Experienced my virgin night marathon and I would say it's tougher than Standard Chartered's.

Being lazy to do LSD or interval, I did mostly leg strengthening and I think it actually helps! I experience only aching joints unlike previous marathon when I couldn't walk properly after the race. However, I feel that LSD is necessary to train mental endurance.

I would like to thank WeiSiang for the ride. He drove me to and fro the race venue. Really have to thank him for the additional mileage he have to drive because I left my champion chip at home! Lucky we decided to meet early.

Saw Sgt Jonathan, and I would have to say that he looks more meaty now. He look really thin back during my BMT.

Saw Terry but didn't approach him because I decided to head for the free ice-cream. But the ice-cream seems to give WeiSiang problem during the run.

The run is tough, I really wanted to throw the towel even before I hit 21km mark! I was sleepy and hungry, and soon succumb to "sleep-jogging" and progress to "sleep-walking". That really sucks! I started questioning myself why did I join the race which is so torturous and so expensive when I can sleep in peace at home.

I eventually decided to give up on the idea of finishing with a timing better than Standard Chartered, but thank goodness for the timely intervention of Danial and ZhiYong. They happened to spot me and pull me along to run with them.

It's really weird on how they managed to spot me because I was running topless and they were running behind with quite a distance away. ZhiYong said he recognized the shape of my lats, which really sounded gay!

Anyway, managed to catch-up with ZhiYong. It's been a long time since I talked to him. Really glad having to meet him.

ZhiYong decided to wait for Danial so I went on running to finish with a sub-6 timing. TA-DA! 5 hours 47 minutes! 3 minutes slower than my Standard Chartered timing but at least it's sub-6 timing.

With the end of Sundown, I regretted joining Standard Chartered. Another torturous 42km waiting at the end of year.

HELP!