Well, I had been thinking of doing this for a long time, and had ownership of my domain name for years now, so finally today I did a quick google search of how to use a custom domain name, tanvirkazmi.com, for my blog instead of the longer tanvirkazmi.blogspot.com. Below is one of the links on [...]
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I was following up on the Dubai marathon action which happened on Jan 16th (yes, that’s a Friday, and the weekly holiday in the UAE), but could not get a chance to write about it till now. This event has been happening for many years now, but it is only in the last few years [...]
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The snaps have come up on marathon photos website. The certificate which you can print out from the website also has the “net” finish time (instead of the “gross” one reported on the Championchip UAE website). Mine was within one second of what I got from my stopwatch i.e. 5:21:56[Photo: top] For those interested, Milind [...]
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Championchip results (courtesy Championchip UAE)Note: These are new links after the old ones disappeared. Full marathon Half marathon The top two winners bettered the all-time Mumbai marathon record of 2:12:03, and also the 1978 India all time best of 2:12 (Shivnath Singh, Jalandhar). IAAF report on the event here. Winners (source: The Hindu): Marathon overall: Men: [...]
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Time: 5:21 (my best at Mumbai, and fastest officially clocked time!) I arrived in Mumbai on Sat morning with a colleague of mine, so this was officially the first time I went out of town with someone to run, mostly I am a lone ranger. I was referred to an excellent place to stay by [...]
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IAAF does accreditation of road races every year and assigns Gold and Silver labels to those it selects, indicating the significance of the race. Last year was the first time that the Delhi Half Marathon was accredited with the Gold label. Mumbai Marathon has been assigned the Silver label. In 2009, India retains its accreditations. [...]
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Celebrities get their own share of publicity when it comes to events like marathons, and its no wonder that there are always loads of them at any such event in India, ranging from film stars, businessmen, politicians of all color, and sports personalities. But what I am really interested in are those who are doing [...]
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I found the Mumbai marathon route created online using google maps (using the Gmap Pedometer software) posted by a fellow blogger Blogdoctor . The route can be accessed at the below location: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=597500 This will give an idea about the actual distances on the routes, and can help you plan your race strategy. On the [...]
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Some early reviews of the event from the blogger community: Shumit runs a PR in the HalfNeuromancer does a 42K PRDave writes about his interesting experiences as a volunteer (and some videos too)Rohit does a PR in his 3rd Half marathonGargoyle follows the run from a distance (and the award for most beautiful smile!)Subramanyam runs [...]
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