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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Okay, here’s my plan for the Mumbai Marathon 2010, written in stone. Not too many days to go, so its better to decide now that leaving it for later. The plan is to target a 4:40 finish with Plan A below, and switch to a sub 5:00 strategy with Plan B in case Plan A [...]
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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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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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The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, for long touted as among the top ten marathons in the world, has been honoured by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) with the prestigious Gold Label for the year 2010. In 2009, the event was a Silver Label race. With this honour, the event joins the elite group [...]
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and close August 18th (or as soon as running places are filled, whichever is earlier). I know last year many of us were left out just because we thought that things don’t work like this in India. Well, now we know, they do. Event website: http://scmm.indiatimes.com/Update (July 21): Registrations for Half Marathon and Dream Run [...]
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Something is not quite right between Mumbai marathon organizers and the chip timing folks. First the results were published, then taken down, then published again. And now this on the ChampionchipUAE website. Does anyone have insider info on this? from championchipuae website:… Results » Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009 18/01/2009 Results for this event have [...]
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After all the media attention focussed around Milind Soman and his first attempt at the 42K at Mumbai, it was quite natural to be inquisitive about what really happened, how did his run go, and whether he was able to achieve his target time (if there was any). So, after a bit of googling, I [...]
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