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I am back after one solid day of resting. I must say this marathon is very different from the usual Standard Charter Marathon which I have taken part for 4 years.

Firstly the obvious different was it started in the early morning or should I say late night 12am, comparing to the usual 5-6am flag off timing. Runner who hate to wake up early for run, this is a run you must not miss!

Before the race, I have decided to run the entire race with my manager, Charles Neo. This is his first marathon run and I must said he did extremely well considering his virgin marathon and lack of preparation for the race. Furthermore this marathon is not as easy as the international standard Standard Charter Marathon route, why did I say that? In short, I think this is a “cross country” marathon.

About the running route, even though I felt that it is abit challenging, but I still enjoy it. Why did I say it is challenging or a cross country marathon, simply because we climb bridges, not 1 but at least 4 overhead bridges across major roads and highway. We ran through HDB flats and carparks. We ran through parks and wild vegetation. We ran through muds track and trails. We ran through rivers, canals and roads. And finally, we ran through the silent late night till dawn with cooling weather to heavy downpour.

Really enjoy this run, especially with Charles who never fail to surpise me along the way, he know what I mean. Next time need to have an inspection on you before the run, haha thanks for the 100 PLUS!

Anyway it was a great run, and now I am still suffering from some pains and these pains must be gone when i wake up tomorrow. Because I am running my IPPT test in a few hours time. Really bad planning on my side but since it had been booked, I must do my best to pass the test. I am not going for RT again! This is my last year in CAT X!

Wish me luck !