Monday, August 07, 2006

Slice of Chennai # 2 - Chennai Runners

Chennai Runners, a bunch of enthusiastic runners gather every Sunday around 5:00 AM near Dimensionss on CP Ramaswamy Road and go for a spin. Most of the weeks, we do around 15 kms but last Sunday we stretched ourselves did around 26+ kms. We wanted to run till Kovalam but actually ran only till Muttukadu. I took my camera along for the ride and here comes few snaps from that wonderful run..

CP Ramaswamy Road - All Quiet @ 5 AM
Our starting point in CP Ramaswamy Road - All quiet @ 5:00 AM

Thiruvanmiyur Bus Stand
Near Thiruvanmiyur Bus Terminus (7 kms) around 6:00 AM. This place will get busy with all kinds of movable and immovable things pretty soon and will stay that way till late in the evening.

Ajendra @ VGP
Ajendra was the first one to reach VGP (15 kms) with ample time to take a 'nap' before we caught on with him.

Ajendra, Srinivas & Ram near VGP
Ajendra, Srinivas & Ram on the move ... near VGP

KK & Srinvas near Mayajaal
KK & Srinivas crawling towards Mayajaal (21 kms).. but they didn't call it quits. In fact, both of them motivated both of us to push till Muttukadu, our next pit stop. (Ajendra & I were actually getting ready to indulge at Arusuvai Arasu Restaurant @ Mayajaal..)

Ajendra, KK & Srinivas resting at Muttukkadu
Hey!!!! We successfully made it to Muttukadu. We considered running till Kovalam Beach for a brief moment (1 second) and dropped the idea as we were all running on empty tank by now.

Srinivas, KK & Ajendra resting after a long run at Kovalam
So, he we are finally at Kovalam Beach after about 5 hours. We got here from Muttukadu in a 'Share Auto'.

In all it was a great ride.. If you are interested in joining us for the weekly spin, do drop us note here.

More photos in flickr

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8 comments:

  1. Karthik SMon Aug 07, 09:00:00 PM

    All I can do is heave a heavy sigh !!!! Great pics and Great adventures you guys are having.....

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  2. RajMon Aug 07, 10:15:00 PM

    Wow ! I don't think I can cover this distance in a two-wheeler. Awesome. But do take extra care at twilight hour on ECR

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  3. Koushik V STue Aug 08, 07:24:00 AM

    Wow!! That was some run :) It's the longest distance I've ever done in my life! Thanks to Ram, Ajendra and KK for all the motivation !! Am sure we're going to complete the bangalore marathon!

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  4. Ram ViswanathanTue Aug 08, 09:07:00 AM

    Karthik..

    Thanks. Join us when you are in Chennai..

    Raj & Raman
    Thanks for the tip.. we exchanged ICE (In Case of Emergency) numbers recently.. and will consider this also..

    Koushik
    Great Job.. You did good for a rookie..

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  5. Narayanan VenkituTue Aug 08, 11:22:00 AM

    Wow...amazing.!! Good luck all of you. Stay fit!
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    Nice photos and Video Visu. Way to go.!

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  6. Kiruba ShankarTue Aug 08, 08:15:00 PM

    Man, I'm missing all the fun.

    It was great to see the video. Ram, awesome work on commentary and the titling. Very neat.

    KK, Ajendra and Srini, good to see you guys.

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  7. Ram ViswanathanWed Aug 09, 10:28:00 AM

    Narayanan & Ajendra
    Thanks..

    Kiruba
    Join us from this week.. love to see you back sweating with us..

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  8. AnonymousWed Aug 09, 04:43:00 PM

    Hi,

    Sad I dropped out at thiruvanmiyur, Nice pics.
    Kaushik , that was really one great effort. Keep Running

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