Maraton on TreadMill

Many of you know Dr. Rajat Chauhan. He is the head of sports medicine department of Manipal hospital and quite popular amongst the runners. He recently tested a new treadmill the hospital bought by running a full marathon on it..

Here is his email on the experience.. makes an interesting read..

(Disclaimer: This is not Sports & Exercise Medicine doctor writing but a crazy runner... a damn crazy runner. Please do not try this at home, kids please keep a watch on your parents)

It's been a while since I "RAN".

I got up at 3:45 am on Thursday (21st) morning and was just craving for RUNNING. I just had way to much going on in my head to sleep. I decided to test drive the HPCosmos treadmill at the Sports & Exercise Medicine department at Manipal Hospital, that costs as much as Honda Accord. Wanted to check out for myself if it was as good as the Accord.

I had only run 4-5 times since the Bangalore ultra marathon, of which Tuesday (19th) and Wednesday (20th) were two of them. I have the Rajasthan desert run coming up, where the plan is to run a marathon or more every day for 5 consecutive days. So, needed some training.

One thing I learnt the real hard way was, that training is "over-rated". The only time I had a chance to come first in a marathon, was ruined by a 62 year old running mate. Last time he had run was 6 months before that, as he was nursing an "achilles tendenitis". I was running with him for first 21 km, and then decided he was too slow for me and I carried on. The guy caught up with me at 40 km mark and kicked my butt / ass / arse (take your pick) really bad. I did that particular marathon in 2 hrs 58 min and he did that in 2 hrs 54 min (his personal best). What really got this chap through was his experience of having run more than 200 marathons and rest (experience and recovery).

Back to the treadmill run. Now, the catch was, the department opens at 6 am. I was in my running gear by 4 am and was raring to go.

I finally reached the department by 6:30 am along with my water bottle and 2 Power bars. The plan was to ... hmmm ... RUN I guess. Basically, had nothing planned. Initial running speed was 14 kmph and I was trying to do a quick 5km, which grew to 10 km but then decided to slow down so I could comfortably do more, if I felt like. It was a bit of a struggle for first 40ish minutes, but at sharp 7:13 am, Kieran asked me how I felt. I said, "no legs". He thought I was dying that I couldn't feel my legs. In "Every Second Counts", Lance Armstrong uses a phrase "no chain" when he is going very quick but feels very comfortable. So for me it was "no legs".

At this stage I was cruising at 12-13 kmph. It might seem very slow but I had never run more than 30 min in total on treadmill, all put together, in my life. And I hate treadmills!

By now the plan was to do 20 km, which turned to 30 km. In this time, I had attended to 2 patient's conditions and 1 department issue and also applied some tape on my left bleeding nipple. I had 3 water stops. At times I had increased the speed to 17 kmph but most of the times it was 11 kmph.

After having got to 30 km, it just made no sense to stop there, as only 12 km more would complete the marathon distance. The best part was, I got the sms I was waiting for at around 30 km mark! I couldn't wait, sitting doing nothing. I just felt awesome.

By 40th km, Pariksha (nutritionist) had come, and I asked her to check out my Heart Rate. So, I picked up the speed again to 17-18 kmph and my heart rate touched 200 bpm. According to the formulas given on "Internet" for "Maximum Heart Rate", I had just turned 20 years. I could have reduced it to 15 yrs, but Pariksha advised me to take it easy.

After having turned 20, I had reached the 42.2 km in 3 hrs 40 min. I could have carried on for another 30ish km, but decided to stop. Slow for a marathon, but ok for a run after such a long time.

All systems are ready to go for the Rajasthan desert run and some surprise runs planned over next 2 months. It's cool to find "surprise" & "planned" in the same line.

Keep smiling & miling.

Dr Rajat Chauhan
Consultant & Head
Sports and Exercise Medicine
Manipal Hospital
Airport Road
Bangalore 560017

(Disclaimer: This is not Sports & Exercise Medicine doctor writing but a crazy runner... a damn crazy runner. Please do not try this at home, kids please keep a watch on your parents)

Weight loss and Running

Most of us plunge into running or plan to take up running aiming to lose weight or to lead a healthy lifestyle. Over a period of time, running would have become our passion and we start thinking about breaking our personal records, completing marathons, buying running gears, apparels and the list keeps increasing. As we keep adding miles to our kitty, the primary goal of losing weight would have taken a back seat. We also find the weighing scale showing a constant reading or more irrespective of the miles we are covering per week. Unknowingly we would have developed the habit of consuming more food (or calories) than our basic daily energy needs, rewarding our body for the tiring long runs.

If the above points reflect your story, try to follow some simple tips and achieve your primary goal.

Maintain a food journal: Just like you maintain a journal for tracking weekly mileage, maintain a journal for tracking your food intake. This will at least help us in knowing whether we are eating less or more.

The following calculation would give you an approximate energy requirements per day. Before taking a plunge I would suggest you to do some research and proceed further.

Approximate Calories required per day = Body weight in lbs (or Body weight in Kgs x 2.2) x 13.

If you weigh 75kgs, your daily requirement would be 75 x 2.2 x 13 = 2145 calories per day. To lose 1lb or .455kgs our calorie intake should go on a deficit of 3500 calories. Spread this over 7 days, end of 1st week you would have lost 1lb. There are many websites dedicated for weight loss which can be helpful for your specific needs.

You can find calorie charts for indian food items here and here.

A snap shot of my food journal.





Off season diet: While we are training for a marathon, it becomes difficult to reduce the carb intake. But during the off season, try to eat primarily wheat based foods, many fruits and go less on rice based foods. We usually tend to count chapattis or rotis, but we don’t measure rice, so that makes a difference.

While carbohydrate loading does appear to be effective for most runners, it does have its drawbacks. Consuming too many calories in the name of carbohydrate loading can add extra body weight, which will increase the energy demands of running a marathon. Also, for every gram of glycogen stored, almost 3 grams of water are stored with it. This can leave a runner with a bloated or heavy feeling. Think for a moment before you binge on pongal and vadas.

Weight Training: Most of the road runners hate to hit the gym and do weight training. If you are a runner then dont ignore weights.
The following are some of the benefits of weight training (source : http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_wt.html )

Upper Body - A strong upper body helps minimizes fatigue and stiffness in the arms, shoulders, and neck areas that in turn, enables a runner to maintain form late in a marathon or long run. Legs move only as fast as the arms swing. The runner with a strong upper body will find more power for the sprint to the finish line, an easier crank up a hill, and better balance when running on trails. In short, all of these add up to an ability to run faster and more efficiently.

Legs - Running creates a slight muscular imbalance in the legs as the hamstrings and calf muscles develop at a faster rate than the quadriceps and shins. Weight training helps address this imbalance. Additionally, strong quads and hips help protect these areas from a variety of injuries. Strong legs also offer protection from the possibility of injury when running at a fast pace downhill.

Abdominals - A strong abdominal region helps protect the back while at the same time, assists in maintaining proper running form and posture.

I followed these basic points and lost 4kgs since the Singapore marathon December 07.
Enjoy running, know what you are eating, lose weight and have fun.

Before concluding just have a feel of how a 5lbs fat (Gluey yellow colored thing) and 5lbs of muscle would look like.

Run Tomorrow - Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Marina Half Marathon

Chennai Runners..

We will do half marathon tomorrow... but this route has many options of to do less as well... so, please don't be intimidated by the 'half marathon' tag. Please join and do what your are able to.

Date: Sunday, Feb 24, 2008
Assemble by : 5.15 a.m
Start Time: 5.30 a.m
Starting Location: Dimensions Gym / Sony World , CP Ramaswamy Road, Abhiramapuram
Route: Marina Half Marathon
Distance - About 21.2 kms (Pl. get get to know the route... slightly altered route but will take us to the half marathon mark.. )

Happy Running!!!

Please confirm your participation...

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1982 Boston Marathon

Take a look at this clip.. The picture quality is not optimal but you get to feel the electrifying final moments of 1982 Boston Marathon. Alberto & Dick were neck to neck almost till final minutes and Alberto raced ahead in the last few seconds..

Look at the road block/s & crowd support.. I dream of running that kind of a marathon in Chennai some day.. !!! will it happen in my lifetime?


(Thanks to Narayanan for the link)

In the Spirit of the Marathon - Ultramarathon Man - THE movie

Here is another movie to look forward to. 50 Marathons, 50 States, 50 Days - averaged four hour marathons every day for 49 days and then ran a 3 hour marathon on the 50th day in New York

jen@journeyfilm.com is the contact at journeyfilm for questions on availability of DVD and local screenings.

Spirit of Marathon - Out in Theaters Tomorrow

Wait.. wait.. there is catch.. Spirit of Marathon is being released in US and NOT in India..

Spirit of Marathon is slated general release tomorrow in US. I am not sure when it would find its way to India, but I am going to Beijing in a couple of weeks and looking forward to see it there..

Interestingly, they had one show across US on Jan 24, 7:30 which seem to have generated lot of interest in the movie. can't wait..

Run Tomorrow - Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008

Run Schedule for tomorrow

Date: Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008
Assemble by : 5.15 a.m
Start Time: 5.30 a.m
Starting Location: Dimensions Gym / Sony World , CP Ramaswamy Road, Abhiramapuram
Route: Gandhi Vanakkam
Distance - About 8+ kms

Happy Running!!!

Please confirm your participation...

Run Tomorrow - Auroville Marathon

Are you ready? For the Auroville Marathon?

We are off to Auroville (outside Pondicherry) for the Marathon conducted to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Auroville.

About 25 of going to Pondy today and while majority of us would be doing the half marathon, few of us have signed up for full marathon. Thanks to Rajesh Vetcha, we even have folks from Hyderabad joining us in the run.

Karthik has been the running the show for us and we have already seen a bunch of mails on this subject.. however, I am reproducing Karthik's mail on this subject, which kind of summarizes the whole logistics & planning..

Besides the running aspect of this trip, this will also be a good opportunity for folks to network and get to know each other.. I am looking forward to it.. see you all soon..

Karthik's summary mail on Auroville Marathon..
Dear Runners,

Hope you are all set to run the Auroville Marathon this Sunday, the 17th February 2008. I know you've been waiting for this run for quiet sometime now. The D-Day is close and we've just frozen the list of runners from Chennai.

In this mail, I've attempted to put together all the necessary details one would need for this travel. Please make sure you take a look at the mail in full. You can also take a print of this email so that you can refer whenever you need to.

The final list of runners who are going to be sharing the bus/car is as follows-

01.) Kiruba -
02.) Suresh KP -
03.) Ram Viswanathan -
04.) Balaji S -
05.) Guna Sekaran -
06.) Vignesh Raja -
07.) Sriram Srinivasan -
08.) Mohan -
09.) Narayanan -
10.) Abhijit Shome -
11.) Siva -
12.) Karthik Vijayakumar -
13.) Ashwin Prabhu -
14.) Ravi Kumar -
15.) Rajesh Subramanian -
16.) Atul Dhere
17.) Anand Takale -
18.) Madhavan
19.) Shivank Nayak
20.) Pradeep Kodali
21.) Rajesh Vetcha -
22.) Rajni Singh -
23.) Elka Sinha -

The following list of runners are riding their own cars-

24.) Shahid -
25.) George -
26.) Vijaykumar Muthian -
27.) Shahul Hameed -
28.) Shumit Vatsal -
29.) Sandilya Venkatesh -
30.) Dave Wallack -
31.) Karthikeyan Vijayakumar -
32.) CDR ASHVINI KUMAR -
33.) Ramesh -

:In the sections below, you will find some useful and important information pertaining to this travel:

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please take a PRINT of the attached document "AVRunners Registration Form.doc", fill in the details and bring it along. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS TO REGISTER YOURSELF FOR THE MARATHON.

TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION:

• Cost per-head for the bus ride (Chennai-Auroville-Chennai) - INR 400 (This will be collected during the time of boarding in Chennai)
• Boarding Point - Hotel Woodlands Drive-in
• Boarding Date & Time (From Chennai) - 16th February @ 02:00PM
• Departure Time on 16th February - 02:30PM
• PLEASE NOTE: You can park your vehicles at Woodlands Drive-in hotel AT YOUR OWN RISK. Chennai Runners DOES NOT bear any liability on your vehicle or ANY BELONGINGS left inside or outside of your vehicle.
  

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION VENUE/ COSTING:

• Bus Ride - INR 400 per head
• Car Pooling - Fuel cost/Number of people
• Accommodation @ Sports Center/Ladies Dorm - INR 200 per head
• Carbo Dinner @ Auroville Visitor Center from 6PM to 8PM on Saturday 16th - INR 75 per head
• Race Pack distribution @ Auroville Visitor Center from 6PM to 8PM on Saturday, the 16th

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS TO CARRY:

• Driving License - For those who are driving down
• Photo Identity Card - Copy of your driving license/ voter id
• CASH - Its always good to have some extra cash in hand (Do not just rely on your Credit/Debit cards)
• Emergency Contact Information (Name, Address and Contact Phone)
  

SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR YOUR BACKPACK:

• Pillow and Sleeping bag
• Odomos/ Any mosquito repellent
• Water and Energy Drinks
• Alarm Clock (To avoid doing just a 'dream' marathon)
• Small Torch
• Pillow Case
• Cap/Sun Glasses
• iPod/ portable music player
• Head/wrist band
  
• Towel
• Sun Screen
• Vaseline
• Band-Aid/plaster
• Soap and Shampoo
• Change clothes

RUN TIMINGS

• Full-Marathon starts @ 5AM
• Half-Marathon starts @ 7AM
• 10-K Run starts @ 7:30AM
• 5-K Run starts @ 8:30AM

PREPARATION/ RUN TIPS:

• Drink lots of water before the race day
• Do a warm-up run prior to the race day
• Do a lot of stretching atleast 3-4 days prior to the race day - This is to avoid injuries
• Take a lot of carbohydrates prior to the race day (the carbo dinner should help here)
• Do not drink too much of water (over-hydration). Do not drink too less of water either (dehydration)
• Energy fluids are better alternatives to water during the run - Gatorade and Electral helps here
• Run to better your own past records
• If you sense any discomfort during the run, please stop and seek help. Do not exert...you might aggravate the injury
• Enjoy the run! After all, its just another way to have fun!
  

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Karthik Vijayakumar - +91 9840048046
• Ram Viswanathan - +91 9840430400

PLEASE PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM (attached with this email) AND GET THEM WHEN YOU COME.

The Auroville Marathon REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CLOSED. So, we will not be able to accept more runners from Chennai. The above list is FINAL.

I hope to have covered all critical information in this email. Should you have ANY questions regarding the arrangements and the run, please feel more than free to call either me or Ram (numbers furnished above). I look forward to meeting and running with you all. Catch you on 16th!

Happy Running!

Auroville Marathon: Critical Information in a Nutshell

Dear Runners,

Hope you are all set to run the Auroville Marathon this Sunday, the 17th February 2008. I know you've been waiting for this run for quiet sometime now. The D-Day is close and we've just frozen the list of runners from Chennai.

In this mail, I've attempted to put together all the necessary details one would need for this travel. Please make sure you take a look at the mail in full. You can also take a print of this email so that you can refer whenever you need to.

The final list of runners who are going to be sharing the bus/car is as follows-

01.) Kiruba - kiruba@kiruba.com
02.) Suresh KP - kpsuresh1746@gmail.com
03.) Ram Viswanathan - ram@viswanathan.in
04.) Balaji S - sbalaji1@gmail.com
05.) Guna Sekaran - gunasekaran.sj@gmail.com
06.) Vignesh Raja - vignesh.raja@gmail.com
07.) Sriram Srinivasan - ssriram0@gmail.com
08.) Mohan - mohank2002@gmail.com
09.) Narayanan - narayananmswamy@gmail.com
10.) Abhijit Shome - shome2000@gmail.com
11.) Siva - sivaramsk@gmail.com
12.) Karthik Vijayakumar - karthik@karthikvijayakumar.com
13.) Ashwin Prabhu - ashwin.prabhu@gmail.com
14.) Ravi Kumar - pravikumar77@yahoo.com
15.) Rajesh Subramanian - rajesh.postbox@gmail.com
16.) Atul Dhere
17.) Anand Takale - atakale@gmail.com
18.) Madhavan
19.) Shivank Nayak
20.) Pradeep Kodali
21.) Rajesh Vetcha - rvetcha@gmail.com
22.) Rajni Singh - rajnisingh@gmail.com
23.) Elka Sinha - elkasinha@rediffmail.com

The following list of runners are riding their own cars-

24.) Shahid - skandrikar@gmail.com
25.) George - geprabhu@gmail.com
26.) Vijaykumar Muthian - vijaykumar.muthian@gmail.com
27.) Shahul Hameed - hameeds@gmail.com
28.) Shumit Vatsal - shumit.vatsal@gmail.com
29.) Sandilya Venkatesh - svenkatesh@cepios.com
30.) Dave Wallack - davewallack@gmail.com
31.) Karthikeyan Vijayakumar - karthikeyan.vijayakumar@gmail.com
32.) CDR ASHVINI KUMAR - ashvini6106@gmail.com
33.) Ramesh - tigerswami@gmail.com

:In the sections below, you will find some useful and important information pertaining to this travel:

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please take a PRINT of the attached document "AVRunners Registration Form.doc", fill in the details and bring it along. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS TO REGISTER YOURSELF FOR THE MARATHON.

TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION:

• Cost per-head for the bus ride (Chennai-Auroville-Chennai) - INR 400 (This will be collected during the time of boarding in Chennai)
• Boarding Point - Hotel Woodlands Drive-in
• Boarding Date & Time (From Chennai) - 16th February @ 02:00PM
• Departure Time on 16th February - 02:30PM
• PLEASE NOTE: You can park your vehicles at Woodlands Drive-in hotel AT YOUR OWN RISK. Chennai Runners DOES NOT bear any liability on your vehicle or ANY BELONGINGS left inside or outside of your vehicle.
  

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION VENUE/ COSTING:

• Bus Ride - INR 400 per head
• Car Pooling - Fuel cost/Number of people
• Accommodation @ Sports Center/Ladies Dorm - INR 200 per head
• Carbo Dinner @ Auroville Visitor Center from 6PM to 8PM on Saturday 16th - INR 75 per head
• Race Pack distribution @ Auroville Visitor Center from 6PM to 8PM on Saturday, the 16th

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS TO CARRY:

• Driving License - For those who are driving down
• Photo Identity Card - Copy of your driving license/ voter id
• CASH - Its always good to have some extra cash in hand (Do not just rely on your Credit/Debit cards)
• Emergency Contact Information (Name, Address and Contact Phone)
  

SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR YOUR BACKPACK:

• Pillow and Sleeping bag
• Odomos/ Any mosquito repellent
• Water and Energy Drinks
• Alarm Clock (To avoid doing just a 'dream' marathon)
• Small Torch
• Pillow Case
• Cap/Sun Glasses
• iPod/ portable music player
• Head/wrist band
  
• Towel
• Sun Screen
• Vaseline
• Band-Aid/plaster
• Soap and Shampoo
• Change clothes

RUN TIMINGS

• Full-Marathon starts @ 5AM
• Half-Marathon starts @ 7AM
• 10-K Run starts @ 7:30AM
• 5-K Run starts @ 8:30AM

PREPARATION/ RUN TIPS:

• Drink lots of water before the race day
• Do a warm-up run prior to the race day
• Do a lot of stretching atleast 3-4 days prior to the race day - This is to avoid injuries
• Take a lot of carbohydrates prior to the race day (the carbo dinner should help here)
• Do not drink too much of water (over-hydration). Do not drink too less of water either (dehydration)
• Energy fluids are better alternatives to water during the run - Gatorade and Electral helps here
• Run to better your own past records
• If you sense any discomfort during the run, please stop and seek help. Do not exert...you might aggravate the injury
• Enjoy the run! After all, its just another way to have fun!
  

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Karthik Vijayakumar - +91 9840048046
• Ram Viswanathan - +91 9840430400

PLEASE PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM (attached with this email) AND GET THEM WHEN YOU COME.

The Auroville Marathon REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CLOSED. So, we will not be able to accept more runners from Chennai. The above list is FINAL.

I hope to have covered all critical information in this email. Should you have ANY questions regarding the arrangements and the run, please feel more than free to call either me or Ram (numbers furnished above). I look forward to meeting and running with you all. Catch you on 16th!

Happy Running!
--
Karthik Vijayakumar
http://blog.karthikvijayakumar.com/
http://www.karthikvijayakumar.com/

Warm Welcome to all our New Members!

Dear Runners,

We've had more than a dozen new member registrations since the last two days. We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome all our new members!

We'd like to quickly brief on some of the key activities and facts @ Chennai Runners:

• We've been actively participating in many marathons, which has got us a lot of media attention from both, news chronicles and magazine sections of the media world. This has also resulted in the team growing from about 53 members in 2006 to about 330 members as on date. We've been one of the fastest growing running groups in the region.

• As a team we participated in our first international marathon @ Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon in 2007.

• We successfully conducted five 30 kilometer (about 18.5miles) ECR Runs!

• Participated as a team in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon held in January 2008.

• A team participation at the Hero Ultra Chennai Marathon held on 10th February 2008.

• Covered by the media in more than an occasion - The Hindu, India Today, Deccan Chronicle, Mylapore Times, to mention a few.

We believe in the fact that Running is all about Having Fun! Thats our mantra. We just hope that our new members will derive benefit from joining us. We invite our new members to mail and introduce yourselves to the team, and we look forward to running with you in the days to come.

Feel free to shoot any question you may have in the context of running and Chennai Runners. There is a whole bunch of enthusiastic runners waiting to help you with the right answers!

Happy Running!

Best,
--
Karthik Vijayakumar
http://blog.karthikvijayakumar.com/

Chennai Marathon 2008 - A Report

Dear Readers,
We've observed a lot of comments on this article recently. This article is on the Hero Ultra Chennai Marathon that was held in Feb 2008. This is NOT the Marg Chennai Marathon!
The pictures of the Marg Chennai Marathon can be found at http://photos.chennairunners.com

Thanks,
Karthik

Chennai Marathon did finally happen and here are some photos from that forgettable event..


About 18 from our group participated including Mrs. Mahesh who I saw about a km from the finish line walking but determined to finish..


Registration was still open few minutes to the start of the run.. People were milling around to register and get their bibs and TShirts.


Hero Ulta, electric scooter makers were the main sponsor for the event. These guys were cruising around without helmets and were quiet a hindrance to the runners.


Sports Minister of Tamil Nadu & Mayor of Chennai about to flag off the marathon.....


Less than 50 runners participated in the full marathon.. not sure how many completed. Abhijit, Vittal & Venkatesh from our group were at the starting line.


Karthik @ the finish line


Senthil @ the finish line..


Shahul @ the finish line


Balaji @ the finish line

In all, I am glad there was a run. I hope they continue this trend in the years to come but with lot more preparation and professional help.

Personally, It wasn't a good run for me.. I did only half of half marathon..








More Photos in flickr

Run Tomorrow - Chennai Marathon

Believe IT.. Chennai Marathon is happening tomorrow (Feb 10, 2008). No information is available about the start location, time, route etc,, but don't despair the organizers have time till tomorrow to sort it out. They have organized a marathon in 5 days.. and wouldn't need more than just 5 minutes to sort out minor details like route, start time, information dissemination etc.,

But.. we Chennai Runners won't let our city down.... we will participate and will do so in numbers. We might not know the definitive start time and location but will assemble near Anna Square @ 6:00 AM. Thanks to Karthik, I took care of my registration without much hassle and I suggest you guys do the same. Depending on who you encounter at the registration desk, might be asked for medical certificate etc.,

So friends, our scheduled run tomorrow will be the 'Chennai Marathon'.. keep your fingers crossed.. and camera ready..

Why is Michael Jordan successful?

Where does Success come from? "...from Failures" says Michael Jordan, the world famous basketball champ.

Thanks for sharing this picture, George!

CONFIRMED LIST OF RUNNERS SHARING THE BUS RIDE FROM CHENNAI TO AUROVILLE

All,

As we've all witnessed, the list of people who opted in for the bus ride has been HIGHLY volatile. I ended up with a final list of just 19 runners! Unfortunately, we've got just 18 seats in one bus. Hence, we've decided to go ahead with JUST ONE BUS for this trip from Chennai to Auroville. Please find the list of runners below.

FINAL CONFIRMED LIST OF RUNNERS FOR THE FIRST BUS:

1. Kiruba
2. Suresh KP
3. Ram Viswanathan
4. Balaji S
5. Chander
6. Guna Sekaran
7. Vignesh Raja
8. Sriram Srinivasan
9. Mohan
10. Narayanan
11. Abhijit Shome
12. Siva (sivaramsk@gmail.com)
13. Senthil
14. Karthik Vijayakumar
15. Ashwin Prabhu (ashwin.prabhu@gmail.com)
16. Suresh Sambasivam (suresh.sambasivam@gmail.com)
17. Ravi Kumar
18. Hari

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• Cost per-head for the bus ride (Chennai-Auroville-Chennai) - INR 400 (This will be collected during the time of boarding in Chennai)
  
• Boarding Point - Hotel Woodlands Drive-in
• Boarding Date & Time (From Chennai) - 16th February @ 02:00PM
• Departure Time - 02:30PM
• NOTE: You can park your vehicles at Woodlands Drive-in hotel AT YOUR OWN RISK. Chennai Runners DOES NOT bear any liability on your vehicle or ANY BELONGINGS left inside or outside of your vehicle.
  

SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR YOUR BACKPACK:

• Pillow and Sleeping bag
• Odomos/ Any mosquito repellent
• Water and Energy Drinks
• Alarm Clock (To avoid doing just a 'dream' marathon)

For more information, we shall continue to keep you updated during the course of the next two weeks. Please do make it a point to check your emails regularly. Thanks..!

Best,
--
Karthik Vijayakumar
http://blog.karthikvijayakumar.com

Run Tomorrow - Sunday - Feb 03, 2008

Chennai Runners..

We will try to do a half marathon tomorrow... but this route has many options of to do less as well... so, please don't be intimidated by the 'half marathon' tag. Please join and do what your are able to.

Date: Sunday, Feb 03, 2008
Assemble by : 5.15 a.m
Start Time: 5.30 a.m
Starting Location: Dimensions Gym / Sony World , CP Ramaswamy Road, Abhiramapuram
Route: Chennai Runners Classic
Distance - About 20+ kms (Not exactly half marathon.. but we can stretch it if we want to)

Happy Running!!!

Please confirm your participation...

Starting Point - Dimensions Fitness

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Run Tomorrow - Sunday - Feb 03, 2008

Chennai Runners..

We will try to do a half marathon tomorrow... but this route has many options of to do less as well... so, please don't be intimidated by the 'half marathon' tag. Please join and do what your are able to.

Date: Sunday, Feb 03, 2008
Assemble by : 5.15 a.m
Start Time: 5.30 a.m
Starting Location: Dimensions Gym / Sony World , CP Ramaswamy Road, Abhiramapuram
Route: Chennai Runners Classic
Distance - About 20+ kms (Not exactly half marathon.. but we can stretch it if we want to)

Happy Running!!!

Please confirm your participation...

Starting Point - Dimensions Fitness

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