Target time: 2:04:59, Time achieved: 2:04:16 Well, I guess I managed to surprise even myself. I was on target at this pace in my practice sessions, but they were all less that 21K and I had the liberty of taking water breaks at my convenience. The day started early, getting up at 4:30 am as [...]
Reached Hyderabad by Spice in the morning and went straight to the event organizers (Catpro) office for collecting my running number. Met Vivek from Pune there, who told me about an interesting theory on running long distance with the front of your foot landing before the rest. Went to Hotel Raj Classic Inn, located on [...]
The last few weeks (or rather, the weekends) have been pretty good for my running. Below is the progress monitor: Week T-3: 17:52 lap (5 laps) – 6:16 pace/km – 2:12:15 (extrapolation for half marathon) Week T-2: 16:18 lap (5 laps) – 5:42 pace/km – 2:00:39 Week T-1: 16:35 lap (6 laps) – 5:49 pace/km [...]
My running season just got a big boost as I have registered for the Hyderabad Half Marathon for Nov 26th. I also registered for the Mumbai Marathon, I’ll be doing a half there. So, in all, lots of good times ahead in the coming days! I have’nt been to Hyderabad yet, so it would be [...]