The Mumbai half marathon 2011

The Mumbai Half route for Jan 16th 2011 :

http://www.procamrunning.in/img/hmar_route.jpg

Goodie International introduction ver 108

The animated introduction to Goodie international !

Made online with a website called xtranormal.

Take a peek.

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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 ?