Tag: Running
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My coverage in The Telegraph, Calcutta!
Chitra Narayanan, a reported with The Telegraph, Calcutta was looking for some amateur runners to interview for an article on the Delhi International marathon (Feb 12th, 2006) and somehow managed to find my running blog. An email interview followed, and some of it made it to the Telegraph article, published on Feb 11th, 2006. The…
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World marathon series launched
The world’s top five marathons have come together to launch a World Marathon Majors (WMM) series (source : coolrunning.com). The series will be launched with the start of the Boston marathon this April. The marathons part of this series are: Boston (Apr) London (Apr) Berlin (Sept) Chicago (Oct) New York (Nov) Points will be awarded…
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For the record: Top marathon performances
An analysis, courtesy MarathonGuide.com The Men’s record is currently in the name of Paul Tergat of Kenya with a time of 2:04:55, set in Berlin Marathon in 2003. Berlin is currently the most popular place to set world records, having 4 of the top 10 timings in the world. This is followed by Chicago (3),…
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Musings of a confused runner
Mumbai marathon came, and went. The return to Mumbai after 6 years was memorable, and brought back fond memories of the good times gone by. I used to work here, my office being located in Andheri, East. Unfortunately, most of my colleagues from there had already left for greener pastures in all this time… so…
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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,…