Tag: Mumbai

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Jet Airways to fly in Mumbai Marathon

    Jet airways is sending a 30 member strong team to support charity at Mumbai Marathon, including CEO Peter Luethi. India Infoline News What a wonderful gesture.