DECEMBER 8 — I am not a runner. I would like to be but I lack the discipline and endurance running requires.
My brother ran this year and I was beaming with pride for both my sibling and my country as he crossed the finish line with the glistening skyline behind him. The experience was worthy of any bucket list. The 6pm start time seemed an ideal way to attract audiences and please high calibre runners, prerequisites for Singapore to join the small club of cities holding a World Marathon Major.
People were stuck in jams for hours. Some struggled to make it to their own weddings due to tail backs, others simply had to nurse bursting bladders over up to four torturous hours. Not fun. Well, perhaps, but then it simply would never be a major world event and that is the sort of thing Singapore needs to position itself as a Tier A world city.
I sympathise with those who had their plans badly disrupted by this year’s race but with a little planning, the shortcomings can be rectified.
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