Monday, September 1, 2008
Here's my review of the run:
Reached city hall at about 3pm. Caught up with some sg runners ppl. Waited for mar to come as she went to buy mooncake. Saw xilei at the baggage deposit area together with some of her friends. So went to the starting point at bout 4 pm. As expected it was crowded, me and mar had to jump over the barriers to squeeze into the first wave.
So off we went! Paced mar roughly for bout 2km. Was good. Then she told me to move on cause she wants to walk. I'm not really in the mood to run too cause this is one of the few races I rather slow down to have a better "view". Haha... don't waste it. It's so tiring to always go for a PB.
I'm rather comfortable with the run/walk strategy as I enjoyed the run totally. Something which can be improved is that some areas of the route are really squeezy. So it's a must walk session. Some ppl were quite fed up because they have to walk. But having said that, if you wanted to aim for a PB, you should have q right at the starting point. Nobody to blame but yourself.
Some areas which runners have to improve. I find that most ppl are overly concerned from their running that they forgot basic courtesy. I find that literally none of them thank the volunteers and always expects them to pour the water for them. I mean if they are really busy just give them a hand. I actually poured my own drinks at 2 of the station.
The crowd were nice as well. They clapped and cheered the runners on which I find it most movtivating to carry on. However, due to my slow start & human traffic jam & lots of enjoying good view, I could only manage 1hr 11min. But since I am not aiming for a PB, I'm not that concerned anyway.
But overall, it was a gd run. Thumbs up!
11:27 AM
