Picture story by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports
The Padang, Sunday, November 1, 2009 – The fourth annual Great Eastern Women 10K saw more than 14,000 women register to take to the streets of Marina Bay in either the 10km or 5km Fun run categories.
There were 5,439 finishers in the 10km and the largest contingent from an organisation was from the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.
Here’s a picture story of the day.
Janie Hui, Sherilyn Kee, Gayathiri and Jacqueline Chua from the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School run down the finishing line together. They are from their school’s National Cadet Corps. “Awesome!” said Gaya, when asked about her 5km run. “We sang a birthday song every km [for Jacklyn Fong].” (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
SCGS’ Head Of Department for Physical Education, Mrs Fei May Bowness, starts off her 10km run. She was part of the several hundred students, staff, alumni members and parents who rallied to take part in this year’s race. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“Among the sea of red, an angel appears…” Nayantara Pani races with a “halo” over her head. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Some of the women looked like men in this women-only run. Oh wait … it is a man! Some men were spotted joining the women-only race about 150m after the start line. So much for it being a women-only run. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Paul Holden (right), Pam Howton and Edmund Poh (obscured) wave at a friend finishing the race along the steps of the old City Hall. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Tan Ying Jing heads down the finishing stretch. She finished with a time of 55 minutes 5 seconds. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Pushing herself to the max right till the finishing line, Allison sprints down the final stretch. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
A participant gets a high-five from the emcee. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Sophia Linde Visser and Marianne Driesse, both from the Netherlands, finish the race together. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“Give Mummy a hug…” (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Julie Chin and Daphne Cheng finish the race with a time of 1 hour 18 minutes and 44 seconds. (Photo 11 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
A security personnel disagrees with this runner’s gender orientation. (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
SCGS Track and Field athlete Sandra Chen completes her run. (Photo 13 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Gladys, a basketballer from SCGS finishes her race with team mate Jocelyn close behind. (Photo 14 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“High-five for a race well done.” Antje congratulating Wenhui on finishing her race. (Photo 15 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
SCGS dancer Stephanie Chng runs down the finishing stretch. (Photo 16 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
SCGS shuttlers Goh Peifen and Miranda push on to the finishing line hand in hand. (Photo 17 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
A feeling of accomplishment as Yun Wen and Gwendolyn run to the end with a smile. (Photo 18 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Happy finishers (Front, L-R): Silyn, Sherilyn Kee, Jaclyn Fong, Kelly, Jacqueline Chua; (Back row, L-R) Ethel, Andrea, Janie Hui, Gayathiri, Elizabeth. (Photo 19 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“Very embarrassing but very sweet,” said SCGS birthday girl Jaclyn Fong on getting sung a birthday song every 1km. (Photo 20 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Runners get ready for the start of the Great Eastern Women 10K. The run is part of the Marina Bay Urban Challenge, which is an annual series of sporting events at Marina Bay set against the backdrop of Singapore's city skyline. This year, the challenge comprised the Cold Storage Kids' Run in May and the GE Women 10k run in November. (Photo 21 courtesy of IMSG)
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N.B. Please let us know the names of runners featured and we’ll update the captions. Thanks.
photo 15:
antje giving wenhui a high-five
photo 19:
(front row L-R) Silyn, Sherilyn, Jaclyn, Kelly…
(back row L-R) Ethel, Andrea, Janie, Gaya, Elizabeth…
@Silyn: Thanks for the name updates : )