Monday, November 27, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Marine Corps Mara Photos
Marathon Photos
And a few from the day before (mostly me and Yesh, but some from the Team Asha lunch at Filomena's):
Day Before Photos
Have a few more that were on the digital cam that I carried with me from mile 1 - 13 -- will send those out soon.
DC was fun!
Monday, November 06, 2006
NDTV Article on Team Asha
Check out the story here: NDTV article
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Night before!
In case you want to check our progress online tomorrow, you can go to the following website and look us up based on last name (Paul):
http://www.marinemarathon.com/Results/check_your_runner.htm
Also, it's definitely not too late to donate to the cause we're running for (we're a little short of our target :( )! Donations to Asha can be made online at:
http://ashanet.org/nycnj/?s=marathon&id=191&rid=1688 (Yesh)
http://ashanet.org/nycnj/?s=marathon&id=191&rid=1685 (Bhawna)
Looking forward to catching up after the run!
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Frost Valley Run
- wonderful weather: it was chilly, but perfect for running and I actually remembered my earmuffs and gloves, so was nice 'n toasty
- wonderful scenery: rolling hills, fall colors, complete quiet, flowing streams... amazing!
- wonderful company: had a glorious time with Cara who made the run fun and easy! Thanks Cara!
We made really good time (at least for me). 10 miles (I measured it today on the drive back) in ~1:45... wowee.
Right knee was in pain around mile 8, but was fine after a quick 1-minute walk. Left knee was fine!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
My 1st Race Certificate
Some stats:
- I came in #10101 (well, there's at least a lot of 1s in that number :) )
- Pace/mile was 13:18, which I was pretty pleased with (I run my 20-milers at ~14+)
- Net finish time was 2:54:22 (so my sprint at the end definitely helped me make it under 3 hrs)
The winners were Kenyans Thomas Nyariki (1:01:22) and Catherine Ndereba (1:09:43) -- they ran it in 1/3rd the time I did. Amazing!
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Treadmill Twenty
Funnily enough, this wasn't actually the achievement of the day --setting up our DVD player to work with the flat-screen TV in the gym was. Imagine this:
- flat-screen TV up high on a wall
- TV cord too short to reach plugpoint or DVD player
- multiple extension cords from plugpoint to TV cord
- DVD player perched sideways atop 2 dumbells atop kitchen stool
- 2 switches to turn on the TV (one well hidden)
- lack of batteries in TV remote
- 1 hour later -- Bourne Supremacy plays on highly unstable TV/DVD contraption while B runs crazily on treadmill...
I'll be glad when all this madness is over!
p.s. run was pretty good aside from the last 4 miles, which I had to mostly speedwalk. The knees and ankles are starting to fall apart :(
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Asha Project: Mukti
Socio-economic development trust Mukti was established in 2003 from the vision of a Sunderban native Sankar Halder. Sankar grew up in an underprivileged family in the Sunderban and went through the trials and tribulations that people living in Sunderban suffer through. Sankar decided to involve educated and energetic local youth to develop themselves and their communities through various developmental projects. This vision led to the foundation of Mukti.
Mukti's mission is to implement programs for upliftment of the underprivileged, illiterate, poor and backward people of mainly the Sunderbans region by way of motivation and human resources development thus building a self-reliant society by efficient and effective utilization of local resources and implementation of environmentally sound policies. The goal of education is not only to bring jobs to people, but to improve their lives. We believe education will teach people to think, will help them understand why it is important to do family planning, will help them understand how to improve the agricultural methods, will help them understand why good sanitation is important, and will expose them to the many good and bad things in the world outside.
More details can be found at:
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Heading south...
Overall observation was that the route was a little less crowded -- fewer people and cars to deal with. The only thing was there was a heck of a lot of goose poo (!) on the trail at the park.
My left knee is still being a pain.