A gruelling 26 kms, on a course that had a combination of several uphill / downhill combinations and took me exactly 4 hours to complete! A rather scenic place to run in — so that made things much better! And organisers that had it all right and planned everything efficiently and perfectly. (Unlike the Bangalore International Marathon, which I hear didn’t do very well on that front).
Finally, after weeks of anticipation, completed my first ever long run. Am super thrilled and a longer post will come up soon!
Anita, where was this?
Posted by Jace | December 17, 2007, 2:03 pmCongrates Anita.…. !!
Posted by Prasoon | December 17, 2007, 2:08 pmHi Anita,
First time here.. I used to follow ur post on flickr, but following kiruba.com i came here to know the 26km run. This is definitely an achievement. Congratulations!!!!
Posted by balu | December 17, 2007, 5:34 pmCongrats!!! Please tell the dude in the pic to either wear shorts or pants. Any guy wearing capri style is definitely suspect.
Posted by Radman | December 17, 2007, 6:15 pmGood to see another feather in your cap.
Posted by Ajay | December 18, 2007, 6:18 amGreat…
Started with RFL?
I wish to start off sometime in 2008.
Posted by Srikanth | December 18, 2007, 10:15 amBangalore marathon had a few dogs as well chasing the runners !!!
(thats what I read in news papers)
Posted by Srikanth | December 18, 2007, 10:16 am@ Jace: At our Native Village, Hesarghatta. That was the starting point. There was a 6.5 km track up and down.
@ Prasoon: thanks!
@ balu: thanks so much!
@ Radman: i have nothing against it. so i’m definitely not telling him, plus he did a 26 in 3 hours. even with long pants, it might not be possible for some people :)
@ Ajay: thanks you!
@ Srikanth: yes, finally! you must!
@ Srikanth: yes, lots of dreadful stories at the bangalore marathon! we were having a great time at hesaraghatta in the countryside running between fields and forests. :)
Posted by Anita | December 18, 2007, 3:22 pmWow.. well done Anita! I don’t think I would be able to finish such a long run!
xx :o)
Posted by Az Azura | December 18, 2007, 8:40 pmcongrats anita. I wish i could run. the only thing that i am on time for is happy hour.
Posted by Radman | December 21, 2007, 9:37 amWhat did Tony Blair tell George Bush when he had to leave the NATO meeting early?
Sorry Dubya, ANITA RUN!
Posted by Arnab | December 21, 2007, 10:21 amNothing’s better than a good solid run! All the best in your future endeavours! :-)
Posted by Dave | December 22, 2007, 12:27 amAwesome… i cycle i recently cycle STP (Seattle to Portland) It is aprox 200 miles and with a bunnch of pple. We took 1 day.
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Posted by Abhinav | December 22, 2007, 1:38 amwow — well done. would not have imagned that you are into this kind of stuff. Look pretty sharp in the picture as well — looks like things have really changed over the last coupla months ?
Posted by dev | December 24, 2007, 2:36 am@ Az Azura: thanks! i had many doubts myself! :)
@ Radman: thanks! yeah, that is always a good incentive :)
@ Arnab: :-\ I see you haven’t stopped being cheeky!
@ Dave: thanks a ton!
@ Abhinav: wow! cycling is something i still haven’t been able to figure out, maybe someday! but 200 miles in a day seems an awfully long distance to cover!
@ dev: hehe. yeah, that was the reaction that i got from a few people. that i don’t look like someone who runs ;0). but it’s always nice to surprise people!
Posted by Anita | December 26, 2007, 2:26 pm