November 2005

Confirmation from Mumbai Marathon

November 27, 2005

This Friday, I received the entry confirmation email from Mumbai Marathon (Jan 15th, 2006). My BIB no. for the marathon is 552. Though my training for the event has not exactly gone as per schedule, but I have tried to do some running so that I dont get completely out of touch. This Sunday, I [...]

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Indira Marathon at Allahabad

November 23, 2005

I was there in Allahabad during the last weekend, and was surprised to find out that there was a big marathon event there on Sat, November 19th. It was the 21st edition of the All India Indira Marathon. The results of the event were as follows: Mens:1. K C Ramu (2:21:00) (same guy who finished [...]

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Delhi Marathon Postponed

November 17, 2005

As my friend Aditya found out, Delhi Marathon has been postponed to February 12th. Vivek also called up the Marathon office to get this confirmed, and it is unfortunately true. To be truthful, I give a damn if it was postponed to Feb 12th or Feb 2012. As far I am concerned, this event reeked [...]

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Dean Karnazes runs 350 miles!!!

November 14, 2005

350 miles run!!! bring out the calculators guys, we are talking 563 kms here! I can hardly image what sort of effort it would take to run that far. But to Dean’s credit, he has done this, and done it in 3 days flat (80 hours and 44 minutes to be precise). And all this [...]

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Delhi Marathon is a GO!

November 9, 2005

In spite of all uncertainties, it looks like Delhi Marathon, scheduled for Dec 11th, is finally going to happen. I called up the marathon office, and they have confirmed that the event is happening. Promotions are going to start soon (and they will have to do it after the run if its not soon enough). [...]

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Delhi Half marathon results, and other musings

November 2, 2005

First of all, I would like to thank my friend Aditya for somehow finding out and providing the complete results of the Hutch Delhi Half marathon, 2005. The results can be accessed by clicking here. I talked to Vivek yesterday (my colleague who participated with me), and he has some contacts with decent runners here [...]