DaddyDear

I’ve finally achieved my goal that I’ve set last year, that is to run my first Marathon, and it is also the first Singapore Adidas Sundown Marathon. The run was challenging, as the terrain was very different from the runs that I’ve previously had. Also, it started to rain when I was at the 38 km mark, making it even more challenging.

I’ve not received the official timing yet, but my stopwatch timed 6 hrs and 20 mins. Didn’t meet my target, as I planned to achieve under 6 hrs.

Here’s a picture of my BIB and my medal:

And here’re the zoom-in of the medal’s front & back:

Here’s some of my personal views on this event:

• First aid station is too far away, i.e. 3.8km. Would be ideal if it was at around 2.5 or 3km.
• Can’t find the distance marker for the beginning stretch. First one I saw was the 8km mark.
• Not enough distance marker. Should have one at every kilometer.
• Not enough bananas (got only one at 24.9 aid station & the other one at the finishing line). Would be ideal if they give out some bananas during the last 8-10km stretch. Felt extremely depleted during that stretch when I’ve used up my energy gel.

Other than these, I think the event was pretty well organized, especially taken into consideration that it was the first night Marathon in Singapore.

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