Run, baby, run!
November 26th, 2007 | Published in Living, Personal, Projects | 12 Comments
The Bangalore Ultra is on December 16 for those of you who want to register for it. It will be held at Hesaraghatta and the distances are 26, 52, 78 and 104 kms. It is apparently the first time the ultra is being held in Bangalore (India?) and there are a few very brave souls who are also attempting the 104 kms.
You can register here. The Fuller Life guys also have a “Runners for Life†(RFL) group who run on weekends at Cubbon Park, Lalbagh, GKVK, Bellandur etc. If you want to join in or you can prepare on your own as Sathish is doing.
Arvind Krishnan has some interesting tips here for first time runners.
I joined a couple of friends on Saturday morning at Cubbon Park for a run and of course, as expected, I couldn’t really go more than 2 rounds of the park. The RFL crowd was also there in full force and had already finished about 3–4 rounds while I puffed and panted through my second one :)
One round of Cubbon Park (around the periphery) is around 4.5 kms. I’m thinking of attempting the 26 kms at the Ultra (even if I have to run, walk and then crawl to the finish) as I’ve been trying to run for a long time and I need to start somewhere. But something or the other always seems to come my way. I had started jogging in the morning with the very enthusiastic Cyberscorpion but managed to get an ankle injury to add to a (bad) knee injury that I had sustained in 2004.
I’ve also bothered long distance runners Kiruba and Sathish (whose stamina and determination I admire immensely!) several times about running tips but never managed to get off the block. I guess there’s no better way to learn than to start somewhere. I’m going to give it a serious attempt this time. Wish me luck!
November 26th, 2007 at 11:34 am (#)
26 kms! good luck :) but do take care of that injured leg…
November 26th, 2007 at 3:08 pm (#)
Aargh this is so tempting! I’ll be there around that time in Dec and I’m wondering if I should run too.
Good luck, and try not to strain the knee and the ankle too much either. I like the conviction behind the “I’m going to give it a serious attempt this time”. Go for it!
Ran a 10k in Oct and have another coming up on Sunday, felt great to be at the finish line. Maybe I’ll see you at the start line on Dec 16th :)
November 26th, 2007 at 8:17 pm (#)
All the best… Ran 5KM almost 3 years ago — that’s the only marathon I’ve participated.
November 27th, 2007 at 9:33 am (#)
Endurance race?be careful with your ankles and stop when its too much , the run is for fun not for you to get hurt!good luck to you.
November 27th, 2007 at 9:51 am (#)
@ charu: thanks! i seem to be very injury prone for some reason :)
@ shub: oh wow :) you seem to be going great guns. it will be great to see you if you do decide to make it!
@ prashant: yeah, me too :) the last was some celebrity run of around 6–7 kms.
@ azazura: thanks! i will. i’m planning to walk run. so anytime i feel it’s too much stress on my ankles, feet, i walk for a while. let’s see how long i can go with that :)
November 27th, 2007 at 5:27 pm (#)
Anita, the blog link of mine is pointing to http://www.anitabora.com/blog/a!! :-)
All the best for your attempt…
November 28th, 2007 at 8:35 am (#)
@ sathish: thanks for pointing that out. lemme check it out :)
and thanks! need all the wishes!
November 29th, 2007 at 6:20 am (#)
All the best!
November 29th, 2007 at 11:31 am (#)
@ shrinidhi: thanks! :)
December 5th, 2007 at 3:34 pm (#)
i have been running in calcutta since very long time but only today i have come across this blog.i was just wondering since bangalore has a runners club whether in cal there is a similar club ?
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