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How often do you run?
A few times a week
Where do you run?
Bangalore - Lalbagh
Cubbon park
Defense colony
Treadmill
Why do you run?
Many reasons - running as a spiritual experience, running as an anger release, running to keep fit and running to simply run and get away from the world
What is the longest distance you have ever run?
100 km
What is your personal best timing? (please mention the distance and time)
Marathon: 4 hours 26 minutes
21 k: 1 hour 45 minutes
10k run: 46 minutes

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Book on running, Difference between walking and running

I was really tempted to run the Chennai marathon this sunday. Decided to call home and inform them that I am coming over for the run. My mom's question was "have you been practicing? how long is it?". I replied " no, i havent been training because of the knee and the race is a half marathon which is 21k". She responded advising "you don't want to run without training and you definitely don't want the injury to persist for too long". My mom is not a runner but she is sensible and rational enough… Continue

Posted on August 28, 2008 at 2:32pm —

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European Friend, 30 km in the Marathon and Smile Catalysts

An exotic European girl whose name is hard to pronounce (that makes her even more attractive), asked me yesterday " What do you have to offer to the world of women?". She said a few nice things that made me happy and persuaded to analyze this. I could not help laughing and I still continue to crack up but I was also thinking about it at the back of my head. The answer might require a few years of penance in the Himalayas and still I might not be able to come up with an appropriate answer. I am u… Continue

Posted on July 22, 2008 at 6:29pm —

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At 5:37pm on November 22, 2008, Nischal Pai said…
Shumit, yeah hurt the ankle and heel a bit over the run. doc is going to fix it all up, he has promised. see you on a run real soon.
At 12:14pm on November 19, 2008, Gautam Mahtani said…
what time? where? if its in and around indiranagar would be better.. need to pick up my baby from inlaws on old madras road..
At 12:08pm on November 19, 2008, Gautam Mahtani said…
dude.. awesome show.. thanx to you i did 50K.. my body had pretty much packed up at 25k.. lets catch up for a beer this week.. :)
At 12:33pm on November 17, 2008, sindhoor said…
Not an issue. I can completely understand wanting to go back. We had a room and hence we could shower and that made a huge difference! So how much did you run eventually. How long did you keep going?

His name is Uttam and I am not sure if he is on the site. He is selectively internet-savvy! :)
At 12:30pm on November 17, 2008, Jacob said…
sure, give me a call on sunday, we can have beer. Leah flew from LA just to be here for the race, now we are going to travel to Kenya together. We might even run the Kilimajaro marathon in March. :) btw, how far did you run yesterday?
At 12:23pm on November 17, 2008, Jacob said…
she took a few pictures of you. I will post them on Facebook for you. I did the 100 in 12:09 hrs. it was pretty tough, I hated the road, it was really bad for my ankle. :(
At 1:05pm on July 29, 2008, Gautam Mahtani said…
hey howz yr tendonitis? run on saturday?
At 12:20pm on May 19, 2008, Jacob said…
hey, how are u doing? How did u go with the 10K?
At 1:05pm on May 17, 2008, Y S P KRISHNA KUMAR(SHYAM) said…
Hi Shumit,
How are u doing,are running the sunfeast 10k.
whats latest on auroville marathon.
shyam
At 9:27am on May 17, 2008, Balu said…
welcome to Bangalore... lets catch up at the race event.. my number is 9945488775..... send across urs as well.....
 
 
 

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