The Green Corridor Run was yesterday morning
It has the latest flag-off time of all the races I've joined - 9am for the first wave. I was in the second wave, which was supposed to flag off at 9:20am, but in real life, it was 20 minutes later.
I like the late morning flag-off because I could get more sleep after working the night before. But there is a trade-off which I'll get into later.
The starting line was at the old Tanjng Pagar Railway Station.
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Selfies before the race.
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Approaching the starting line.
And we're off!
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In the beginning, the terrain was a lot of grass (which I nearly tripped over a couple of time) before it narrows to a trail.
Talk about narrow! The Green Corridor is really a narrow corridor and with so many runners, we were running practically elbow to elbow, making it difficult to overtake. The first half of the race was mostly bottleneck.
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But the path widened whenever we went under a bridge, which was an opportunity to overtake, but the terrain was mostly loose gravel, which wasn't easy to run on.
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The runners started to spread out only in the last third of race, but by that time, I was too exhausted to pass people. The heat was a factor, and that's the problem with the late morning start.
I kinda wish the race had started two hours or even just an hour earlier to avoid the heat, especially considering the recent sunny weather. Unlike at MacRitchie, where I run weekly, the Green Corridor provides very little shade. And the clear skies didn't help.
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Wearing my red Jurong Lake Run shirt, I really struggled to complete the 10.5km. It took me 1 hour 8 minutes to reach the finish line.
It got me worried that signing up for the 21km 2XU Compression Run later this month was a mistake. (The March 29 race starts at 5am, so sunny weather will not be a problem but waking up early will be.)
After the run, I got a banana and a pear, which was a first. I also got a slight tan.
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Drone attack!
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I was told it rained during last year's race, making the trail very muddy, which I think was worse than battling the heat.
While the race was organised well enough, I'm not sure I would join again next year. The Green Corridor itself just isn't a very fun route to run.
For trail running, I still prefer MacRitchie for the scenery and meeting the occasional wildlife