Tanvir Kazmi – Running Without Limits
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My Mumbai Marathon 2006 trip
5 hr 55 min! That’s how long it took to run/walk/crawl to my first Marathon finish. Arrival in MumbaiI took a Spice-Jet early morning flight to Mumbai the day before the marathon. The weather gods were quite pleased and spared the fogs which had all flight schedules going haywire just a few days back. On…
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Results of Mumbai Marathon 2006
The results: Men’s full marathon (42.195kms): 1. Daniel Rono (Kenya) 2:12:03 2. Desse Mandago (Ken) 2:12.18 3. Stanley Leleito (Ken) 2:12.47 Women’s full marathon (42.195kms): 1. Mulu Seboka (Ethiopia) 2:33.15 2. Inga Abitova (Russia) 2:33.55 3. Leila Aman (Eth) 2:36.17 Indian performances: Men’s full marathon: 1. Nathuram (Army Sports Institute, Pune) 2:24.25 2. Ajit Singh…
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Mumbai – Here I come!
My last post before the big day. The Mumbai marathon 2006. My first marathon! The last big run after 5 tough months of running. Yesterday night I ran 5K in the dark, my last practice run. I dont even remember how or why this wierd idea of running a Marathon came about, probably this was…
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Mumbai marathon 2006 : Number crunching
For all you number lovers, and statisticians, here are are the numbers for the Jan 15th Mumbai marathon (courtesy Mid-Day). 28,000 Runners overall 18,000 Participants in the The Dream Run 5,000 Will run the Half marathon 3,000 Will run the Full marathon 2,000 Will run in the Senior Citizen category 100 Will take part in…
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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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