060210 Putrajaya Night Marathon

Crap, some people just have to resort to lying. It was ok to run at Mt Faber but not right to tell me there was a stressful meeting. Maybe it is right, meeting a friend to run at Mt Faber is extremely stressful. Going to the club and not including me for a change was ok but not right to tell me that there isn’t any activity at the club when there was. Why tell me lies that I will eventually know? I can accept the not talking, not calling all of a sudden and ignoring but why tell lies? The biggest lie was denying being a liar.

What a week before the marathon! I was down with fever 38C late week that was started with a cold I caught sitting in the wet t shirt at the gym on Sunday waiting for some replies on the phone which was never meant to be (stupid stupid). Then it became an emotionally roller coaster (stupid stupid). And I cannot be angry. Just crap! And aw, I promised to send those emails which I haven’t sat down to do.

Venue: Putrajaya Palace of Justice
Time: 8 pm
Fees: RM 44
Hotel: Pullman Lakeside RM130 shared with 2 others plus other expenses
Results: 22 out of 36 Women’s Veteran
22 E4529 Gun Time: 05:37:12 Net Time 5:36:54 10km 1:04:09 26km 3:29:19

Thanks to those who travelled with me, Kee Seng, Daniel Lee (NUS), KK Chin, Jerry, Shanie, Anton (Russia), Alan Law and thank God for Azhar Azib for ‘towing’ me back and the continuous assurance that I will get the medal, certificate and finisher’s t shirt. It was hard to run with a dry cough, sore throat and a subsiding fever and the medication. It was hell running that lonely highway.
Photo: Tey E T

170110 New Balance Pacesetters 30km Run

Photo:Tey ET

Where : Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur
Distance : 29.37km (according to YS Lee GPS)
Medal : Finisher for All
No: E5021 (Women’s Veteran)
Time: results not out yet. Probably between 2:59 and 3:01. Not sure how long I was in the toilet when the gun went off.
Reg: RM45 (medal, vest, finisher t shirt, food, drinks, bean curd) Exchange Rate: RM240 to S$100
Hotel: Swiss Hotel along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman

191209 LTA Run

Medals for grab. I got a feeling I will win my category if Siew Buan is not running, not too sure about being overall women’s. I lost to Jeanie (Open Category), 12 seconds. Siew Buan came but she didn’t even want to walk.

Entry: Free and more bananas to bring home
Venue: MacRitchie Reservoir Park (Men’s 5km Women’s 3.2km)
Time: 8am register 8.30am Men’s Start 8.35am Women’s Start

Men’s Open (5.2km)
Position Name Number Tag Time
1 Chiam Zhi Wei 5 20:00
2 Goh Yock Kin, Augustine 6 20:40
3 Ng Kim Huat 2 21:33
4 Koh Kwang Hwei 12 23:37
5 Mohd Rahumatullah Bin Abd Bazir 3 24:53
6 Ng Yew Wei, Joshua 16 25:30
7 Yeong Whye Kwok 15 25:40
8 Chong Lit Yung 8 26:48
9 Lim Chin Hoe 13 26:59
10 Derrick Dong 18 27:48
11 Sundeep Ruchchan 20 27:59
12 Choeng Zhiming 1 29:25
13 Khew U-Tet, Alfred 7 29:41
14 Sunny Wong 17 32:06
15 Hon Leong Chan, Justin 14 32:06
16 Eurwyn Harjono 9 32:52
17 Zeng Han Jun 4 38:49
- Chen Shi Jie, Darryl 10 -
- Alfredo Soriano 21 -

Men’s Senior (5.2km)
Position Name Number Tag Time
1 Wong Fook Khee 36 21:45
2 Tan Kok Eng, Eddie 32 23:45
3 Muthu Samy P V 34 25:30
4 Lew Kim Leng, Wilson 31 26:13
5 Andrew Mead 35 27:22
6 Koh Chang Khim 37 27:43
7 Asogan s/o Subramaniam 39 32:59
8 Chung Sow Yan, Roland 33 35:05
9 Lim Ah Chwee 40 35:19
10 Vincent Ong 38 37:05

Women’s Open (3.6km)
Position Name Number Tag Time
1 Jeanie Tay 55 21:55
2 Meryl Lan 52 24:37
3 Han Jing 57 24:50
4 Foo Suan Wood 51 25:39
5 Cheong Pui Yee, Joanne 56 26:44
6 Manisah Bte Khamis 54 28:45
7 Leong Mei Yee, Wendy 53 34:08
- Rui Li 58 -

Women’s Senior (3.6km)
Position Name Number Tag Time
1 Quek Ai Ling 75 22:07 (start 8.42am end 9.04am) (improvement from BCA/JTC Run by 58 sec)
2 Sandra Loke 73 25:52
3 Ho Mui Yoong 74 27:25
4 Lim Hui In 72 28:24
- Sumathi d/o Doraisamy 71 -

(Photo: Low Yew Huat)

131209 Tiong Bahru Challenge

Tiong Bahru Challenge 2009 – 5km & 30 Storey Vertical Climb Route

Brief Description

Tiong Bahru Challenge – 5 Km Run & 30 storey vertical climb @Block 4B, Badminton Court, Boon Tiong Road. Jointly organised by Tiong Bahru CC, Tiong Bahru CSC & Boon Tiong RC. Categories: Men’s & Ladies’ Open (12 to 65 years old) 1st Prize: $300 sports vouchers + Cash $100 2nd Prize: $200 sports vouchers + Cash $80 3rd Prize: $100 sports vouchers + Cash $50 4th – 5th Prize: $50 sports vouchers + Cash $50 Every participant will get a goodie bag including a Mizuno Tee, Lucky Draw & Certificate (upon completion). Open for registration (at CC or on-line). Tel No: 62230748 for enquiries. Closing Date: Nov 30 or limit to first 500 participants only.

Organizer
Name: Tiong Bahru CC, Tiong Bahru CSC & Boon Tiong RC
Website: http://www.one.pa.gov.sg
Contact Person: Tiong Bahru CC
Contact Phone: +65 62230748
Contact Email: alfachua@ymail.com
Men’s start:7.45am Women’s start: 7.50am
End Time: 10:00:00
Associations: Tiong Bahru CC, Tiong Bahru CSC & Boon Tiong RC
Est. Participants: 500 or less
Prizes: Overall S$1800 worth of prizes

Starts at: Block 4B, Badminton Court, Boon Tiong Road (Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore)

Full Description

RULES AND REGULATIONS

REGISTRATION:

1. Eligible participants should be aged between 12 and 65 as of 1 January 2009.
2. All entries should be made on official registration forms or photocopies of the original form. Registration forms are obtainable from the Tiong Bahru CC and Boon Tiong RC. From 1 October 2009, on-line registration is also available via www.one.pa.gov.sg.
3. Closing date for registration is 30 November 2009 limited to 500 participants. Entries may be mailed or submitted together with the cheque addressed to:
Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club
c/o Tiong Bahru Community Centre
67A Eu Chin Street
Singapore 169715
4. All participants are requested to collect their running shirt from the CC during office hours from 7 December to 12
December 2009.
5. Late entries and registration with incomplete forms will not be entertained.

ENTRY FEE:

1. The entry fee is $18.00 PER ADULT PARTICIPANT. Passion Card holders enjoy a discounted rate of $15.00. Entry fees for students and individuals aged above 50 years is $12.00. Students shall present their student pass during registration for identification purpose.
2. ALL applications should contain the contact information of a next of kin who will serve as the emergency contact.
3. All payments by cheque should be made payable to “Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club”. Payment by cash is accepted if application is submitted to the Tiong Bahru Community Centre during opening hours.

REPORTING:
1. Reporting time for the Challenge is on 13 December 2009 at 7:00am at Boon Tiong Road, Block 4B (Registration)
Badminton Court.
2. Flag off for Men category shall be at 7:45am, and Ladies category at 7:50am.

PRIZES AND CERTIFICATE:

1. Over $1800 worth of prizes will be presented to the top runners.
2. Participants who complete the Challenge will receive a Certificate of Completion.
3. Twenty lucky participants will receive lucky draw prizes.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. The Organising Committee reserves the right to amend rules or regulations or details of the event.
2. Failure to observe the rules and regulations may render the participant disqualified.
3. The Organising Committee, Tiong Bahru Community Centre Management Committee,
Constituency Sports Club, Tiong Bahru Community Centre and Boon Tiong Residents’ Committee
appointed staff and officials (referred hereinafter as the “organisers”) shall not under any
circumstances be required to accept liability resulting from injury, whether fatal or otherwise, of
any participant; or from damage or loss of personal property while participating in the event.
4. The organisers’ decisions are final.
5. The organisers shall not be held responsible for cancellation of the event due to unforeseen
circumstances.
6. Registration would be based on a first come first served basis.
7. Participants are limited to one goodie bag each.
8. Pets are not allowed in the Challenge.
9. All runners have to cross 2 overhead bridges along the route.

WET WEATHER PROGRAMME:

1. In the event when it rains on the morning and it does not stop after half an hour or to the discretion of the Organizers
that it is not favourable to carry on with the 5km run, only vertical run will be carried on.
2. In such event, timing will be a factor to determine the top 5 runners with the aids of time measuring devices.

Women’s 1st Vanessa Smith (I can remember because they kept repeating her name), 3rd Roda Ramos 4th Grace 5th Stella 6th Josephine Galas 14th Me (start 7.46am, Run ends, climb starts 8.12am, Finish 8.20am) Number tag: 3044

061209 Singapore Marathon

I did it! I was slow but I did it anyhow. I had fun.

The weather was kind and nice for the run. The organisation was great except that the baggage collection was a torture. After the race, you have to get DOWN the underpass and UP! But there isn’t much space at the Padang for so many bags. It is also good to placed out of the soggy field.

Drinks stations were well spaced and well stocked! And I like those big hands to point us the direction. If you still have complains about there race, why don’t you organise it the next time and see how well it turns out. If you didn’t realise the small sticker they give at the baggage does not stick, for goodness sake, remember the number or heed their advice to get it stapled. Simple as that! It is really your fault if you lost that sticker and can’t retrieve your bag. There are so many bags, how do they know which one is yours. And please, if you pick up another chip, please don’t blame the organiser for not giving you another t shirt. Oh please, greedy people!

Thanks to Dr PK Tan for the early morning pick up, the late KOP MJJ for the music, the MTV dance moves that kept playing in my head and the kind words he left us and Ne Yo, Black Eye Peas, Akon, Usher, will.i.am, Fergie, Coldplay in my Ipod. Yes I need it for the slow run that I set out to do.

Price: $45.50 Number: 21274 Time from www.marathon-photos.com: 5h56m24s
(medal, a lot of drinks, free NUS team running vest, NB running vest, NB finisher t shirt)
Results: Ranking 964 Singapore Ranking 692 Veteran Ranking 423 Runner ID 03111-SIN-MVW-OLP Gun Start Time 05:29:53 Chip Start Time 05:32:02 CP10k 01:17:51 CP21k 02:53:55 CP30k 04:16:20 CP32_5k 04:38:38 Chip Finish Time 05:56:24 Finish Time 05:58:32
Runpix:
DATE: December 6th, 2009
BIB/DIV: 21274 / F4044
TIME: 5h:58m:32s (gun) / 5h:56m:24s (net)
Result in Entire Field – 7379th place
Result based on NET time – 1043rd place
6876 finishers behind. About 52% of finishers ahead.
Result in Gender (Women) – 964th place
1206 finishers behind. About 44% of finishers ahead.
Result in Division (F4044) – 130th place
Result based on NET time – 138th place
79 finishers behind. About 62% of finishers ahead.
FACTS
Who’s who
Of the 14255 who finished, 15% were women and 85% were men
Opposite Sex
For the record, you were ahead of about 47% of men finishers.
Timing Info
Your start delay: 2m 8s.
Note: This page based on GUN times. Click images for NET times.
Over the Final 10km
You passed 977 runners And 26 passed you
YOUR SPLIT TIMES 13m36s/mile or 8m27s/km
YOUR SPEED 7.1km/h 4.4m/h
SECTION KPH
10k 1h15m42s 7m34s/km 7.9km/h
11.1k 1h36m4s 8m39s/km 6.9km/h
8.9km 1h22m26s 9m16s/km 6.5km/h
12.195km 1h42m12s 8m23s/km 7.2km/h

by Tan Yo-Hinn 05:55 AM Dec 07, 2009
SINGAPORE – If Luke Kibet returns next year to make it three wins on the trot at the Standard Chartered Marathon, the men’s champion could well be at the head of the biggest pack in the history of the Singapore race.

Since last year’s event, the marathon has been capped at 50,000 participants to ensure the best race experience for runners. But future editions of the race could feature up to 80,000 participants.

Speaking at the Padang yesterday on the sidelines of this year’s Standard Chartered Marathon, which saw Kenya’s Kibet and Russia’s Albina Mayorova win the elite men’s and women’s titles respectively, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck revealed organisers the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and title sponsors Standard Chartered Bank were exploring the possibility of expanding the event further.

“There was a long waiting list for every category even after 50,000 (participants signed up), so we spoke to Standard Chartered, and they are happy to look into the possibility of expanding it,” he said. “60,000 and 80,000 is a possibility, but there is a lot of work to figure out the design of the route.”

In 2002, the total number of participants stood at 6,300. The figure rose to 40,500 in 2007 and was then capped at 50,000 for the following two years.

While top annual races like the marathons in Boston, New York and London see figures between 20,000 to 30,000-odd complete the full distance of 42km, 17,500 runners took part in the full race here yesterday, while the rest ran in four other categories.

Said SSC chief executive officer Oon Jin Teik “We definitely have more than 50,000 asking to join, so we definitely have plans for a bigger and better race next year. This requires a lot of in-depth planning. Everytime you increase by a few thousand, everything changes, from the logistic route to waterpoints.

“We will study the foot traffic and see how we can incorporate Uniquely Singapore elements into the race.”

For this year’s race, which offered a total prize purse of approximately US$270,000 ($374,949), the SSC, together with co-organisers the Singapore Athletic Association, made adjustments such as a wider staggering of start times between races to ease traffic flow.

Giving his thumbs-up was Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo, who ran in his first Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon in the 10km category. “It’s the first time I’ve done 10km since National Service. It wasn’t a bad experience,” he said.

“I completed my race in 1hr 3mins. It was a comfortable run. It was wonderful to see the energy level, tens of thousands of runners, young and old, men and women, some even pushing prams. It was wonderful to behold.”

The two elite races ended with new record times. Kibet, clocked 2:11.25sec to successfully defend his men’s title, holding off compatriot Joseph Chepkwono in a sprint finish in the final 200m to collect the US$35,000 winner’s cheque.

“The final kilometre I was trying to run away (from Chepkwony), but it was tough because of my leg injury,” said Kibet, who went into the race carrying a heel injury.

“I knew Joseph was strong, (he was) second last year, so I was waiting for the final part. I was not worried. I’m good in finishing. Everything was under control,” he added coolly.

In the women’s open, Russia’s Albina Mayorova posted a time of 2:32.49 in a comfortable win over compatriot Lyubov Morgunova.

Selected results:

Men’s marathon: 1 Luke Kibet (Ken) 2:11.25; 2 Johnstone Chepkwony (Ken) 2:11.33; 3 Vincent Krop (Ken) 2:11.51

Women’s marathon: 1 Albina Mayorova (Rus) 2:32.49; 2 Lyubov Morgunova (Rus) 2:34.49; 3 Mary Akor Beasley (US) 2:36.44

Top Singapore finishers

Men: 1 Mok Ying Ren 2:43:42; 2 Ashley Liew 2:51:22; 3 Benny Goh 2:56:44

Women: 1 Qi Hui 3:15:25; 2 Elaine Lim 3:23:00; 3 Aileen Tan 3:39:16

141109 LTA Family Day and PWD-BCA vs JTC

I decided to enter for Family Day competitive run only yesterday. It is 4.8km around West Coast Park starting at MacDonalds at 8am delayed till 8.15am, through the underpass and back. But I got lost at the finishing and I think I only ran 4.5km. No disputes, I came in first in anyway. Ha! Tag number: 98

On the whole, I want to say that the whole competition was a joke on the runners. Besides the vouchers, the rest of the stuff was just useless, like finding somewhere to discard the unwanted things. Where is the sharp last turn marshall? And how do we run into the finish? Cut across the soggy field? And they even ridicule me that I came in from the back. I had no idea where is the front and where is the back. I had to ask some people how to run to the finish point and they also had to idea. Maybe nobody had the idea of what speed the runners are capable of.

840am I took a taxi $10.80 from West Coast to MacRitchie to run the ladies route for PWD-BCA Club. I don’t know the results yet. My time: 23m05s Overall position : 20! Number tag: 83 something. Didn’t see and just start straight away.

Update: I was second for women’s. But I really didn’t see JTC W in front of me 2 secs. I would have chased. The only person who was with me and evetually took me was a big guy in yellow singlet. I chased him from the turn out from the slope.
JTC
S/N Name Tag No. (Yellow) Position at Finish Time
1 Lim Swee Lian (Ms) 931 21 23.3
2 Sandy Loo (Ms) 932 30 26.15
3 Lim Huey Meng (Ms) 933 23 24.02
4 Selly Marina (Ms) 934 41 38
5 Mae Wan (Ms) 935 31 26.18
6 Goh Chin Yee (Ms) 936 29 26.11
7 Viny Chua (Ms) 937 26 24.54
8 Judy Tay (Ms) 938 38 30.3
9 Tan Kok San (Snr Veteran) 939 5 18.1
10 Richard Tay 940 7 19.10
11 Abdul Kadir 941 8 19.15
12 Kenneth Woo 942 3 17.57
13 Benjamin Tan 943 6 18.4
14 Koh Chung Yen 944
15 Lim Chee Wee 945 17 22.4
16 Tang Kok Min 946
17 Kin Shen Yee 947 2 17.4
18 Jimmy Woon Siew Loong 948 1 17.2
19 Eric Foo Chee Kwang 949 12 21
20 Luli Zhou (Ms) 950 39 33.43
21 Li Kiun Li (Ms) 951 22 23.36
22 Terence Moo 952 24 24.15
23 May (Ms) 953 19 23.03
24 Alan Eng Soon Chye 954 36 28.20
25 Eugene Seah 955 18 22.55
26 Alex Yeong 956 32 26.58
Total: 64

BCA
S/N Name Tag No. (Pink) Position at Finish Time
1 Quek Ai Ling (Ms) 827 20 23.05
2 Koh Peck Hak (Ms) 828 37 29.48
3 Mrs Philip Wong 829 33 26.58
4 Cheong Siew Mui (Ms) 830 35 28.02
5 Chong Lan Hiong (Ms) 831
6 Tang Hong Xing (Ms) 832 28 26.02
7 Ho- Chan Vun Ching (Ms) 833 34 27.06
8 Yip Hoi Wah (Snr Veteran) 834 11 20.38
9 Philip Wong (Snr Veteran) 836 14 21.42
10 Tan Eng Huat (Snr Veteran) 838 16 22.33
11 Koh Chye Hin (Snr Veteran) 839 27 24.55
12 Anson Seah (Snr Veteran) 840 9 20.12
13 Paul Yap Yong Peng 841 25 24.42
14 Seng Heng Yeow 842 40 35.00
15 David Tan 843 13 21.35
16 Ng Kim Leong 844 10 20.32
17 Lim Leng Kuan 845 4 17.58
18 Hung HH 846 15 22.22
Total: 109

10am Mr Yip sent me back to West Coast for prize presentation. I like the BMW car.

Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Mrs Ani Bambang Yudhoyono greeting President S R Nathan and Mrs Nathan at the Istana. Photo by DON WONG

Moses gave me his k-ok voucher, free for 2hours. I don’t know if it can be combined with mine. Then I will get 4hours free. He also gave me his yoga mat which I need for the gym ball. Free MacDonalds helathy meal for everyone. I won $30 staff club food voucher and 2hr free k-ok. A Mug, a waist bag I don’t need, a usb cup warmer, I don’t need. A skipping rope with counter. And a big bag of apples that will last me a whole week.

I was reading the news at todayonline.com. I keep seeing Mrs Nathan’s picture in the silver gown. I think she needs to start running.

081109 NEW BALANCE REAL RUN

Where: Changi Exhibition Centre
How: Trail 4km Sand 0.6km Taxiway/Road 10.4km Total 15km
So embarrassing. What a difference from last year. I have nothing to say.

15Km – HomeTeamNS Corporate Race
5 LTA (Best 8 Members) Total Team Chip Time: 10:48:35
Rank Bib Name CheckPt1 CheckPt2 CheckPt3 NetTime Total_Finish Remark
1 15CR0879 CHIAM ZHI WEI 07:46:26 08:05:11 08:22:36 01:10:58 08:38:58
2 15CR0881 LEE CHAY KOON 07:46:27 08:05:22 08:23:04 01:12:03 08:40:03
3 15CR0886 GUAM JUNHAO JOSHUA 07:45:37 08:06:04 08:24:31 01:14:30 08:42:05
4 15CR0884 LIM CHUAN KWEE 07:47:13 08:07:56 08:27:50 01:18:43 08:46:43
5 15CR0885 GLEN COPSEY 07:47:53 08:08:39 08:28:54 01:22:05 08:50:14
6 15CR0883 KWAN CHOON WAH 07:49:20 08:11:12 08:33:34 01:26:09 08:54:42
7 15CR0880 PARTHIBAN S/O PALAMANI 07:49:29 08:12:38 08:36:51 01:31:19 08:59:54
8 15CR0888 HWEE KIANG 07:50:50 08:15:20 08:38:48 01:32:53 09:01:16
9 15CR0882 QUAK ENG KWEE 07:49:39 08:14:19 08:38:27 01:33:37 09:02:07
10 15CR0887 QUEK AI LING 07:50:29 08:20:07 08:50:02 01:52:17 09:18:32

011109 Great Eastern Women 10K

I knew I am not going to beat last years timing. So it was a relax run. I think it’s 1h or so.
As always I crossed over back to the start for the 5km after collecting my medal.
The guard said something and I thought he said no, you 10k cannot run the 5k. I made a sour face and he said,”You can go for the 5km if you want.” Yippee!
I got back to the start line again and was made to wait 15mins because of the traffic. When the 5km made the u turn I was told to continue along the 10km! For a short distance I was all alone, feeling crazy! Then I caught up with the last of the last and managed to get back into the crowd.
In total it took me 1h47m to cross the finish line the second time.
I brought home a few cans of 100Plus and a few pieces of Nature Valley bars. Nice.
The medal seems to have shrunk in size!
(Photos: D Poh)

Tag Number : 187 Lunar
How much: $35.10 (medal, Fila vest, Fila bag, drinks and cereal bars)
Start : 7am

Results: (so fast!)
Masters
294 187 00:30:57 00:31:32 248 01:00:35 01:01:10 294 of 2159
Overall
521 187 Women Masters 00:30:57 00:31:32 433 01:00:35 01:01:10 521 of 5431

Runpix results:
TIME: 1h:1m:10s (gun) / 1h:0m:35s (net)
Result in Entire Field – 517th place
Result based on NET time – 606th place
4842 finishers behind. About 10% of finishers ahead.
Result in Division (Women Masters) – 293rd place
Result based on NET time – 326th place
1852 finishers behind. About 14% of finishers ahead.
From 5.15km to Finish
You passed 21 runners and 107 passed you
5359 finishers. Start time delay : 35s
Split time: Ave mile 9m45s Ave km 6m04s
Ave speed: 9.9kph 6.2mph
Section kph: 10.1 and 9.7
30m57s ie 5m57s for 5.2km
29m38s ie 6m10s for 4.8km

14,000 women run for the “Women Against Cancer” cause
by Plush|05 November 2009

The fourth annual Great Eastern Women 10K held at The Padang saw a record number of more than 14,000 women take to the streets in Marina Bay and run the city – a 300% increase since the event’s inception in 2006.

The run is part of the Marina Bay Urban Challenge, an initiative conceptualised by ESG Endurance Sport and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to promote the Marina Bay area as a vibrant hub for sports and lifestyle activities.

Managing Director of ESG Endurance Sport, Mr Terence Khoo, said, “Over the years, the Great Eastern Women 10K has distinguished itself to be the biggest professionally-run women’s sporting event in Singapore.

“It also allows women to come together and contribute to a meaningful cause with the “Women Against Cancer” initiative.”

Women against Cancer

The “Women Against Cancer” initiative aims to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF).

The funds will go towards heightening awareness of the cancer, as well as providing support for needy patients.

To date, this year’s event has raised close to $100,000 for BCF.

Participants had an option to donate their registration fee discounts to the “Women Against Cancer” initiative, as well as to participate with members of the public in “The Great Woman Pledge”, an effort by Great Eastern to gather declarations of pride from women from all walks of life on why “It’s Great to be a Woman!”.

Great Eastern will make a donation to BCF for the pledges collected through this effort.

Present to support the cause were country ambassadors, including H.E. Mrs Minda C.Cruz from the Philippines, H.E. Ms. Jayathri Samarakone from Sri Lanka and High Commissioner of Pakistan, Mrs Fauzia M. Sana, who participated in the 5km Fun Run.

The wives of four other ambassadors from Poland, Turkey, Japan and Canada also joined them on the route to do their part for charity.

They were joined by twenty-two breast cancer survivors who were dressed in their signature pink running tops.

“Showing our support and doing our part to raise awareness for the cancer is something that every woman should be involved in. We were very excited to be able to do what we can today and to reach out to women who have a second lease in life despite the obstacles they have faced,” shared Mrs Cruz.

You may also contribute to the “Women Against Cancer” initiative by donating online at www.women10k.com. The website will be open till the end of the year or when the targeted amount of $150,000 is achieved.

The race itself

The Great Eastern Women 10K, which clocks the fastest women’s 10km road race timing in Singapore, is a premier all-women running event which has seen an increasing number of elite athletes taking part each year.

Champion of the GE Women 10K 2007, Leah Malot of Kenya returned this year for a shot at the title.

The Kenyan ran an exciting neck to neck race with Anna Thompson of Australia during the last leg of the race and overtook pack leader Thompson in the final seconds to secure her second GE Women 10K championship title with a timing of 33:56 mins.

First runner up Anna Thompson of Australia finished with a timing of 34:01 mins, followed by second runner up Catherine Omoi of Kenya, who completed the race in 35:16 mins.

Qi Hui, the first local runner to finish the race bagged the sixth place with her timing of 37:52 mins. Second local runner, Vivian Tang, followed closely with her timing of 38:47 mins, earning her the seventh place in the GE Women 10K.

241009 The North Face 100 Singapore

Wa! Can die wor… running 25km trail without any mileage. Ok. The most I run was 3km a week, most weeks ZERO, 0! So it was quite a torture. Anyway, the time given was very generous, 4h30m! So, I reckon I can finish even if I walk/jog/run. 25km is more doable than my last year’s ambitious 50km. It was a disaster last year. Sad!

I found Tan Lian Seng from Sgrunners forum. His marathon timing was a more or last like mine so it was great opportunity to partner with him and run the 50km duo.

It was fun running down Bt Timah Hill. But I can’t say much about going up that small hill. Lucky it is small. Be grateful we only have this pimple. Even walking up is tough.

There was this guy in bright pink tights, (skins) and I find it very amusing. Nice colour! He and I always see saw. He has more power so his up slope is faster but I woild catch up with him on the down.

I finished around 3h50m and Lian Seng 4h01m. I still haven’t stopped my stop watch. I waiting to pick up a phone I bidded on eBay this morning before I left for the race. A present for myself after the race. something that keep me going? Good that the race started at 10am, I had time to do some work and eat and clean up and I was still early for the race start.

Fee: $55 each (a tshirt, a medal if you finish in qualifying time, food, ample supply of different types of Subway sandwiches at the end point, I like!! drinks, a whole bottle of 1.5L of 100 Plus, I also like! I got the Fox whistle (only one given), magazine and what nots. I mixed up with GE 10k and Real Run)

Tag no.: 5115-1 Team name: North Face 2009 (how creative? my big idea but hey, 15 characters including spaces, not bad wat…just nice)

251009 Preliminary Results
50km Open Duo Position 207/277 Total time: 7:50:48.46
5115-1 3:49:36.39 Position 402/578
5115-2 4:01:12.07 Position 458/578

071109 Final Results
Individual position 402/561 Team Duo 50
12k split 1:37:11.74 15k split 2:05:26.30 Net time 3:49:36.39

101109 Moulmein Intra-Con Road Run Championship

Venue : MacRitchie Reservior Park
Time : 4.00pm to 6.00pm
Entry Fee : $ 2.00
Category / Distance : Men’s Open No age limit ( 5.1km )
Men’s Veteran age 45 yrs or above as on Race day ( 4.1km )
Men’s Senior Veteran age 55 yrs or above as on Race day ( 4.1km )
Ladies’ Open No age limit ( 4.1km )
Women’s Veteran age 40 yrs or above as on Race day (4.1km )
Boy’s & Girl’s Junior age under 17 yrs as on Race day ( 4.1km )
Tag number : 354 (fading) Yellow (all ladies), red for some ladies
I was so relunctant to go for this race. I haven’t run any distance so I thought I cannot complete this 4.1km without walking. I would be embarrased to drag myself back. I have been having haadaches after I run. I sometimes feel so sick I would throw up.

After several messages from Eric and the last one from CK, I finally agreed to run, be it dragging my feet or having the whole group of people waiting for me to ‘close shop’.

It was nice to met Christina, Helen, Mrs Eric and Teresa on a hot and lazy Saturday afternoon (I would be watch Hindi movie on Vasanthum).

I came in 3rd (phew!) for the old (all) ladies group in 23m 18 s after Yew Ling and Christina. They could have walked and still won. I was far far behind but I was not last. I must be the 12th finisher and that won me a lucky draw prize! So I won in total $20 + $10 NTUC vouchers. Not bad for my fatty bom bom who ate 3kg of chocolates and 20 mooncakes the whole week. And, I went for extra 11km after the race because I could deposit my cards and keys in CK’s car.