Mumbai half marathon - 2

The timings of the Mumbai Half marathon :

Bib	Name	Category	Net OverAll Rank	Net Category Rank	Net Gender Rank	split @8.1K	Gun Time / Chip Time
10612	Rishi Madan	OPEN	2414	1811	2197 / 5809	01:00:46	02:38:04 / 02:32:17

Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon

My running stuff all laid out the night before.




The lines in front of the loo, the slight nip in the wind probably had all the bladders aching for a leak....
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This is the crowd before the starting line, took me 6 mins to cross the start line from the point where i was starting. Real narrow, more like a 2 lane road.




The Bandra-Worli sea link, in a different view. The sun was just coming up and the mumbai skyline from the sea link was looking good.

The very Idea of running !

It's very hard to understand in the beginning that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
Dr. George Sheehan

So true. i do get occasional thoughts of why i am being crazy and until that one freakin loud voice hollers back, BECAUSE YOU ARE CRAZY ! now get on with it and finish the damn run, so you can start the next one.

My first 2011 run !

My first run of the new year on 2nd Jan 2011 @ 6.00 AM was a long run from Nehru park to India Gate and back , a loop of about 16 km, which I made 17 km because i got lost !

Here's the 2 pics i took from my phone :

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An awesome Malyali rock and fantastic head banging !

The video is simple and amazing.