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Member Since:

Sep 29, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I began running in jan 2009 and since then have completed 5 marathons  and numerous half marathons.

My PBs :

Full Marathon :

#3 : 5:08 at Rotterdam April 2011
#4 : 4:43:30 at Mumbai, India 15 Jan 2012
#5 : 4:19:47 at Mumbai, India 20 Jan 2013

Half Marathon: 2:01 a trail in South India Sept 2010
Half Marathon: 1:52 a road race in Bangalore (NICE Road HM) 8-Dec-2013

10k : 53:07 The Hague April 2011 

5k: 24:45 Aug 2010 URBAN STAMPEDE
5k: 23:39 Aug 2012 URBAN STAMPEDE
5k: 23:29 Aug 2013 URBAN STAMPEDE 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep the training momentum on!
Stay away from injuries by training sensibly. 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Running is something I want to do for the rest of my life.

Personal:

I am 52 started running(in 2009) at the age of 49 am married have two children.
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Sun, Jan 15, 2012
Race: Mumbai Marathon (26 Miles) 04:43:00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.000.0026.00

Mumbai, on the west coast of India, hosted the 9th edition of the Standard chartered Mumbai Marathon. The weather was great at and the race started on time (5:40) with some 2500 runners in the open category.

My Target was under 5:00 hours as i did not want to put any pressure on myself with a specific number. strategy was to ensure i run at a pace 9-9.5k / hour.

I did it in 4:43 and am very pleased with what i achieved as this was 30 minutes better than my last one in 2011 at the same venue and this was my first one wiht VIBRAMS.



Vibram KSO (2011) Miles: 26.00
Comments
From joebell1981 on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:37:37 from 99.39.133.24

Great job on your accomplishment! Wanted to let you know that marathon distance is actually 26.2 mi. Don't cheat yourself of that 0.2 mi. ! :)

From Benn Griffin on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:51:32 from 72.228.23.109

Excellent job! I love KSOs. They are my favorite Vibrams. What are your next goals? What your 2012 schedule look like?

From ugm on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:39:05 from 59.98.64.75

@Joebell1981 thanks, yes indeed I rounded down .2 but there were no such option on the road ;-)

@Benn same here, I just love the KSO, this was my first race in a pair of Vibrams, there were no cramps during the race, was a given in earlier FMs, and the recovery was was great.

Next year goals? To train better, stay injury free and see if I can do a FM in 4:30 or lesser. Have yet to give my goals more thought.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Here is race report http://naupachis.blogspot.com/2012/01/mumbai-marathon-2012-race-report.html

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