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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.

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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 !

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.

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 ?

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.

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.

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