Marathon: Elite runners get 50s head start. Is this the norm around the world?
This elite group consisted mostly of foreign runners with a few of our local runners. The masses were only allowed to follow about 50 seconds later.
This elite group consisted mostly of foreign runners with a few of our local runners. The masses were only allowed to follow about 50 seconds later.
Alex Ong finished second in the local category at the Stanchart Marathon. He then found out he was disqualified.
Derek Li finished in the top 10 but was initially disqualified. He was reinstated after an appeal. He shares with us what happened.
Despite repeated bouts of vomiting, Anne finished 10 minutes faster than last year to win the local title.
After a month-long training stint in Japan, this run for Mok was about acclimatising back to humid weather in preparation for the upcoming SEA Games.
16,100 have signed up to run the full marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres at the upcoming 2013 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore.
The race routes for the 42km, 21km and 10km races at the 2013 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore were announced today.
If you were running at the 2012 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, you might have noticed one particular runner pulling a 14-kilogramme tyre with chains among the tens of thousands at the race.