My Hong Kong Marathon Certificate finally arrived. This certificate is more detailed than the ones we are used to in Singapore.Although I was off my personal best by more than half an hour for this marathon, this is one marathon that I am most proud of. This is because of the sheer difficulty of the course (at least to me). I have already written about the route/course in my earlier post. Well, now we have the statistics to illustrate what I mean.
My 10km and 21km timings were decent. Comparable to my usual timings. Things became more interesting in the 3rd and 4th quarter of the race. I really slowed down starting from the 3rd quarter as I was plagued by cramps due to the numerous slopes I had to overcome. I took 1 hr 44 mins to complete my last 12.195km using the run-walk method. I am glad that I am not alone thinking that this course was a killer. This review from Marathonguide.com shared the same view.
Nonetheless, it was truly a memorable (albeit painful) race, something that I will seriously consider attempting again.
Next Race: Passion Run 25km, followed by Sundown Marathon (FM) and SCKLM (FM)
