Sundown Marathon – From Good Afternoon to Good Evening to Good Night to Good Morning
In early February 2010, I decided to run Putrajaya Night Marathon at the very last minute, as always. The week before the race, I was still not very prepared and worse of all I was down with a fever just three days before the race. I recovered well enough and thought at my 60th marathon I should be able to just complete it. However, at 15km I slowed to a walk. Way too far to walk to the finish, I have 27km more to go. I paid for the trip there, the hotel and race fee. It was my 60th marathon and I didn’t want a DNF. I walk till Azhar came and I asked him if I would be able to complete in under 6 hours to qualify for the medal, finisher’s t shirt and certificate. He assured me, YES! I must have irritated him to the bones with my constant asking every 5 seconds, “what is the pace now, how much lead do I have, will I be able to complete under 6hrs if I maintain this pace?” When I completed the marathon in 5h40m, it was then I realised that a 6hr pacer is very important. Azhar told me to sign up as a pacer for the Sundown Marathon. So, I did, to pay it forward. There must be runners who would be in the same situation like me at Putrajaya. I have never run as a pacer so I decide to apply for the same group as Azhar. Both of us became the 6hr pacers for the Sundown Marathon.
It was alot of fun at the back. We walk and run. We walked for a purpose, to run further. We stopped to take pictures, we get to know each other. We finished the marathon together. It wasn’t very difficult for me. I also had no problem with t shirt size, getting to race site on time, or getting drinks on course. I know coming in at 6 hour I may not have a finisher’s t shirt my size. I have accepted it. Luckily, someone wants to buy it from me. So, I don’t understand why other runners are so angry with the organiser.
The flood lights at the finishing chute make us look like ghosts
Rank 55/139 Tag no. 5692 Time: 05:53:57 10km 01:14:49 20km 02:52:11 30km 04:03:27 Race fee: $56 (181209 HiVelocity)
EVENT: Full Marathon
DATE: 29 May, 2010
BIB/DIV: 5692 / F4044
TIME: 5h:53m:57s (gun) / 5h:51m:27s (net)
Result in Entire Field – 1552th place
2436 finishers behind. About 39% of finishers ahead.
Result based on GUN time: 1459th place
Result in Gender (Women) – 199th place
489 finishers behind. About 29% of finishers ahead.
Result based on GUN time: 191th place
Result in Division (F4044) – 33rd place
25 finishers behind. About 55% of finishers ahead.
Result based on GUN time: 33rd place
LEGEND
The location of the figure on the line shows your position in the finish order of the race. The closer the figure is to the right, the closer you were to the winner.
FACTS
Who’s who
Of the 3988 who finished, 17% were women and 83% were men.
Opposite Sex
For the record, you were ahead of about 59% of men finishers.
Timing Info
Your start delay: 2m30s.
Note: This page based on NET times. Click images for GUN times.
Over the final 12km You passed 146 runners and 93 passed you
Ave mile 13:24 Ave km 8:20
Ave speed 7.2kph 4.5mph
Start -10k 8.3 1:12:19 7m14s/km 10km
10k – 20k 6.2 1:37:21 8m51s/km 11km
20k -30k 7.6 1:11:16 7m55s/km 9km
30k – Fin 6.6 1:50:31 9m4s/km 12.195km
I also run the 10km event at 730pm. I had wanted to do this last year. There was alot of time to rest and prepare for the marathon at midnight.
Results:
Corporate Team Challenge (10KM) – Women
Rank 2/15 Team Name LTA Womens Team
Total Chip Time 3:44:18
Rank Bib No. Member’s Name Chip Time 0KM-5KM 5KM – 10KM
3 17859 Me 00:52:48 00:26:21
7 17862 Hwee Kiang Jeanie Tay 00:56:46 00:27:46
8 17860 Siew Buan See 00:56:52 00:28:18
9 17861 Eng Kim Tan 00:57:50 00:29:17
Results
84km Ultra Marathon Men’s Open Category:
1. Ahmad Lamchanak (Morocco) – 06:50:52
2. Benny Goh (Singapore) – 07:27:43
3. Joshua Toh (Singapore) – 07:32:51
84km Ultra Marathon Women’s Open Category:
1. Hui Qi (Singapore) – 08:00:04
2. Lai Chee Yong (Singapore) – 08:44:42
3. Jan Lim (Singapore) – 09:39:48
84km Ultra Marathon Men’s Masters Category:
1. Jae Duk Sim (South Korea) – 06:18:48
2. Kosaku Terada (Japan) – 08:15:09
3. Robson Phan (Singapore) – 08:19:32
84km Ultra Marathon Women’s Masters Category:
1. Dai Siouyu (Taiwan) – 08:37:09
2. Mika Kume (Japan) – 09:13:37
3. Yvonne Bernhard (Australia) – 09:15:48
42km Marathon Men’s Open Category:
1. Mark Williams (United Kingdom) – 03:04:21
2. Liam Yan Hong (Singapore) – 03:15:17
3. Nick Tymms (Singapore) – 03:18:45
42km Marathon Women’s Open Category:
1. Lim Baoying (Singapore) – 03:48:19
2. Xiuling Quek (Singapore) – 03:58:12
3. Amy Hite (United States) – 03:58:27
42km Marathon Men’s Masters Category:
1. Brian August (Singapore) – 03:32:59
2. Ahmad Sukri Mohd Lazim (Malaysia) – 03:37:18
3. James Middleditch (Singapore) – 03:38:33
42km Marathon Women’s Masters Category:
1. Stella Tay Hwee Choo (Singapore) – 03:43:43
2. Irene Moo Pau Nyok (Singapore) – 03:50:57
3. Anne Ahoeagling (Finland) – 03:59:17
21km Half-Marathon Men’s Open Category:
1. Stuart McLay (United Kingdom) – 01:20:08
2. Olivier Marquette (France) – 01:22:16
3. Clive Alley (Singapore) – 01:25:41
21km Half-Marathon Women’s Open Category:
1. Ruth Clark (United Kingdom) – 01:42:14
2. Teresa Ravazzolo (Italy) – 01:44:59
3. Karin Wilhelmine Wiedenho (Germany) – 01:46:29
10km Women’s Open Category:
1. Anna Thompson (Australia) – 00:36:20
2. Natasha Buckley (United Kingdom) – 00:42:21
3. Victoria Hill (Singapore) – 00:42:26
Team Challenge Men’s Category: ULTRAMEN – 02:51:50
Team Challenge Women’s Category: AJC Track – 04:11:08
Team Challenge Mixed Category: athlon – 02:38:50
Corporate Challenge Men’s Category: LTA Mens Team 1 – 02:56:51
Corporate Challenge Women’s Category: PAssion – 03:36:53
Corporate Challenge Mixed Category: Kakithon UTM – 02:54:30
