OVER 80% OF STANCHART MARATHON SPOTS TAKEN UP

Limited slots left for 5km race and Ekiden; organisers stress safety for in-person event

- Sazali Abdul Aziz

All 2,000 of the in-person slots for the 10km category and most of the 1,000 spots for the 5km race at next month’s Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM) have been taken up as of last night, the organisers said.

Besides these two events, the other in-person category is the team-of-four Toyota Ekiden which will feature up to 250 teams.

In all, over 80 per cent of the 4,000 in-person slots have been filled since registration began last Wednesday.

The SCSM, which typically attracts close to 50,000 runners annually, adopted a virtual format last year due to the pandemic but will feature in-person races again this year, after the organisers announced a hybrid format.