Standard Chartered Hong Kong (Half) Marathon
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Standard Chartered Hong Kong (Half) Marathon - Run
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Comments: Very hot and humid. Was sweating before race start. My friend Derek was shooting for a sub 2 hr 1/2 M. guncollector was pacing me. Note: 1 km ~ 0.62 mile The first part of the run (1-12 km) was relatively flat. 1-2 km was very crowded. We clocked 17 something min (my average pace ~6 min/km). 3-7 km = tried to maintain a 6:30/km pace. Had to stop at every water stations and take at least 3 cups of water. They have wet sponge for us to keep cool. At some point I dropped my sun glasses. guncollector was so nice to run back to get them. But someone stepped on and broke them. :( 7 km: guncollector stopped at a porta potty. I continued the run and he caught up with me by 9 km. Took pictures at times. 14 km: ate a gel. Unlike my first 1/2 M, I brought my own this time. 15 km = entered tunnel. The 1/2 M crowd merged with the 10 K crowd. Too many people were having too much fun. Some of them stopped in the middle of the road and took pictures. Kept bumping into them. At least I kept running when taking pictures. :p 16-21 = out of tunnel. This was where it got difficult. Up and down a few overpasses and an underpass. Had to walk at few steps at times. Knees were feeling the impact and I felt very hot. guncollector was very nice to keep my pace when he can run much faster. Good that they had drink station every 2 miles or so. It was so hot that many people got cramps/heat strokes etc. There were 6000+ needing first aid and 35 were sent to the hospital. Post race
Warm down: walked to baggage claim. Took us 30 mins. There were a total of 43608 runners for the 10K, 1/2M and Full M. Missed those 10K friends. I got stucked at baggage claim. One of those 10k'ers pulled his muscles. I knew he didn't train and he was supposed to walk. Must have been talked into running, or trying to run. What limited your ability to perform faster: Too crowded, too warm, too humid. Event comments: It's awesome to run on the highways/tunnels around my home town. Great to participate in such an event with my old friends. My friend Derek met his goal finishing in 1:5x. Fun to see a BTer there, too. Last updated: 2007-03-02 12:00 AM
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Hong Kong
23C / 73F
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Overall Rank = 4627/8221
Age Group = Senior
Age Group Rank = 221/669
Took the taxi then the MTR (The "T" in HK) to race site. Met up with my friend Derek at the MTR station. Ate a PB sandwich on the way. Drizzling a bit before race start. Checked in out bags (race start and race finish are different places) to be picked up at finish. Found Ron (guncollector).
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