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Chandigarh Marathon 2010 Race Report: A Personal Best

February 8, 2010

This was the inaugural edition of the Chandigarh Marathon. The event was announced in mid 2009 by Chandigarh Administration, on rather the department of tourism to promote the city of Chandigarh, so, I did not have too high hopes for the event, since wherever the government tends to be involved with organization of sports events [...]

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Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon 2010 Results

February 8, 2010

Deep Chand of Rajputana Rifles won the Men’s marathon at the Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon in a time of 2:22:33. The Women’s marathon was won by Shukanya Mall in 2:59:58. About 5,000 runners took part in the various runs. The route for the marathon was the same as that for the upcoming Commonwealth Games [...]

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Chicago Marathon 2010 Registrations open

February 5, 2010

There seems to be a pattern to some esoteric dates. The last time was when Boston Marathon registrations started on 09/09/09. And though the Chicago Marathon registrations are not starting on a special date, but the run itself is 10/10/10. I guess the organizers generated an additional dose of public interest
So, what’s with [...]

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Chennai Marathon 2010 on Feb 21st

February 3, 2010

Just got a confirmation that the Chennai Marathon, organized by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), will be run on Sunday, Feb 21st. Yesterday, the event logo was unveiled by Deputy CM M.K. Stalin. This will be the 8th edition of the run, and as per the organizers, 30,000 runners are expected to take [...]

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Nagpur Marathon 2010 Results: Lusato wins

February 1, 2010

2nd international marathon at Nagpur saw a reported 80,000 participants on the various runs on day (give or take a few tens of thousands ). It was also reported that the winners said that they prefer Nagpur over Mumbai due to the weather, go figure.
Results Summary
Marathon (Men):

Patrick Nhyangero Lusato (Tanzania) 2:13:06
Oswald Reverian Kaharuzi [...]

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Chandigarh Marathon 2010 Results: Mashresha wins

February 1, 2010

Fantastic weather and a great scenic route (and not to forget, some great crowd support) inspired runners to some fantastic timings at the 1st Running and Living Chandigarh Marathon. Almost every runner I met at the finish line was doing a personal best – one of the main reasons being, the more popular marathons here [...]

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Upcoming Marathons 2010: Tough days ahead

January 26, 2010

After being done with the Mumbai Marathon, there is no holding back for the runner in me. This running season is going to be one crazy journey, with events coming thick and fast. Here’s what my schedule looks like for Jan-Feb 2010:

Jan 17 – Mumbai Marathon (Done)
Jan 31 – Chandigarh Marathon
Feb 7 – Mawana Sugars [...]

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Dubai Marathon 2010 Results: Gebreselassie’s 3rd Win

January 22, 2010

Haile Gebreselassie continued his domination of the Dubai Marathon by winning it for a third consecutive time. And as before, whenever he comes over to Dubai, all of a sudden there is so much talk of a world record, as if that is imminent and almost expected. But like last year there were no records [...]

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My Mumbai Marathon 2010 Race Report

January 18, 2010

Will take some time in the evening to pen down the details. In the meanwhile, here are the splits from the race, the rank, and the final timings.
Rank: 288
Finish Time: 4:52:57 (net), 4:53:34 (gun)
This betters my performance from the previous two Mumbai marathons that I have participated in (2009 – 5:21, 2006 – 5:55).
The Buildup
This [...]

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Mumbai Marathon 2010 Results: Ndiso/Urgesa Win

January 18, 2010

Results of the 7th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (courtesy iaaf.org) are now available. Also, for the first time, live timing results for all participants for the marathon are available within 24 hours of the event on the timing partner’s website.
Dennis Ndiso of Kenya won the Mumbai Marathon to continue the dominance of Kenyan runners at [...]

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