SCSM 2007

This year SCSM i have only one thing on my mine is that to complete it in 4.hr if possible but the grand plan doesn't always go as expected. A few factor attribute to my results.. lack of stretching before the run and possibly starting off too fast. Heres a breakdown on the event

Day before SCSM
Met up with alvo meteor and cfred for carbo loading at hip cafe at cineleisure. I consumed a surf and turf dish but i guess its not enough complex carbo in it. Oh well.. got to bed like at 10pm thankfully i managed to sleep without having to toss and turn on bed for hours.

SCSM day
Got up at 4am , had bread , banana and some isotonic drink before heading out to meet jamesoh for a ride down to esplanade. While waiting for the ride, SV passed me his bib cause he is not feeling well and ask me to return it.

510am - Jamesoh parked his car at marina square and i dashed out to the adidas tent to put my bags there (adirun members have its privileges ). With only 5 mins left i made a dash to the startpoint. Not much of a warmup the starting horn fired up, And off we go..

At the race
My pace was pretty consistent thru out the first 20km , At marina south i bump into the pacer team cfred and babu.. they ask me to go faster so i went a little faster (man that was a big mistake) . There are funny pple with great sense of humor. like this old man who is dressed up as a Japanese fisherman and some pple you admire whose tag wrote that he is 71 yr old and still going strong.

At esplanade the crowd was cheering at us and that was encouraging , one in the audience was meteor .. i signal her alvo was slightly behind me. Around fort rd i managed to see the pack of 6 kenya running down and we gave cheers and claps. They were like goin 2-3.o pace. crazy man.
This year i saw about 4-5 bands playing along the side of the road which was good but some of the song doesn't sound that cheery thou. As usual the champagne drinking elites were sitting on foldable chair and table upgraded from picnic mat last year ..watching the runner pass by . Damn them.

After the U-turn point about 32 km mark the cramps started to set in. First on my calf then my thigh i have to stop every few metre to stretch and this goes on till the end . Quite a struggle which was definitely worst then my last year run. At the esplanade , a tap on my back and when i turned around its michelle she was still going very strong damn i am getting weak. tried to pace with her but my cramps kicked in. Arghh and i had to do a quick walk until the padang . Thats where i tried to run in to the finish line but still i cant.. some way to end the marathon in pain and agony . At least it was memorable. Time was 4hr 31mins.

Post SCSM
As i was catching my breath i bump into fahmy and also michelle whom already collected the medal and tshirt. Fahmy on the other hand was well not so happy with his run due to the cramps also. After a collecting my bag at the tent met up with the sgrunners for a phototaking session then its off to suntec for bath and also some cooling down at the pool . Before having a chop chop lunch with alvo and meteor.

Conclusion
Congrats to everyone who have complete the grueling run and to those who are doing it the first time and not to mention those who best their previous year record. As for me i am comtemplating on stopping marathon distance running. I guess any distance more then 30km is too hard on my legs due to the cramp.