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Announcement – Run Infinity and Me

March 11, 2010

This was long time coming and finally, I decided to move ahead with this change.
This blog originated as my personal training log at tanvirkazmi.blogspot.com. It soon became an avenue for me to discuss all things related to running in India and the blog got its own domain name in tanvirkazmi.com (and known popularly as the “Running Without [...]

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Semi-Marathon De Paris 2010 Results: Kiprop wins

March 7, 2010

Paris Half Marathon Results
Wilson Kiprop of Kenya won the 18th edition of the Semi-Marathon De Paris in a time of 61 minutes and 26 seconds, beating Lelisa Desisa and Bettona Werga Sahle of Ethiopia to second and third positions respectively.
In the women’s event, it was all Ethiopia on top, with Atsede Baysa, Tirfi Tsegaye, and Helima [...]

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Lake Biwa Marathon 2010 Results: Tsegay wins

March 7, 2010

Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia won the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon on Sunday, winner the race in 2:09:34. The Lake Biwa Marathon is celebrating its 65th edition anniversary this year, and is the oldest marathon event in Japan. It is also an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. Japanese drought continued for the 9th year running, with local runners unable to achieve [...]

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Kolkata Marathon 2010 Race Report

March 4, 2010

This is a guest post by Alok Shukla, a passionate runner from Kolkata, on his Kolkata Marathon 2010 experience.
I participated on 21st Feb in the Kolkata Marathon 2010. All full marathoners were expected to finish the marathon in 3.15 hrs time limit (as mentioned in registration form). After this time the trafic controls [...]

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Chennai Marathon 2010: Race Report from Veteran Runner

March 3, 2010

This is a guest post by K.T.Sundar Rao, an international veteran athlete from Visakhapatnam, on his disappointing Chennai Marathon 2010 experience.
Of all the athletic events, marathon run is the most fascinating to watch because of the enduring nature of the sport requiring the runners to complete a distance of 42kms approx. People [...]

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Hong Kong Marathon 2010 Results: Mwobi/Triyaningsih win

March 1, 2010

Conquering stiff competition, a new race route and warm conditions at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2010, Kenya’s Cyprian Kiogora Mwobi repeated as Men’s Full Marathon champion with a winning time of 2:20:12 while Triyaningsih of Indonesia won the Women’s Full Marathon with a time of 2:47:35. In total, over 52,000 participants took off [...]

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Mardi Gras Half Marathon 2010, New Orleans, Results : Lel beats Wanjiru

March 1, 2010

Two-time London Marathon champion Martin Lel of Kenya outpaced his countryman and half-marathon world record holder Sammy Wanjiru at the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon in New Orleans Sunday, winning in 1:01:07.
The top men ran a little slower than they are capable of going (Wanjiru’s world record is 58:33), largely because Lel [...]

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Tokyo Marathon 2010 Results: Fujiwara wins

February 28, 2010

AFP – Masakazu Fujiwara of Japan pulled away from the pack two kilometres before the finishing line to capture his first victory at the Tokyo marathon on Sunday.
The 28-year-old broke from the front group of nine runners to take the lead and he was never seriously challenged thereafter, crossing the finishing line in two hours [...]

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Best Running Movies – Runners World

February 28, 2010

In a recent edition, Runners World magazine published the list of Top 5 running related movies of all time, as chosen by its editors, as well as its readers. Chariots of Fire topped both the lists. Here goes:

Editor’s Choice

Chariots of Fire – The inspiring true story of British athletes competing in the 1924 Olympics. Ben [...]

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Auroville Marathon (14 February 2010) Report

February 26, 2010

This is a guest post by Ravi Abhyankar, a passionate runner from Mumbai, on the Auroville Marathon 2010 experience.
If you wish to go abroad without leaving India, meet Germans or French who speak fluent Tamil, enter a temple not attached to any religion – simply in order to practice concentration, and run a marathon on [...]

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