by Terrence Voon
FRESH complaints have emerged about Sunday's Standard Chartered
Marathon Singapore, this time over the souvenir T-shirts for
finishers.
Runners who completed the 42km race are unhappy that the shirts,
which are prized as keepsakes, were not available in the correct
size, even though they had specified which sizes they wanted before
the event.
Some have even accused runners in the shorter race categories of
taking the shirts, which are meant only for those who finished the
full marathon.
Bank manager Esther Chua, who was running in the event for the
fourth time, had ordered an M-sized shirt during the registration
several months ago.
But when she reached the finish line at around noon, she was
told that only XL and XXL-sized shirts were available.
'I saw many people who ran the 10km and 21km routes who left the
Padang wearing tees meant for marathon finishers,' said the
29-year-old. 'This dilutes the value of the effort we've put in to
complete the full run. The distribution should be controlled more
strictly.'
