You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind cant know whats coming - Frank Shorter
Sunday was the running day, and we were participating in the Kaveri Trail Marathon at Srirangapatna, near Mysore. I decided to drive to the venue, the place was perfet for running, a beautiful canal was flowing on the side, on the other side were paddy fields, and we had around 100 enthu runners, what else could a runner ask for.
I attempted a Half Marathon (21K) , but there were some delays and finally the race started at 9:40 am which was supposed to start at 9:00 am. Already the heat was becoming unbearable, and I initially thought that it is going to be impossible for me to complete it, then I thought lets see how long can I continue with this heat, maybe this is a good training for the Ultra, where we are attempting a 52K. But as the day progressed the sun became unbearable , the salt losses were also heavy, but thankfully the aid stations were very well positioned and well equipped with electral and other stuff, one thing that I really liked was the availability of peanut butter and jelly sanwiches, that helped me in the last 5 Km.
I met some really great people there as well, some were attempting the half marathon the first time, and hats off to them many made it back to the finish line in a decent time. I guess the idea with a marathon is always that you are running against yourself, you always try to beat your last best time and for some people they run to complete! I used to be in the latter but now trying to improve my timing lately!
Overall a great experience.....
Links:
1) Priyanka's Post on Kaveri Trail Marathon
2) Sudhir P's experience with running
3) Manoj's Blog
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