40,000 runners and about S$203,000 total prize money. Weeks and months of grueling practice runs and other mind-boggling preparations all boils down to today's race. The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007 will start at dawn, at around 5:30 am for the 42.195 Km marathon.Some people think that the runners are crazy, as might be evident in todays race. All will start running, some will eventually walk, limp and even crawl just to cross the finish line. They'll be running their own race, with their own personal goals, and it's not even about the money for most of them.
Two-time winner Kenyan Amos Tirop Matui is using this race as preparati0n for the Beijing Olympics. He timed 2hr 14 min 59 sec in last year's race. He's just one of the 60 "elite" marathoners from 18 countries whose timings will be considered for entry in the upcoming Olympics.
The starting line is in front of The Fullerton Hotel and the finish line is in front of the City Hall.
It's "all systems go," Good luck to all!
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