I was to run a half marathon on 6th October 2019. However, due to some work commitments, had to give it a miss.
This is a special run. Had planned this run this along with my kids and hence registered only for 5 Km. Harshita had registered along with me and Pranav registered sometime later.
Collected the bibs on Saturday from Jack & Jones store at R City Mall. Harshita accompanied me for collection.
On the day, got up at 4.45 am. Got ready and woke up the kids. By around 5.30 am, almost all of them were ready. My colleague, Pravin Kumar's bib was with me. He was running 10 Km and his reporting time was early. He came home, collected the bibs and left.
Around 5.35 am, we left home - fortunate to get a rick and reached IIT by 5.45 am. The holding area was about a Km from the main gate. There were buses and buggies to take us to the holding area. Went in a buggy and reached the place at around 6.20 am. After zumba for warmup, we were set to start the run at 7 am.
We left after couple of minutes of gun. For the first 600 mtrs, we ran together. Harshita picked up pace and started running ahead. I tried to keep pace with her, but was always 50 mtrs behind her for the first Km. She was running at good pace. Pranav was running this distance for the first time and hence, he was behind us.
At the 4 Km mark, I was telling myself that it is just another Km and I can run without walking. However, when my airpod told me it is 5 Km, we were nowhere near the finish line. When I finished, Runkeeper indicated that I had run a distance of 5.95 Kms. Can't understand how they can be off by 20%. Was wondering about people who had trouble running 5 Kms !! This was obvious in my timing as well as my pace was slowest amongst all my 5 Km and 10 Km runs (it was almost 8 mins / Km).
Harshita had finished almost 2 minutes before me - surprisingly, she came 10th amongst 207 women runners, which is an achievement considering she just turned 8 and this was her first run.
Pranav ran for almost half the distance and walked the balance as he did not have the experience.
It was a memorable one as we ran as a family. Indira was also around to see us finish. Though it would have been boring for her to stand and wait for us, seeing her kids cross the finish line would have given her great happiness (she captured video of their finish, but not mine).
My next run is a 21 Km run in Navy Marathon. Hope to have good practice and finish in a decent time!!
This is a special run. Had planned this run this along with my kids and hence registered only for 5 Km. Harshita had registered along with me and Pranav registered sometime later.
Collected the bibs on Saturday from Jack & Jones store at R City Mall. Harshita accompanied me for collection.
On the day, got up at 4.45 am. Got ready and woke up the kids. By around 5.30 am, almost all of them were ready. My colleague, Pravin Kumar's bib was with me. He was running 10 Km and his reporting time was early. He came home, collected the bibs and left.
Around 5.35 am, we left home - fortunate to get a rick and reached IIT by 5.45 am. The holding area was about a Km from the main gate. There were buses and buggies to take us to the holding area. Went in a buggy and reached the place at around 6.20 am. After zumba for warmup, we were set to start the run at 7 am.
We left after couple of minutes of gun. For the first 600 mtrs, we ran together. Harshita picked up pace and started running ahead. I tried to keep pace with her, but was always 50 mtrs behind her for the first Km. She was running at good pace. Pranav was running this distance for the first time and hence, he was behind us.
At the 4 Km mark, I was telling myself that it is just another Km and I can run without walking. However, when my airpod told me it is 5 Km, we were nowhere near the finish line. When I finished, Runkeeper indicated that I had run a distance of 5.95 Kms. Can't understand how they can be off by 20%. Was wondering about people who had trouble running 5 Kms !! This was obvious in my timing as well as my pace was slowest amongst all my 5 Km and 10 Km runs (it was almost 8 mins / Km).
Harshita had finished almost 2 minutes before me - surprisingly, she came 10th amongst 207 women runners, which is an achievement considering she just turned 8 and this was her first run.
Pranav ran for almost half the distance and walked the balance as he did not have the experience.
It was a memorable one as we ran as a family. Indira was also around to see us finish. Though it would have been boring for her to stand and wait for us, seeing her kids cross the finish line would have given her great happiness (she captured video of their finish, but not mine).
My next run is a 21 Km run in Navy Marathon. Hope to have good practice and finish in a decent time!!
