After being done with the Mumbai Marathon, there is no holding back for the runner in me. This running season is going to be one crazy journey, with events coming thick and fast. Here’s what my schedule looks like for Jan-Feb 2010: Jan 17 – Mumbai Marathon (Done) Jan 31 – Chandigarh Marathon Feb 7 [...]
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Haile Gebreselassie continued his domination of the Dubai Marathon by winning it for a third consecutive time. And as before, whenever he comes over to Dubai, all of a sudden there is so much talk of a world record, as if that is imminent and almost expected. But like last year there were no records [...]
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Will take some time in the evening to pen down the details. In the meanwhile, here are the splits from the race, the rank, and the final timings. Rank: 288 Finish Time: 4:52:57 (net), 4:53:34 (gun) This betters my performance from the previous two Mumbai marathons that I have participated in (2009 – 5:21, 2006 [...]
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Results of the 7th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (courtesy iaaf.org) are now available. Also, for the first time, live timing results for all participants for the marathon are available within 24 hours of the event on the timing partner’s website. Dennis Ndiso of Kenya won the Mumbai Marathon to continue the dominance of Kenyan runners [...]
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From the organizers: Come and run your heart out in NOIDA. This valentines day – focus on your own heart for a change and have fun. A 5km looping course gets interactivity up and engages runners and spectators- starting and finishing at Elemention Gym, medically supported by Fortis Hospital and secured by the NOIDA Police. [...]
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The 3rd edition of this beautiful and scenic marathon would be held on Feb 14th at Auroville, a quite little township near Pondicherry. The first Auroville marathon was organised to celebrate the 40 years of Auroville, and the event has not looked back since. The second edition of the run saw about 500 participants, and the [...]
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This marathon, which started off in Delhi as the Rath Marathon in 1982, and recently had a rebirth in the form of Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon, will be held on Feb 7th, 2010. The last couple of years, the route they have used has been advertised as the proposed route for the Commonwealth Games 2010 Marathon [...]
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The first Running and Living Chandigarh Marathon is to take place on Jan 31st in the beautiful city of Chandigarh. The run is being organized by Chandigarh Administration in partnership with Running and Living Infotainment, who have done a fantastic job of organizing marathons in various cities in North India, including Gurgaon, Shimla, and another [...]
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The Xiamen International Marathon in China kicked off as the first big marathon of the new year 2010. This event has been accredited with the IAAF Gold Label for Road Races, an indication that this event is right up there with the best marathons of the world. This year saw a participation of 48,000 runners [...]
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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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