Just to add on to what kohpapa had contributed, The Straits Time had also published two news articles on the SEA Games 2019. They are quite critical towards athletics and football. The links are as follows: 1) https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/track-football-told-to-buck-up [Last accessed 12 Dec 19] 2) https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/team-singapore-report-card [Last accessed 12 Dec 19] In (2), Athletics was given a grade D and football was given a grade F.

I came in 7:34. Was given the medal and shirt too. 

This is normal for Epic ESR.  Nothing to be angry about.  Just vote with your wallet next time and just dun join.

To achieve 15,000 finishers is really quite a challenge. I guess that is why the official Pacer Run is conducted regularly to help runners with their training so that more can be finishers.

https://www.sportsplits.com/races/singapore-marathon-2019/events/1/gender/Male?page=202 https://www.sportsplits.com/races/singapore-marathon-2019/events/1/gender/Male?page=218 https://www.sportsplits.com/races/singapore-marathon-2019/events/1/gender/Female?page=53 https://www.sportsplits.com/races/singapore-marathon-2019/events/1/gender/Female?page=58 From the above, there were around 900 to 1000 runners DNF for Full Marathon. The figures for NYS was quite high. Was wondering what was NYS (Not Yet Start?). Also, was curious for those runners who completed their run after 7:30 hours (some with timings after 8 hours), were they given the finisher Tees and Medals?