Tag: Training
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Mumbai Marathon 2010 Training: The Maths of Sport
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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Mumbai Marathon training, Badminton and Football
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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What am I doing these day?
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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Comrades 2010 Training: June 2009, a month to forget
Well, the title of this post says it all. June was a not a great training month by any means. It started off well with me sticking to the scheduled targets till the middle of the month, and then, well, it was all downhill from there. I had this discomforting feeling in my lower back…
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Comrades 2010: Official training plan published
Right on cue, the official training plan from Coach Lindsey Parry was published on the Comrades website. Following training plans are available Sub-9 hours Sub-11 hours Finishers plan The training plans start July 1st! Thats right, officially, training for Comrades 2010 has begun, today (though the first run happens tomorrow). At this point, I intend…