February 2006

Back to Running

February 28, 2006

After a long hiatus from running since the Mumbai marathon, I was back to running the last weekend. Started with a 8KM long run, completed at a leisurely pace of 6.17/KM. I have the target clearly set for me – 5.71/KM. Why 5.71? Well, if I do each kilometer at this pace, I will crack [...]

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My coverage in The Telegraph, Calcutta!

February 17, 2006

Chitra Narayanan, a reported with The Telegraph, Calcutta was looking for some amateur runners to interview for an article on the Delhi International marathon (Feb 12th, 2006) and somehow managed to find my running blog. An email interview followed, and some of it made it to the Telegraph article, published on Feb 11th, 2006. The [...]

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Bangalore Marathon 2006 update

February 16, 2006

I just called up CROSSOVER consulting, the organisers for the 1st Lipton Bangalore marathon. I was informed that the event is on schedule for May 14th. The press release covering the event is supposed to appear next week. Still early days… but I would like to give half marathon a try at Bangalore, and target [...]

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Mumbai marathon 2006: Complete results

February 13, 2006

Finally, I was able to locate the complete results for the Mumbai Marathon 2006. The results can be seen at the Mika timing website. It was interesting to note that out of the 3000 odd runners, there were just 177 and 26 finishers in the Mens and Womens categories within the time limit of 5 [...]

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Delhi Marathon 2006 results

February 13, 2006

Marathon: MensSimon Maiyo, KEN (2:17:00)Mark Yatichi, KEN (2:17:02)Francis Kamau, KEN (2:17:03) Best Indian (Mens): Surender Kumar Mavi (2:23:00) 15th overall Marathon: WomensEnantesh Tadesse, ETH (2:44:29)Monika Samila, TAN (2:44:33)Kenneni Chala , ETH (2:44:37) Best Indian (Women): Leelamma Alphanso (2:53:38) 7th overall Half Marathon: MenJohn Murithi, KEN (1:03:44)Tesfaye Assefa, ETH (1:03:47)Julius Kibet, KEN (1:05:31) Half Marathon: WomenCatherine [...]

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Another Delhi Marathon blooper

February 3, 2006

As if those change of dates was not enough, the only know Delhi marathon advert in H.T. published recently messed up big time. Just check the image, you won’t be able to miss it.