News (source): Come Feb 14, 2010, India’s first international triathlon will take off against the spectacular beaches of Goa, India’s no.1 tourist destination. India International Triathlon 2010 offers a unique Destination Race of 1.5K swim/60K bike/11K run. Apart from this, there are categories like the Olympic distance, Sprint Triathlon, Duathlon, 5K Fun Run and Kids [...]
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Less than a month to go for the 7th edition of the Mumbai Marathon. My training is going good for a third crack at the holy distance at Mumbai. I have gone through a marathon and a 30K over the last two weekends, and my legs, particularly the calves seem to be holding up well. [...]
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What a weekend it was which just went by! My training for the last few months had seen more downs than ups. Now that I recall, it has been about 50KM of running in the preceding 2 months. Thats right, this includes a fitness check run of 7KM a day before the Delhi Half Marathon, [...]
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As per Wikipedia, the Honolulu Marathon is world’s sixth largest marathon. A unique feature of this marathon is the craze amongst the Japanese runners to take part in this race, with Japan contributing to a majority of runners, pretty unique for a marathon in a country having a majority of runners from another country. In [...]
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IIT Kanpur is conducting a 50K ultra on Feb 21st. Though it is a IITK alumni and family event, they have invited Delhi Runners to come to the event as well. I am planning to be there on Feb 21st, along with more folks from our group. BTW, this is not any tamasha run, these [...]
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The signs were ominous. I was really short of match practice (training) before the big day, which had crept up really fast. The last few months had been woeful. First, I got this left calf injury when preparing for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 4 weeks before the event date (Nov 1st). So, it was [...]
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The 24th Pune International Marathon reportedly went without glitches which had seen last years race end in total chaos. The run was flagged off by Union Minister of State for External Affairs minister Shashi Tharoor and Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia was also present for the glam quotient. Next year will see the 25th Silver Jubilee [...]
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Luke Kibet broke the course record at the Singapore Marathon, with a winning time which was about an amazing 2 minutes faster than last years time. In fact it was a Kenyan 1-2-3 as they sweeped all the podium places at the event. Kibet clocked 2:11:24 which was almost two minutes faster than his winner timefrom [...]
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Well, well, well. This is one incredible news, and to which a friend of mine had given a hint, and which I really thought was just one of those rumours going around. Incredible as it may sound, the 2010 Mumbai Marathon will see the half marathon and the full marathon starting from different points. Amazed? [...]
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Tanvir Kazmi is a passionate runner and has been blogging about marathon running, sharing news and updates since 2005 ... read more »
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