Mumbai Marathon 2010 Update: A month to go!

December 19, 2009

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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Mumbai Marathon training, Badminton and Football

December 15, 2009

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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2nd Gurgaon Marathon: Race Report and Results

December 7, 2009

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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Mumbai Marathon 2010 Route Decided: A new history!

December 4, 2009

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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Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2009 Route Map

October 2, 2009

Yesterday, I received the acceptance letter from the event organizers of the Delhi Half Marathon (both email as well as the paper), and also the event booklet with details like the route map, start time, and other arrangements for the race day. Since I was a “really” quick registrant, I got a running number of [...]

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Shah Rukh Khan to run at Delhi Half Marathon?

September 30, 2009

Now this is some breaking news about the king of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, coming to Sadi Dilli for running at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Nov 1st! The actor, who is a Delhite himself, is euphoric over the idea of running with Delhi for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in November. Shah Rukh [...]

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Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009 Results: Kenyans win

September 27, 2009

It was a familiar story at the Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009, with Kenyans dominating both the mens and womens divisions. John Wembusa, ranked 42nd in the world, won the mens event while Nelly Jepkurui (ranked 15th) won the womens event.As per the organizers, about 60,000-70,000 runners took part in the various races on the day, [...]

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What am I doing these day?

September 25, 2009

Well that is, besides writing a lot of posts covering various international marathons. The fact is, I have been trying to keep up with my running as well. This month of fasting gone by was one of the best running and fasting months I had. I hardly missed a run the entire month, and instead [...]

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2nd Delhi Runners Half Marathon on Sep 20th

September 18, 2009

The second edition of the group run for the Delhi Runners group will take place on September 20th at Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri. The first edition saw about 35 runners run various distances upto the half marathon on Aug 29th, and while that event was inside the park, this one will be on the road outside, [...]

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Kaveri Trail Marathon 2009 Results: 717 winners

September 15, 2009

This is truly an amazing story of the growth of running in India. A small town event which only last year had seen just about 250 odd participants this year managed to get a fantastic participation of 717 runners. Organized by Runners for Life, this was the 3rd edition of the Kaveri Trail Marathon, a [...]

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