SCMM - Personal Best time

Successfully completed my 6th Mumbai Half Marathon in a PERSONAL BEST time of 2.25.56 hours today. The race started with a melee today at the starting point, and I started with a good pace and kept at it till about 9 kms mark after which i started sagging a bit. from Mahalakshmi race course onwards, the sun was directly affecting the runners and the pedder road climb took a heavy toll on the legs. Passed the magificient african athletes at about that time. The marine drive stretch also took a heavy toll and i started walking to the count of 30 steps each time to recover my energy. From just before the turn into V.N. Road, i started again strongly, and kept at it without stopping, slowly increasing my pace all the time. At the flora fountain turn, i was determined to run strongly to the finish and i started accelerating my pace all the time and from about 200 metres to the finish, i started sprinting strongly to finish strongly in a good time of 2.25.56 hours. If i had not taken those walking steps, i could well have finished under 2.15 hours, which was the target.

Cat O' Nine Tales

Just finished reading "Cat O' Nine Lives" an excellent collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer in his inimitable narrative style, which is brilliant. "The Man who robbed his own post office', "Don't drink the water", "The commissioner" were some of the best tales, though in my opinion, all the stories were outstanding.

Sunday Run at Borivli National Park - 31st December 2009

had a good run at Borivli National Park today for about 14 kms at 93.50 minutes. Met a lot of guys today from RRR RMR group.

Hand me a Figleaf

That is the title of the book by James Hadley Chase, which i completed today. Chase is one of my favorities, and i intend to read all his books, have completed few so far. His is a typical, hustling pot boiler with suspense, drama, murder, mystery and little bit of sex thrown in. He typically writes of the under dregs of the world.

Hand me a Figleaf

That is the title of the book by James Hadley Chase, which i completed today. Chase is one of my favorities, and i intend to read all his books, have completed few so far. His is a typical, hustling pot boiler with suspense, drama, murder, mystery and little bit of sex thrown in. He typically writes of the under dregs of the world.

Easy Run - Saturday, 30th January 2010

Did an easy run of 31.22 minutes today, perforce had to cut down my run due to an impending cold/cough. Just to keep the momentum going.

JD Salinger

The second in the line of famous authors passing away this year JD Salinger also has a cult book to his name "The Catcher in the Rye". Just like Erich Segal previously, Salinger achieved life time fame from just one novel.