*** 5:11 *** And thats a PR for me in this 3rd marathon of my fledgling running career. From 5:55 in 2006 to 5:25 in 2007, I think the simply the experience of running marathons makes you do better in the next one. I was nowhere close to the practice I had done for my [...]
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I will be testing the waters tomorrow with the Indian Open marathon starting from India Gate and doing a double loop covering some of the prominent landmarks of Delhi like Connaught Place, India Gate, Delhi Gate, Purana Quila etc. Beijing Olympics bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh will flag off the run at 9:00 am. Below is the [...]
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These are a couple of more runs coming up in the near future. (1) Auroville Marathon (2nd edition)Time: February 15, 2009 at 5amLocation: AurovilleCity/Town: PondicherryContact Info: 0413 262 2973Event Type: Road, trail More details at: http://www.runnersforlife.com/events/auroville-marathon (2) TOI Bengaluru Midnight marathon (2nd edition)Time: Jan 10, 2009City/Town: BangaloreEvent Type: Road More details at: http://www.toimidnightmarathon.in/
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After all the sad Mumbai events, I was concerned that this may also impact the Mumbai marathon dates. But fortunately, everything is on track and looks to be going good (and check out why Mumbai is not Asia’s largest marathon at the end of this post).As per one of the press releases, I came to [...]
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The Running and Living group, Gurgaon, is organizing a Marathon (42KM) in Gurgaon on Feb 22nd, 2009. This will be their second big event, after the recently held (and very successful) Half Marathon on Dec 7th. Given the great weather during that time of the year, any of you folks wanting to hit a PR, [...]
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Distance: 32.2 KMTime: 4:18 hrs Was a tough run, started late in the day due to some engagements. The problem with the winters is that no matter what time you run, you still do not get that level of heat you expect when doing something like the Mumbai marathon. I started off with the hope [...]
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It was some months back when I read this article in the RunnersWorld on the quality of running surfaces and their comparison. Today, I tried to google my way to locate the same article, and finally found it. It is an interesting read, where the authors rate various running surfaces on a scale of 10. [...]
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This year the Mawana Marathon will be held on Dec 28, 2008. Update Dec 19: The run will start from Guru Harkrishan Public School, the total distance for the half marathon is 21.097 kms which shall be repeated twice for the full marathon to cover the necessary distance of 42.197 kms. The entry forms can [...]
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So, is the full marathon event 39 KMs long, 42KMs or 44KMs!? Well, for the record, the elite runners in this edition of the event did all the three types of distances, and all due to the mismanagement from the organizers. One set of folks incorrect took a shorter way near the end, another set [...]
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