Tuesday, November 11, 2008

My knees hurt, as do my ankles, my thighs and a lil bit of my calves. But I feel great. Bib no. 10472, Rishi Madan did it . I ran the half marathon. 21.097 kms in 2hrs 48 mins. This was much better than the time I was planning which was approx 3 hrs. I was sure I was gonna complete it but with breaths to spare was a surprise.
The feeling of driving your body to the limit is exhilarating. I knew i was hurting but i knew i had to finish it. I followed my own tempo kept my chin up and with single minded focus kept on running. The feeling is so primal when its only you and your body running on & on. Simply loved it ! N I wanna do it again. Hopefully soon !

The fastest was an ethopian at under 60 mins ! I crossed them on the 39th minute when I was on my 5th and they were on their 14th km. they were sprinting away. After all a speed of 21km per hr is awesome and to maintain this speed for all of 21 kms is just wow !

Ravi Srivastava also ran and finished fantastically in 2hrs 11 mins.