Comments on: Mumbai Marathon 2010 Training: The Maths of Sport

By: rishi

rishi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:43:22 +0000

Hi Tanvir, I honestly feel. keeping in mind your current level of training and present speed, a constant pace of 6 to 6.15 per k is achievable.

You have tried 4/1 method and that worked for you. I wont argue about that but personally I feel 10/1 is not a bad strategy.

Best of luck.

By: N

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:12:23 +0000

The final half and full marathon schedule have been posted on the official site scmm.indiatimes.com.
The half marathon starts at 6:40 AM but from a different location.
I have mapped the route at
http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/in/mumbai/617126216997717033

- Neeraj

By: chins

chins — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:45:56 +0000

Hey Tanvir…whatever ur mind can conceive, u can achieve…All the best for Mumbai marathon…

By: sudhir

sudhir — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:47:44 +0000

Its still hot as hell in mumbai, cant think it would change much by 17 Jan. So I agree with Ravi. Run when its cool and walk/run aferwards.

By the way any news about the half marathon start time.

Sudhir

By: Ravi Abhyankar

Ravi Abhyankar — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:48:29 +0000

Well Tanvir, in five months time you will be running 89 kms in Comrades (which by the way have announced they will take 2000 more entries from Jan. 31, 2010), so why worry about 42?

My advice is theoritical since I have not yet run a full marathon, and my runs never have a "walk" element in it.
(a) Start at 06.45 and not at 07.45, since you are not competing for prizes.
(b) In my view run between 06.45 to 09.00 non-stop, since that is the time when the best possible weather is available.
(c) By then you will land on the Sea Link and hopefully, the fresh sea breeze will ensure you maintain a reasonable speed.You should be able to reach the end of Sea Link (26km mark?) in 2.45 hours, certainly in under 3 hours.
(d) After that, meaning after 10.00, you can follow the run/walk strategy. You have at least two hours for the remaining 16kms or so.

My vote is for plan B. For me, it should be the main plan, not the fallback or emergency. In plan A, walking wastes valuable weather.

Best wishes

By: Johann

Johann — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:37:00 +0000

I think you can do this easily. The only factor will be the weather. If it's really hot you may slow down a bit, but I'm sure sub 4:40 will be easy for you.