My Little Log Book

Mumbai Marathon - Date 20.1.2013 Status - Completed Distance - 42.2 Kms Time - 7 hrs  approx The goal at the top of this blog says - I need to complete a marathon. Happily thats done. My revised goal is to do a marathon in under 5 hrs 30 mins nw! Unfortunately due to an extremely busy home life I wasnt able to document much my marathon preparation in this so called "fitness blog" of mine. Thats mostly because my fitness efforts have been sporadic rather than systematic! But I still ran the marathon. And finished it. And am still in one piece. Here is an article detailing my marathon story. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Going to Mumbai for a marathon??? Why??? This was the standard enquiry of incredulity from friends and family alike. I really wanted to go for the half marathon. I shifted to India end of June 2012 from Malaysia. By the time I found out about the marathons in India and discover...

18th December - I jogged 5 kms on the treadmill in 40 mins. then did a walk jog routine on the incline for 20 more minutes. My aim was to jog for 40 mins non stop. Achieved. Total calories - 400. Time - 60 min. Distance - 7 kms. Finished with some stretches. 19th Dec (morn) - some light stretches and leg muscles workout. Tip of the day - Never stretch cold muscles - you might pull some. Do a light warm up before any routine. Plan to jog 5 kms today evening. Lets see.

Afterahectic

Mumbai Marathon - Here I come! My registration for the Mumbai Marathon has been accepted. i am to run 42 kms - wow wow...boo hooo. Scared shit. three things can happen. i can complete the course in a time of 6 hours plus (most preferable)...but better than Katie Holmes timing ;-) i can quit after the halfway mark...i feel i can complete half the course i can fail to show up...most deplorable. But i do tend to get sick with nervousness before any major event. even though the event is for fun. even though the event is just a self test of mental and physical fitness. even though the result is meaningless. wimp :-)

and Katrina Kaif, and 90 minutes less and a few less bomb diffusion and a few less accidents. Whew! I went through the torture that was Jab Tak Hai Jaan last night. It is hard to believe that the director of movies like Lamhe and Chandni ... could have given us this 3 hours of drivel packaged as a movie. Most reviews have been muted in their comments I guess out of deference to the just demised patriarch of YRF - Yash Chopra. Never mind - Yash Chopra will be much remembered and loved for Trishul, Deewar, Lamhe, Silsila, etc - and he would prefer not to be associated with JKHJ. Shahrukh Khan spans ten years in the movie. It was an awful sight to see a near naked wrinkled Shahrukh posing as a 25 year old in some of his risque poses with Katrina. He looks (and acts) closer to his 50 years! Will Shah Rukh be as delusional as Dev Anand and prefer to act the romantic lead ( maybe give a new definition to the evergree hero) even in his 70s??? Hindi movie heroes really can...

You can register for Mumbai Marathon at the the website http://www.procamrunning.in/scmm/ The registration for the Half Marathon is closed. However the Marathon is still open for registration. Enjoy the run! The marathon page has a number of tips for runners. So even if you are not joining the marathon - you can prepare according to the schedule for fitness and training for a future run. Its always difficult to start from zero to run a marathon. The training schedule is for people who have had some running / walking experience as the first run/jog/ walk is 4 kms. If you are starting from zero and wish to participate in a long distance run - my advise is just start with small steps - run 800 mts the first time - without giving up. Just let not the distance of 42 kms daunt you. Keep increasing till you are at the 3-4 kms level. This may take 15 days to 2 months depending upon your fitness level and commitment. But the fun and a feeling of achievement is guaranteed! And maybe you can run ...

Oops - the registration to the Standard Chartered Half Marathon at Mumbai is already closed. I dont understand the Mumbai Marathon page. There seems to be a Quota system for ladies - but how does one register for it? Is it still open for the Half marathon? Apparently information is not easily available unless one registers and pays up. I mean its just the webpage for a Marathon - for us dumb runners - not an application form / webpage to the MIT for the geeky types! All Info should be clear. The navigation through the Mumbai Standard Chartered Marathon page is a bummer - period. Do I dare try for the Mumbai Full Marathon? I have been putting in some effort at the gym the last 3 days. Though not in any way good enough for a marathon. Thursday - 530 calories in 1 hour, followed by muscle training and a steam bath. Friday - 450 calories from a 6 km trip on the treadmill in 50 minutes. More running than walking and climbing. Sunday - 3 kms in 30 minutes and just about 200 cal. Followed it...