More criticisms - taken from the TODAY’s Facebook page or sent to Voices (TODAY forum page)
‘Selfish’ and ‘ridiculous’: Response from Singapore Marathon organisers on traffic gridlock draws ire
I know my opinions may be biased but I find it a little ironical when the comments posted are just as 'selfish and ridiculous' eg. "Suggest Lim Chu Kang or Pulau Ubin", "this boils down to chest-thumping and prestige, without caring for the inconvenience it causes non-participating Singaporeans", "The right thing would be to never hold it again",
i Find the extra distance acceptable. We are always not going to be able to run the exact distance. Due to the wide roads etc, we can’t always run the curves and tangents. Also some amount of weaving between runners. I’ve never had a marathon which my watch measured very near 41.195. Some races it measures almost 43km or more, including other marathon major races.
My Garmin recorded a timing of 42.8km.
Marathon distance is 42.125km
difference is 605m which is around 1.5 round of stadium.
Based on yr 3 watch are all on the higher side.
This race is aims certified and gold label race. Somehow can’t be all digital device is so inaccurate. Even if I deviate off track to pee also can’t be that much.
I have ran race which recorded slightly shorter distance than actual distance.. make me wonder who is more accurate.
Even with a lot of tall building.. it shouldn’t be that much different