Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2012

Completed the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2012 held yesterday. Was running with a bad back, without training (because of the back). No further injuries occurred except for a couple of blisters which have bandages on them now.

The run was good, the course flat & the weather bad. High humidity and a lot of sun. Kept myself well hydrated with lots of water and when I was lucky a couple of Gatorades. Met several runners before, during & after the run. All looking happy & chirpy.

There were a couple of downsides to the ADHM, but not worth recounting. It was a well organised run with plenty of water en-route, music (some of them playing highly motivational songs like Bhag DK Bose Bhag), some people on the road to cheer (more than the previous ADHMs).

Finished the run with a fantastic breakfast of tandoori aloo paranthas, an hour long massage, some sleep & beer.

Below are the race timings :

Here are a couple of pics I had taken after the race :

Resting in shade and having water, bananas & apples (not in that order)


My well toned muscles :)



My Red Pearl Izumis :

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 :

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.