The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon is an international event held annually on the first Sunday of December in the city of Singapore. This annual event attracted more than 50,000 participants this year, from countries like Kenya, China, England, Ethiopia, South Africa, Sweden, Russia and many more. The marathon has been declared as an IAAF Silver Label Road Race and is televised around the world. The event has 4 categories to compete in, namely the full marathon, half marathon, 10km run and 10km wheelchair race. Also, there is a 750m kid’s dash for children, so everyone is included in the fun.

This year, I went for the 42.195km run, or the full marathon. It was extremely exhilarating and also inspiring, was I would be running along-side literally thousands of people from around the globe. Everywhere I looked, I could see the many diverse races converging together, with one common goal.