I am getting ready to leave for Auroville in a few to run my seventh consecutive marathon there. There is something in Auroville that makes me want to go back year after year. So much so that, I have been running there since they started conducting the marathons.
The setup is definitely different from the other big city marathons. It is a small, no frill marathon and the event organizers frown on corporate sponsorships. The marathon itself is held in a large international commune outside Pondicherry. The route is a mixture forest trail and dirt roads. All this builds an aura around this marathon and wants me to go back year after year.
When I ran the first edition of this marathon in 2008, my target was to do 10 marathons. But upped to 50 marathons after listening to Shahid in a radio interview. Interestingly, he has scaled back but I continue to stick with my goal and this will be my marathon # 47. (More on my first Auroville marathon here)
This time, I am going to be running with Deepa, who is doing her maiden full marathon. We hope to complete it under 5 hours. Wish us good luck..
Got to go now..bfn
The setup is definitely different from the other big city marathons. It is a small, no frill marathon and the event organizers frown on corporate sponsorships. The marathon itself is held in a large international commune outside Pondicherry. The route is a mixture forest trail and dirt roads. All this builds an aura around this marathon and wants me to go back year after year.
When I ran the first edition of this marathon in 2008, my target was to do 10 marathons. But upped to 50 marathons after listening to Shahid in a radio interview. Interestingly, he has scaled back but I continue to stick with my goal and this will be my marathon # 47. (More on my first Auroville marathon here)
This time, I am going to be running with Deepa, who is doing her maiden full marathon. We hope to complete it under 5 hours. Wish us good luck..
Got to go now..bfn
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