The London Marathon is an experience first and a race second. It is reputed to be like no other, not even Boston or New York city. And I could see why. The experience I had during London was something way way different than my big races in the US like Chicago and Disney. This post is the highlight reel of my London Marathon experience, a much detailed race/performance report will follow. I was hoping to be able to use the…
When I was first offered a charity spot to run the London Marathon as part of Team Run for Autism, I never ever thought that I’d be able to raise $5000k to make the fundraising minimum. What started as a far reaching dream to run a bucket list race while supporting the research against Autism, the dream has been made possible by the support of some awesome people, some of whom I don’t even know! Many of you…
Sometime mid last year after I finished a Sprint Tri on 8 days of “training”, I had a crazy idea. So crazy that I immediately banished it, but so crazy that I couldn’t help keep thinking about it. I wanted to do Ironman 70.3 Augusta. There was a small catch though – along with being a slow swimmer and runner, I didn’t know how to ride! And hence began the #LongRoadToAugusta These past 15 months, I’ve trained, I’ve learnt, I’ve had breakthroughs,…
The back story My race reports always have a back story! This one for the Peachtree Road Race is more of a “why am I running this”? I wasn’t just feeling it in the days leading up to the race. I had just raced Chattanooga Olympic Triathlon last weekend in rather exhausting personal conditions and I felt like I had no breather after that. I had a terrible migraine for two days before the race. After racing last weekend, this…
I always find it difficult to just stick to the race day in a race report, because the race day is the finale in a series events leading up to the day. And so much of what happens before race day influences race day choices and decisions. Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon was my first Olympic Distance River Swim “Away” Triathlon So needless to say, it was a big one for me. But there was something else that distracted me from all the…
Tomorrow, I take on the Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon. It will be my First Olympic distance triathlon First River swim First out of town/overnight stay triathlon One of my worst weakness is how much chatter I put in my mind leading up to a race, especially one that I’m nervous about (with 3 firsts in a race, I can be permitted to be just a tad nervous, I think). My personal focus for every race this year (after Dopey) is to stay…
I was supposed to sign up for the Blalock Lakes Sprint Triathlon and … I procrastinated and it sold out! Luckily, I was able to get on the waiting list – I had to come prepared to race, but was not guaranteed a number until 7:30am on race day. That just added an extra element to my usual race day nerves. No issues, after a point, all nerves jumble into one big mass and they fight it out amongst themselves. …