Sunday, 4 December 2016
Photos: Running 10km in the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore
The 10km flag-off in the SCMS 2016 was delayed from 6.45am to 7am.
But I didn't start until 7.30 as the 12,000 10km runners were flagged off in waves. I was a few waves behind.
It was the first time I joined the Standard Chartered Marathon, albeit in the 10km category
It was also the first time I took part in an event where a runner died.
I didn't find out about it until I reached home.
That's like the third Singapore-related running death in three months.
Singaporean Max Woon, 36, died in a fall while training for the Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon in Malaysia in October.
Singaporean Syed Mohamed Yusof, 37, died from cardiac arrest at the Bintan Reebok Spartan Race last month.
And today, British national John Gibson, 29, died at the Singapore marathon.
All guys under 40.
See you at the finish line.
TRENDING POSTS OF THE WEEK
-
Dear Ashley Garcia , Clothes maketh the man while the lack of clothes can make a woman famous. Sometimes unintentionally. I mean, y...
-
When I learnt that Vernetta Lopez ’s autobiography Memoirs Of A DJ: Life In Progress was published last week, I rushed to the nearest major...
-
Skyfall is the best James Bond movie ever? Don't believe the hype. This is from someone who has every Bond movie on DVD (even Nev...
-
I first met Darryl David at Gurmit Singh's wedding dinner in 1995. David's date was a woman named Lynette Pang , who was a stag...
-
Lately, I've been noticing the recurring use of an unfamiliar word on social media. Aisey. Posted by SMRT Ltd (Feedback) on Wedne...
-
You may have read about kids of local celebrities following their parents' footsteps into showbiz. But you probably haven't read...
-
A few days ago, my former employer, MediaCorp, announced the surprise resignation of its chief executive officer, Lucas Chow. So what ...
-
Yesterday, my teenage son returned home from McDonald’s with some McNuggets. I asked him if he got the curry sauce. He said no. “What?...
-
It started with this bombshell report about the Population White Paper released by the Government in January 2013: Singapore's populat...
-
I have a favourite T-shirt. One reason it’s my favourite is that it was given to me many years ago by a friend who has since passed away...