I finished the Chennai Half Marathon amidst tough conditions of lack of water, high humidity, indifferent attitude shown towards runners apart from first 100 or so by the organisers.
I completed in 2hrs 25mins which is way below my expectation but I did not give up even though I was contemplating on giving up initially after [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Chennai Marathon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chennai, Marathon on August 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Cycle Rally
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangalore, Big Banyan Tree, Cycle Rally, Cycling, Dodda Alada Mara on August 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
On Saturday 23rd August, I wake up in the morning with slight fever and bad cold. Day before that I had convinced my colleague to accompany me for the cycle rally. So I pop-up few tablets through the day, cancel all my other work and take complete rest. By night time am back to normal [...]
A request to all drivers & riders
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangalore, Cycling, Traffic on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Riding the cycle, the most toughest part is not roads with its ups & downs. Its the drivers in cars & bikes & public transport buses.
I did not face such a situation 2yrs back when riding my cycle. Now I find that traffic conditions are making it completely uncomfortable to cyclists.
Situation 1:
You are almost on [...]
Bangalore & Traffic problems
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangalore, Traffic on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday and today has been real worse in terms of traffic problems in Bangalore. Travelling from Whitefield to Koramangala in the evening is worse than one can imagine. Without rains yesterday the distance of 17kms took painful 2hrs. Today with rains 2.5hrs. To cross Marthahallli bridge from Whitefield a distance of about 5kms took 1hr. [...]
MFormation Urban stampede
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangalore, Running, Urban Stampede on August 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today morning, I ran in the Mformation Urban Stampede Corporate Relay Run conducted by Runners For Life here in Bangalore. Team of 4, each runner had to run 5kms. I ran 5kms in 26-27mins. Our mixed team finished in 2hrs 4mins.
Personally, this was my first run after Mumbai Marathon 2008 in January. Last week was [...]
Cycling to office
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cycling on August 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After more than two years due to varied reasons I cycled today morning to office. It took me close to an hour to cover a distance of 18kms. I took almost the same time bus takes to cover the distance with all the traffic around.
It was not tiring, maybe I need to increase my speed. [...]
Busy weekend
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another busy weekend. While last weekend was trip to Pondicherry, this weekend is time for household work.
Yesterday, saturday was little relaxed after watching Kuselan on Friday night. Saturday was time to play few games of squash at Karnataka Badminton Association. Later after lunch settled down to watch the movies 50 First Dates and From here [...]
Kuselan – Moview review
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If possible avoid it. Its a disappointment if you expect a lot from Rajni or Nayantara. Nayantara does not have more than 4 sentences in the movie, remaining is for glamour.
Vadivelu, the only saving grace in the movie.
Detailed review follows.
