Sunday, November 26, 2006

Hyderabad Half Marathon - 1:57

One Hour and Fifty Seven Minutes..
That's the time I took to complete Hyderabad half-marathon. My goal was to complete under two hours and am happy to make it.

Hyd Half Marathon - Starting Pt - Ajendra and his Hungarian friend
At the starting point - Ajendra and his Hungarian friend Achilles

At the starting pt.. Runners listlessly milling around without proper instructions
Runners milling around listlessly. The instructions were not proper and to top it, the place was plunged in darkness as the run was about to commence.

Hyd half Marathon - Long trek to Chairminar turnaround
Hyd landmark - Chairminar
Long trek to Chairminar - the turn around point for Half Marathon. The local police and volunteers did a commendable job of keeping the uncontrollable traffic at bay

Hyd Half Marathon - Certificate Collection Pt
Medal / Certificate collection point. This place was crowded and could hvae been organized better. Runners deserved to treated better after the grueling run.

After finishing the Hyd Half Marathon
All smiles after the completion..

More pictures in flickr


A short clip.. at the finish line

9 comments:

  1. Congrats on finsihing the half within your goal time..:)

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  2. Arbit & Anand

    Thanks a bunch..

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  3. Congrats Visu.

    What is the secret of your success with globe trotting most of your time.

    Best wishes.

    Columbus Rao

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  4. Hi Ram,
    Just a week before I had dinner with you. Exactly a week after, with all the jetlag you made the marathon under 2 minutes.
    YOU ARE A AMAZINg PERSONALITY!!!
    Congrats,

    Murali
    Toronto

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  5. Hi Ram... absolutely brilliant performance!!! you truly are an inspiration! :)

    best regards,
    george - in office.

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  6. Rao
    With my new job, I am looking to cut down on my travel..

    Murali
    Thanks..

    George
    Now, I want to see you running this weekend.. will you? With you lean structure.. you can just fly through..

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  7. Congrats, Ram.

    It looks to me from the photos that most of the other marathon runners are much younger than you. And that should make your prouder.

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  8. Nithya

    Man.. Do I look so old.. I am only 24!!!

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