Monday, June 05, 2006
21K Run
I had a 20.8K run on Sunday June 4th. After many years I had such a long run. I finished in around 2:25 hours. How unprepared I was for the run, showed up right after with severe body ache. Had lunch at Nandhini Palace. It's a good place for carb. loading. Went to Garuda mall and bought some running clothes. Had to take few aspirins before going to bed.
I will have to tweak few things in the next couple of months to improve performance. I surely need more mileage to cover the same distance comfortably. Then I will have to work on speed. I believe, I can do couple of KM more per hour if I practice properly. I am still focusing on doing a comfortable half marathon.
This run was on Indiranagar, 80 Feet Road – 13th Main - 100 Feet Road - Old Madras Road – 80 Feet Road, loop. The course is 5.2 Kilometers. I started near ISRO office at the south end of 80 feet road.
Places to watch out
1. 80 Feet Road and 13th Main/Jeevan Bheema Nagar Road – Heavy Traffic and tricky crossing
2. 100 Feet Road and 12th Main (after Food World) – Traffic
3. 100 Feet Road and 6th Main (Before Bus stop) – Watch out for buses
4. 100 Feet Road and CMH Road – Watch Traffic
5. Just before 100 Feet Road and Old Madras Road – Garbage Trucks (plenty of these), and slums children using footpath as bathroom.
6. Old Madras Road – Traffic
7. 80 Feet Road – Very smooth, watch out at CMH road crossing
8. 80 Feet Road & 6th Main – On Sunday at 8:00 AM, it’s full with Church going people. Lot of Traffic.
I am hoping to find a less complicated running route. I have heard that Indiranagar-Koramangala inner ring road is a good option. Most probably I will have to take my car and park somewhere. Also it will work as a water stop.
I will have to tweak few things in the next couple of months to improve performance. I surely need more mileage to cover the same distance comfortably. Then I will have to work on speed. I believe, I can do couple of KM more per hour if I practice properly. I am still focusing on doing a comfortable half marathon.
This run was on Indiranagar, 80 Feet Road – 13th Main - 100 Feet Road - Old Madras Road – 80 Feet Road, loop. The course is 5.2 Kilometers. I started near ISRO office at the south end of 80 feet road.
Places to watch out
1. 80 Feet Road and 13th Main/Jeevan Bheema Nagar Road – Heavy Traffic and tricky crossing
2. 100 Feet Road and 12th Main (after Food World) – Traffic
3. 100 Feet Road and 6th Main (Before Bus stop) – Watch out for buses
4. 100 Feet Road and CMH Road – Watch Traffic
5. Just before 100 Feet Road and Old Madras Road – Garbage Trucks (plenty of these), and slums children using footpath as bathroom.
6. Old Madras Road – Traffic
7. 80 Feet Road – Very smooth, watch out at CMH road crossing
8. 80 Feet Road & 6th Main – On Sunday at 8:00 AM, it’s full with Church going people. Lot of Traffic.
I am hoping to find a less complicated running route. I have heard that Indiranagar-Koramangala inner ring road is a good option. Most probably I will have to take my car and park somewhere. Also it will work as a water stop.
