Tag: Running

Below is the update from Running and Living about the upcoming runs in July.
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April 5th was the day which led racing pundits to declare that a new era was starting in distance running. Old records were broken, new created, fastest marathons run at Paris and Rotterdam. Times which till yesterday were thought to be sacrosanct became commonplace. It was really a coming up to age for the new breed of marathon runners.

Here’s a quick line from the article below – “So taken altogether, 13 different Kenyans broke 2:09 in a single day. How many Americans have done it in history? Six.”

Interested to know more? Read the complete article at letsrun.com which analyzes the events of the day, and why they were so ground breaking.

Website: http://www.chennaimarathon.org/

Registration : http://www.chennaimarathon.org/registrationform.htm

This is happening on the same day as the Auroville marathon, and infact most of the Chennai running community is doing Auroville instead of Chennai, for obvious reasons.

Tanvir Kazmi

I am a passionate runner and have been blogging about running in India, sharing news and updates, since 2005. This blog is an offshoot of my desire to keep the running community in India aware of any events happening around in India, and in a small way, promote the running culture here.

An interesting incident brought me into the world of running marathons in 2005. As part of a time-management training, an activity was to identify a goal, and define small steps to achieve that goal, all within a defined timeline. Me, and my running mate Vivek selected ‘Running a Marathon‘ as our goal, and the rest they say is history. As a matter of fact, the first event selected, a Noida Half marathon in 2005 was a non-starter, as the event almost did not happen, but the same year saw the first Delhi Half Marathon, and there was no looking back.

Marathon / Half-Marathon run till date, and brief reviews of each event below:

• Delhi (Half) 2009 (2:21)
• Runningandliving.com Gurgaon Marathon 2009 (4:38)
• Mumbai Marathon 2009 (5:21)
• Mawana Sugars Indian Open (Full) 2008 (5:11)
• Delhi (Half) 2008 (2:23)
• Singapore Marathon 2007 (5:25)
• Delhi (Half) 2007 (2:16)
• Hyderabad (Half) 2006 (2:04)
• Delhi (Half) 2006 (2:18)
• Mumbai Marathon 2006 (5:55)
• Delhi (Half) 2005 (2:12)

In 2007, I started the Delhi Runners Google Group, a discussion forum for discussing anything related to running for runners from Delhi and its satellite towns of Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. Recently, this forum was expanded into a full fledged website DelhiRunners.com which is an online community for runners to discuss running, be part of running groups, write their own blog posts and share experiences.

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