Category: Running
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Amazing coincidence!
My blog mentioned my running number for Mumbai marathon, 552. One guy, Anand, was browsing through my blog, noticed my number, somehow recognized me by my BIB number, which was visible in one of his photographs he took at the Mumbai marathon, and was kind enough to forward to me the photo. Amazing… and thanks,…
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My marathon "Request List"
Most of the marathons we have here, including the recently concluded Mumbai marathon, leave a lot to be desired. Here’s my list of things I would love to change. 1. Start the Full Marathon early. 6:30, even 7:00 should be okay. Not beyond that, though. 2. Publish the full results, pleeeaze! All decent international marathons…
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Haile Gebrselassie shatters half marathon record
Jan 15th, 2006 … 58 min 55 sec Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia), king of middle distance running for so many years, shattered the world record in the half marathon with a time of 58 minutes, 55 seconds at P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona. He lowered the mark by 21 seconds (previous world record 59:16). Gebrselassie…
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The story of Indian marathoners
Today, I came across this news article on the progress of Indian marathoners over the years. It brought out some really amazing points: 1. The Indian men’s marathon record is about 28 years old in the name of Shivnath Singh. It was set at Punjab marathon in 1978, a time of 2:12:00. It is 4th…
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We are the Champions!
We had a tennis-ball cricket tournament in our company recently. It is a much awaited 10-a-side fun-filled annual event, with lots of really crazy rules, like for every lady in the team a bonus of 10 runs, and 5 runs for every run scored of the ball. As you might imagine, lots of teams take…