comes with Medal before the 100Plus.
* Took me almost 24mins from finishing to getting my Tee.

Lastly, I probably won't have a timing since no Beep when I passed under both gantry incl Finish Line. I supposed my fault as I forgot to make sure my bib with timing wire was not bent. Sad 

But otherwise, the run itself was alright. It was quite a hot day and I had some sunstroke. After an afternoon nap, still got headache now


Endomondo & Stopwatch (exclude 100m before Start line): Distance: 10.41km in 1hr 21mins. Average pace of 7mins 47secs. Satisfied with my timing.

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/23726527

SCMS 2011 - 21km

Used my U Credits ($33) to sign up for SCMS 21km which would have cost me $46.40 even with loyalty rate 20%.

Sundown 2011 - Half Marathon

Official Runpix Results are out:

TIME: 3h:20m:0s (gun) / 3h:16m:28s (net)


http://www.runpix.info/wrace2/00/finord_one.php?id=C2267&ev=sun11&dt=21&ln=

Plus 1 nice photo:

I might as well re-post my posting on sgrunners:

After not doing SD since the 1st edition (because of the high fee, not so +ve feedback on organiser, Hivelocity and also no finisher tee for those doing < 42km), I wanted to try a night Half. Was hoping I could do 3hrs since no sun like AHM. But it was so humid and not had enough training after recovering from my fractured toe. So, actual time far exceeded my fantasy time.

Experience wise, it was good. Transport back and forth was ok although the return night bus at $8 was not so satisfying, taking almost 1 hr to reach Sengkang after some delays departing (abt 20mins after the hour) and mine was 2nd last stop.
I finally saw my Runpix timing after this morning scare why my 10km and 42km friends can search but my 21km cannot.
I got my softcopy (PDF) color finisher cert with Chip Time.


I got 3 photos. 2 had part of me/head chopped off. But the first photo was *Fantastic*. Just under the arch, with the Gun time and me at least looking like I still could run some more with painful ankles, knee and hamstring (the right pose with elbows bent although it not planned!)


The night carnival type atmosphere, stage concert, vendors selling $1 ice-cream, chicken, etc and also free popcorn and candy floss was nice to be part of.


Therefore, I had a good experience overall.


Sundown Half Marathon 2011

In the 1st SD, I did 10.5km and it came with Adidas vest, finisher tee. After that, no participate as the fees were always expensive. This year, it cost me less, thanks to USports. But the vest sponsor is now NB and no Finisher tee, even for HM. Pity.

I took the chartered SMRT buses from EXPO, paying $1. 45-50mins to reach. On the way, saw the 10km runners on Aviation Park Road. Looking a masses of joggers & walkers between 1.5km and 3.5km of a 10km route felt funny.

I had time to read my novel, eat my snack bar before my 8pm HM start. Didn't take much photos to preserve my Hp battery.

The event start - wah....so many 21km participants. The MC was loud and noisy. Hee hee.

Along the route, I start a good pace with walking the first 2.5km since it was as fast as the people jogging or plodding steadily infront of me due to the people  jam. Good to conserve energy.

It was really humid. Along Aviation road, I felt sweat on my arms. I see runners passing me glistening with sweat. I was hoping no one would faint from excessive sweating & loss of salts. Hydration was alright. Water and 100Plus alternated around every 2km along the 21km route.

I jogged between the 3km to 6km. Even number means got hydration point. From then, i was thinking, after drink, walk 1km and jog 1km. Too bad by the time I hit 9km, my hamstrings tell me 'no'. It was basically fast walk from 8km. surprisingly, nowadays a lot of people, male and female can walk as fast as my fast pace. It amazed me but good to walk along with more and more people as the distance wore on.

At the 10km mark, I got my water and queue for toilet at the pair of portable loo. Took so long. Must have waited about 5mins in the dark and then gave up. 1km later, drank my 100Plus and queue at another pair of portable loo with only 1 lady queuing. After that done, felt much better. I think the cup of coffee at 1pm during lunch has a greater diuretic effect than expected because I've never experienced going to loo before, during and after a run event even though I've also done 21km and 25km before. Next time, no kopi on race day.

Then i jogged a bit until my hamstrings protested. Then it was the long walk from 13km to 21.1km. Must have over-taken quite a lot who were walking slower than me as some definitely suffered cramps. I just wanted to finish it and rest my tiring and aching legs.

I walked all the way, ignoring the student volunteers urging people to run a little bit more. No way I want to cramp up and collapse just before the finish. That would be a real waste. The pain I feel in my ankles, knees and the tight hamstrings mean if I try a run, I'd be really risking it. I stopped to take photos before crossing the finish arch. Crazy, huh? Even took photo of the Athlete's welfare area - where they distributed 1 can of 100Plus, 1 bottle of mineral water, Finisher medal and 1 banana.

Overall, I think I completed 21.29km in 3 hour 17min. Wasn't great. But less than my personal cut-off of 3:30. Way beyond my PB of 2:52 at AHM 2010. Endomondo recorded the route, lap times and avg pace: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/12087865

Happy with the event even though there were warnings that this was a Hivelocity event and previous years had many complaints from bus transportation to race logistics, etc. But I doubt I would sign up again. Without the reduced USports fee, it would be too expensive, although race fees for all events are rising.

PAssion Run 2011

Was unwell the whole day. Sinus since morning. I think it didn't help when my kids the night before woke me around 11pm arguing and then morning wifey on the living room lights before 6am. Had running nose. Dehydrated too.

I started the first 4km really too fast, at times, doing sub-7min/km pace. Hydration was sufficient. Mountain water and 100Plus alternate around every 2km or less. Got public toilets which helped since I drank too much just before event and not enough the whole day. But ya, BBQ smoke wafting across caused my eyes to tears at some points and a friend said BBQ smoke made her hungry!!

My left hamstring tightened just before 8km with more than 1/3 to go. I walked. When I tried to jog, it cramped and I had to walk. Later on when I jogged, even the right hamstring cramped. :((

500m from finish line, saw a man unconscious on his left side on the right side of pavement on grass patch. 2 guys were administering some CPR and trying to talk to get his attention. Security lined the right side of pavement and moved runners along.

Finished in 1hour 36min, slower than my expected time of 1hr 30 and slower than my 2XU 12km at Sentosa in 2010 when I completed in 1:26.

Cramps were really bad. As I crossed the Bedok South Ave 1 to get to bus stop to catch bus to Bedok, nearly got knock down by car cause my right hamstring froze and suddenly stopped and was hoping no vehicle came and knock me on the rather dark road near to the flyover.

Endomondo recorded quite accurately: A bit extra distance because I went into toilet and also stopped GPS recording late: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/11552803

Finisher Medal

Singapore Bay Run 2011

Didn't sign up for 21km. Over-running can lead to leg and knee injuries.
Back to 10km for this run. It will probably be hot but bearable. Good to have a tee rather than singlets. Hope it's a nice design like last year's. $25 for 10km (or $26.75 including some online payment charges)

Mizuno Wave Run 2011 - 25 Sept 2011

Used my U-run credits (2 used, 1 to go).
So instead of ppaying $45 or $42 (PAssion card rate), I paid $33.
Not so keen on this run but they confirm I cannot c/fwd the U-Run credit which I paid $99 for.

Official RUN 350 Result

Official RUN 350 10km Result:

Bib	0322
Race Category	Mens' Open
Nett Time	01:22:18
Gun Time	01:23:37.59
Rank	2726

Run 350 - 10km

First run event in 2011.

Tim from LSBC came with a neighbour and picked me up from Hougang MRT. We walked from Telok Ayer St to Marina Promenade Promontory,

Overall the run was good. Started at 7:30am. Flagged off on time with the ladies 10mins behind. Water point every 2km alternating betw Mountain miniral water and 100 Plus. Distance markers could be seen every 1km. THe routes had some up and down slopes but quite manageable. Not too crowded since 7,400 sign up incl women and Fun Run. Just a nice morning run in the city. End point collected medal after take photos. Took photos with Tim & friend at the stage and queue for 100Plus. Had 3 cups.

Together with Tim & neighbour, did a consistent pace of around 8min/km. Finished slightly longer because of a few stops for photos since Tim brought his Canon IXUS digital cam.

Finished in 1hr 22min 24secs for 10km (or 10.27km per Endomondo: Endomondo link). An average 8min 1 sec per km pace including stops. Quite good run in all.

Photos from Tim's camera on the way :)

PAssion Run 2011

 Well, as I said before, one has to be a little crazy to sign up for running events. And I just signed up for another one, 1 week before SD HM  >.<

12km Men's Open on a Saturday afternoon around ECP.

Following Sat, at Changi for HM.

Sundown 2011

Oh no, the 21km route looks absolutely boring :(

Sundown 2011 Website

SD 2011 - Confirmation Slip

Received my SD 2011 HM Confirmation Slip email today together with an SMS of my registration.

So far, so good :)

Signed up for RUN350 bt NTUC

My toe still a little swell. But I've signed up for RUN 350 10km by NTUC. It's on Sunday, 17 April at Marina Bay Promontory. $20 for 10km for early registration by NTUC member. Good deal to me ^_^

Weblink: Run 350 - Run Info

Yes, a little crazy to sign for a run since not jogging since mid-Nov. But then, I figure if I can't do 10km on 17 April, then my 21km Sundown end of May will be total wash out.