"I guess that’s all forever is. Just one long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at a time without getting too worked up about the last now or the next now."
Nicholas Evans in The Horse Whisperer
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Goodie International introduction ver 108
The animated introduction to Goodie international !
Made online with a website called xtranormal.
Take a peek.
Made online with a website called xtranormal.
Take a peek.
A Plan to Motivate Yourself to Always Go Running || Serious Running Blog || SeriousRunning.com
the 20 minute rule !
A good article on how to keep ur mind from overtaking your body and hitting the snooze button !
Will make a scientific study out of this and will post an update after I start following it.
A Plan to Motivate Yourself to Always Go Running || Serious Running Blog || SeriousRunning.com
A good article on how to keep ur mind from overtaking your body and hitting the snooze button !
Will make a scientific study out of this and will post an update after I start following it.
A Plan to Motivate Yourself to Always Go Running || Serious Running Blog || SeriousRunning.com
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Running & Living Gurgaon Half Marathon
Exactly 2 weeks after the Airtel Delhi Half I ran the Gurgaon half on the 5th December. Happy to say I finished in 2 hrs 16 min 07 secs as per the timing chip. This timing is 11 mins better than the ADHM. The split timings show a constant speed which is very good, that means the stamina was spot on.
Approx speed - 6min 26 secs per km or 9.37 km/hr .
I think I could have gone faster though... In anycase I will have a chance in the Mumbai half marathon on Jan 16th !
Name / Gender / Age / Chipcode / Chip No. / Marathon / 10.55km / 21.1km / Net_time
Rishi / Male / 31 - 40 / 174100300 / 193 / half / 01:08:03 / 01:08:04 / 02:16:07
Madan
The Pearl Izumi streak worked well. This was the first race this year that I ran without my speedometer, but timed myself per km. Some pics of Sue the Volunteer at the event and me running :
Before the race, just starting warm up, sue watching on slightly amised at the sight of the crazy running people
in the process, still too cold :
I am off and sue starts her volunteer work, making certificates & recording timings :
Me during the run, the sun's just coming up !
Approx speed - 6min 26 secs per km or 9.37 km/hr .
I think I could have gone faster though... In anycase I will have a chance in the Mumbai half marathon on Jan 16th !
Name / Gender / Age / Chipcode / Chip No. / Marathon / 10.55km / 21.1km / Net_time
Rishi / Male / 31 - 40 / 174100300 / 193 / half / 01:08:03 / 01:08:04 / 02:16:07
Madan
The Pearl Izumi streak worked well. This was the first race this year that I ran without my speedometer, but timed myself per km. Some pics of Sue the Volunteer at the event and me running :
Before the race, just starting warm up, sue watching on slightly amised at the sight of the crazy running people
in the process, still too cold :
I am off and sue starts her volunteer work, making certificates & recording timings :
Me during the run, the sun's just coming up !
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Airtel Delhi Half marathon November 2010
Airtel delhi Half Marathon
Not withstanding the last nite jitters of not feeling enough trained and ready for the half, I did finish it , with better timings than the previous year. Though my Polar says 2 hrs 26 mins, the timing chip says 2 hrs 27 mins 7 secs, little things.
Here is the official result :
Split timings :
Rishi Madan - Bib :4307
Category:Open Gender :Male
7.5 Km : 0:54:44
10 Km : 1:12:27
11.9 Km : 1:25:58
15 Km : 1:46:24
19.3 Km : 2:15:40
Gross Time: 2:32:00
Net Time : 2:27:07
So I did the 2nd 7.5 , 3mins less, not bad considering that i should have been tired after running 7.5 kms !
Category Rank - 2113 of 5260 which makes me a finisher in the top 40% of the class. Not bad ! Cant say I achieved anything similar in School ! So if there were 10 students, i would be 4th in class and best in my 'class' . HA ha ha.
Not withstanding the last nite jitters of not feeling enough trained and ready for the half, I did finish it , with better timings than the previous year. Though my Polar says 2 hrs 26 mins, the timing chip says 2 hrs 27 mins 7 secs, little things.
Here is the official result :
Bib | Name | Rank | Category Rank | Split 7.5K | Split 10K | Split 15K | Gross Time / Net Time |
| 4307 | Rishi Madan | 2569 | 2113 | 0:54:44 | 1:12:27 | 1:46:24 | 2:32:00 / 2:27:07 |
Split timings :
Rishi Madan - Bib :4307
Category:Open Gender :Male
7.5 Km : 0:54:44
10 Km : 1:12:27
11.9 Km : 1:25:58
15 Km : 1:46:24
19.3 Km : 2:15:40
Gross Time: 2:32:00
Net Time : 2:27:07
So I did the 2nd 7.5 , 3mins less, not bad considering that i should have been tired after running 7.5 kms !
Category Rank - 2113 of 5260 which makes me a finisher in the top 40% of the class. Not bad ! Cant say I achieved anything similar in School ! So if there were 10 students, i would be 4th in class and best in my 'class' . HA ha ha.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Running in Pearl Izumis
Bought new running shoes in Duesseldorf from a running specific store. Got new lessons - always buy sports shoes 1 size larger than your work-wear shoes ! did treadmill tests selected red Pearl Izumis. As soon as i put them on, felt 1 one with them.
The iZumis are firing me a bit with their provocative and inspiring ad tag lines If you are not sure, wether you are running or jogging - go faster "
Sends shivers down my spine. Read more on this blog I came across which talks of this and other runner specific tag lines from Izumi - http://munfitnessblog.com/a-sports-advertisement-campaign-you-probably-never-want-to-miss-we-are-not-joggers-by-pearl-izumi/
Airtel Half is on 21st, not been training as I would have liked. Excuses are plentiful, Germany trip, Diwali celebrations, sickness ( a cold) etc. but i wonder if it was all in the mind ?
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Kaveri Trail marathon on 19th September 2010.
OverAll Ranking is based on Finish Time.
Bib | Name | Category | Sex | Finish Time | Overall Rank | Category Rank |
| 2389 | RISHI MADAN | OPEN | Male | 02:56:34:300 | 282 | 221 |
This was a tough one. The organisers call it the most gruelling / toughest trail marathon. I was glad to put in an under 3 hr time as my knee pain resurfaced though my knee support helped me a lot. I guess I need to put in more practice to come over this and improve my timings in the other forthcoming events.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Chandigarh Half Marathon 31.01.10
For the last one weeks since completeing the Chandigarh Half marathon, I have been telling everyone that these have been my best timings of 2 hrs 18 min.
Sadly or Gladly I was mistaken, my timings were 2 hrs 16 mins !!! woo hooo ! yeah.
Sadly or Gladly I was mistaken, my timings were 2 hrs 16 mins !!! woo hooo ! yeah.
Position | Bib No. | Name | Chip No. | Event | Raw_Time | Official_Final_Time |
| 196 | 372 | Rishi Madan | 815 | Half Marathon | 02:16:05 | 2:20:05 |
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
mumbai half contd
I stand corrected. I did not finish the Mumbai Half in 2 hrs 48 mins as I proclaimed... but in 2 hrs 47 min 18 secs !!yaaay !
Bib | Name | Category | Finish Time | Chip Time |
| 9502 | RISHI MADAN | MOPEN | 02:49:30 | 02:47:18 |
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Mumbai marathon
Being completely Gung Ho abt the whole half marathon thing and before even running my second half marathon (the delhi half) I registered for the Mumbai half ! Which I ran today. And finished.
The run was quite good. Some key things which immediately stood out
- since the start point and end point were 21.097 kms apart, the organisers had implemented a marvellous idea for bagge storage for the runners. They had trucks being used as storage. Each with a number on it to identify. and after the race started, the truckes moved to the finish line and wre available for people to take their stuff back! Awesome simple idea.
- the people were a bit more well behaved then the Delhi crowd. no was peeing on the walls in the holding area as they did in Delhi. But then the auth. were stupid not to provide any port-a-potty or a water station. At least in Delhi they had organised port-a-pottys.
- the humidity, it was easy to start sweating within 15 mins of starting the runa at a leisurely pace. It acually becae a bit easier once the sunn came up and the drenching stopped
- the smell, Mumbai stinks, literally. Through out the run there were stinks that lasted a couple of kms making it diffficult
- the no. of water stations were so low and poorly organised. people had to climb over each other to get to that precious bottle of water. They were also not as frequent or large or well equipped as in delhi
- Delhi provided entertainment on rout in the way of live bands, cheerleaders, dancers, good music to give that extra push. Not in Mumbai. The only thing was a small 200 mtr stretch with "Rose Sound' the old style bhompu kind of speakers who had torn to shred the whole body n soul of the sound coming out. What were they thinking ?
Luckily there was a nice girl running ahead of me with her mp3 player who was singing aloud the sings she was listening too. Entertainment !
- ofcourse neither Delhi nor mumbai believe in providing dustbins to throw away the empty bottles / peels. This inspite of the Clean mumbai posters through out the route. maybe they were just posters, no meaning.
- Mumbai also has some hot ladies. Here I mean physically. Both running and on road sides cheering us on. Another factor which added the smile to my face. btw I think this was one marathon where I was smiling throughout inspite of some nagging things.
- The best part of Mumbai - the people ! They were awesome. They were out on the road with water, oranges, bananas, biscuits, candys and the most important motivating cheers. More than once they put the pep in my step and a smile on my face to keep on running and reach the finish line.
- Finish line - no markers for exit, where to go, information desk - nothing. so either walk in a wrong direction or ask people around. took me 1.5 hrs of loitering, 5 kms of walking to get the to the car.
btw I finished in 2hrs 48 mins and reached the final in good shape no aches, no pains. The trach was difficult with some 2-3 kms of upward incline, 1 flyover and the bandra worli sea link. a couple of pics i took.
Speed Limit 50kmph
No overtaking
The sea link !
after the half.
ADDENDUM :
The story at the airport.
My 2.45 PM Kingfisher flight got delayed and was finally scheduled at 4.00 pm. They were nice enuf to keep informing abt same. I arrived at 3.00 pm, checked in, went to the Kf lounge, had a beer and some snacks and 3.30 went for the security. Standing in the serpentine queue with just 4-5 people ahead of me I was on schedule. Then when i started emptying my pockets into my bag, I realised I did not have my boarding pass. In retrospect, I would have loved to see the shock on my face. In any case, i backtracked to outside the queue to look for my boarding pass. There was a kingfisher fellow and as I was approaching him another guy was also walking towards him with a boarding pass he had found :) Awesome.
Time 3. 35
Well then came the security. Both my jacket & handbag went in for the X-ray. My hand bag was packed the same was as was on my trip from Delhi, no addition / subtractions except adding vada pao for Sue. After the X-ray the guy kept my bag aside saying I had a lighter in there. I opened up my bad with all contents outside but no lighter. There was a a wafting smell of the Vada paos though. Well they went through the bag with a fine toothe comb and still no lighter. Then the constable went into one of the side pockets and came up with the lighter ! It was a complimentary to be given away therefore forgotten. Surprising was the secirity in Delhi had cleared the bag without batting an eyelid. So Security ??
Time 3.48 - after the security I ran down the corridor to get to the staircase, flew done the staircase and reached the sirity gate where the ground staff stood fuming seeing how short I had cut the time. Then came the second shock. In the hassle of the security check I had clean forgotten my jacket. I kept my bag with security chap, flew up the stairs , ran dow the corridor on to the X ray belt and true to goodness my jacket was there, squashed by the oncoming baggages.
Time 3.53
With the jacket onto my shoulders and then for the third time i ran down the corridors, flew down the stairs and on to the gate. Then with poise i handed them the boarding card and quitely walked in, knowing they cannot leave without me.
Time 4.00
On the flight, my seat was the second before last 29 D so i walked again to the end of the plane and took my seat next to a nice beautiful Kingfisher air-hostess. Yippee, i thought. After unpacking my book n music i settled in my seat. Food came pretty quick. i had 10 molecules - 5 each of the chat & the seek kebab and the terrible taste was disgusting me but i didnt make any faces as the pretty Kf girl was eating it all up ! What a turn off ! SO i slept only to wake up in Delhi.
The run was quite good. Some key things which immediately stood out
- since the start point and end point were 21.097 kms apart, the organisers had implemented a marvellous idea for bagge storage for the runners. They had trucks being used as storage. Each with a number on it to identify. and after the race started, the truckes moved to the finish line and wre available for people to take their stuff back! Awesome simple idea.
- the people were a bit more well behaved then the Delhi crowd. no was peeing on the walls in the holding area as they did in Delhi. But then the auth. were stupid not to provide any port-a-potty or a water station. At least in Delhi they had organised port-a-pottys.
- the humidity, it was easy to start sweating within 15 mins of starting the runa at a leisurely pace. It acually becae a bit easier once the sunn came up and the drenching stopped
- the smell, Mumbai stinks, literally. Through out the run there were stinks that lasted a couple of kms making it diffficult
- the no. of water stations were so low and poorly organised. people had to climb over each other to get to that precious bottle of water. They were also not as frequent or large or well equipped as in delhi
- Delhi provided entertainment on rout in the way of live bands, cheerleaders, dancers, good music to give that extra push. Not in Mumbai. The only thing was a small 200 mtr stretch with "Rose Sound' the old style bhompu kind of speakers who had torn to shred the whole body n soul of the sound coming out. What were they thinking ?
Luckily there was a nice girl running ahead of me with her mp3 player who was singing aloud the sings she was listening too. Entertainment !
- ofcourse neither Delhi nor mumbai believe in providing dustbins to throw away the empty bottles / peels. This inspite of the Clean mumbai posters through out the route. maybe they were just posters, no meaning.
- Mumbai also has some hot ladies. Here I mean physically. Both running and on road sides cheering us on. Another factor which added the smile to my face. btw I think this was one marathon where I was smiling throughout inspite of some nagging things.
- The best part of Mumbai - the people ! They were awesome. They were out on the road with water, oranges, bananas, biscuits, candys and the most important motivating cheers. More than once they put the pep in my step and a smile on my face to keep on running and reach the finish line.
- Finish line - no markers for exit, where to go, information desk - nothing. so either walk in a wrong direction or ask people around. took me 1.5 hrs of loitering, 5 kms of walking to get the to the car.
btw I finished in 2hrs 48 mins and reached the final in good shape no aches, no pains. The trach was difficult with some 2-3 kms of upward incline, 1 flyover and the bandra worli sea link. a couple of pics i took.
Speed Limit 50kmph
No overtaking
The sea link !
after the half.
ADDENDUM :
The story at the airport.
My 2.45 PM Kingfisher flight got delayed and was finally scheduled at 4.00 pm. They were nice enuf to keep informing abt same. I arrived at 3.00 pm, checked in, went to the Kf lounge, had a beer and some snacks and 3.30 went for the security. Standing in the serpentine queue with just 4-5 people ahead of me I was on schedule. Then when i started emptying my pockets into my bag, I realised I did not have my boarding pass. In retrospect, I would have loved to see the shock on my face. In any case, i backtracked to outside the queue to look for my boarding pass. There was a kingfisher fellow and as I was approaching him another guy was also walking towards him with a boarding pass he had found :) Awesome.
Time 3. 35
Well then came the security. Both my jacket & handbag went in for the X-ray. My hand bag was packed the same was as was on my trip from Delhi, no addition / subtractions except adding vada pao for Sue. After the X-ray the guy kept my bag aside saying I had a lighter in there. I opened up my bad with all contents outside but no lighter. There was a a wafting smell of the Vada paos though. Well they went through the bag with a fine toothe comb and still no lighter. Then the constable went into one of the side pockets and came up with the lighter ! It was a complimentary to be given away therefore forgotten. Surprising was the secirity in Delhi had cleared the bag without batting an eyelid. So Security ??
Time 3.48 - after the security I ran down the corridor to get to the staircase, flew done the staircase and reached the sirity gate where the ground staff stood fuming seeing how short I had cut the time. Then came the second shock. In the hassle of the security check I had clean forgotten my jacket. I kept my bag with security chap, flew up the stairs , ran dow the corridor on to the X ray belt and true to goodness my jacket was there, squashed by the oncoming baggages.
Time 3.53
With the jacket onto my shoulders and then for the third time i ran down the corridors, flew down the stairs and on to the gate. Then with poise i handed them the boarding card and quitely walked in, knowing they cannot leave without me.
Time 4.00
On the flight, my seat was the second before last 29 D so i walked again to the end of the plane and took my seat next to a nice beautiful Kingfisher air-hostess. Yippee, i thought. After unpacking my book n music i settled in my seat. Food came pretty quick. i had 10 molecules - 5 each of the chat & the seek kebab and the terrible taste was disgusting me but i didnt make any faces as the pretty Kf girl was eating it all up ! What a turn off ! SO i slept only to wake up in Delhi.
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