Bandra-Churchgate Training Run: Sunday 18 July, 2010.
The Twilight Zone had mooted a Churchgate-Bandra run as part of its training schedule, a few months ago, but it was deferred thanks to the heat. The BNP21K race organised by the RRR...RMR group, and scheduled for 22nd Aug, has now given us an excuse to slot this long-deferred run into this training schedule.
After several consultations, discussions and considerations, the logistics of the run have more or less been frozen. As an overwhelming majority expressed preference for a reverse route, and also desiring to give the Thane Varsha Marathon a skip, the run details are now as follows:
Date of Run: Sunday, 18th July, 2010.
Time of assembly: 5:00 - 5:15 am. Run to begin at 5:30 am.
DIrection: Bandra to Churchgate
Starting Point: Southern end of Carter Road Promenade, Bandra, abutting Otters Club. (Although runners deciding to join en route can do so anywhere.)
Destination: NCPA, Nariman Point.
Estimated distance: 21-23K (this is a pure guestimate, but if anyone volunteers to measure and post it here, that would be priceless)
Route: Carter Road Promenade (Otters Club / Joggers Park end), straight down Turner Road, past Moti Mahal Restaurant, to the HP Petrol Pump (junction of 5 roads, near Bandra Talkies/Suburbia) - turn right at the pump, straight down past Bandra Talao, Lucky Restaurant, Mahim Causeway - at St. Michael's Church veer right onto Cadell Road, then straight down past Hinduja Hospital, Shivaji Park, Siddhi Vinayak Temple (do not turn left towards Sayani Road, but stay straight), going past Bengal Chemicals/New Passport Office, Century Bazar, Sasmira, Poddar Hospital, follow left road to Worli Naka (NOTE: Worli Sea Face detour and stopover now stands cancelled). Right at Worli Naka, straight down to Haji Ali (now joining the SCMM route). Towards Cadbury, Jaslok Hospital, up Kemps Corner Flyover - turn right towards Babulnath Temple - straight onward then left on to Marine Drive, the entire length of Marine Drive and finish at NCPA.
The plan is to start the run on time, so those who come in late, can join in at any other point along the route, as some other runners have already planned. Rain will not deter us from running, unless it's another 26/7.
Being a pre-sunrise start, runners are advised to wear a light coloured shirt/vest or if possible fluorescent strips, so as to be easily spotted by drivers. Wherever possible, running will happen on the extreme RHS of the road facing oncoming traffic.
We reiterate that this is NOT a race but a group, camaraderie run, with training for the BNP 21K race in mind. Runners therefore run at their own risk, and those who have never run at least 20K before (or at least 16K as part of their latest, ongoing training schedule), or have any medical conditions not conducive to long-distance running, are advised not to run. In any case, each runner takes responsibility for themselves.
The plan is to run in groups - generally a faster and slower group depending on runners' paces. The idea is to ensure that no one runs alone - especially female runners. Each running group will be requested to account for those that started out with then, noting any drop outs along the way. Please ensure no one in your group lags too far behind, run in a more cohesive group throughout.
As this is just a training run, water and other supplies will NOT be arranged, and each runner is advised to carry their own water (500ml bottle is ideal) and money to replenish water stocks at shops along the way, as per their fluid requirements. Remember that hydrating along the way is absolutely essential. However, if anyone wishes to volunteer arranging these - along the route or at the destination - that would be fantastic (Sundaresan, you may want to post something in this regard).
Neither will there be any provision for keeping bags or any other accessories. You run in the gear you land up in, and carry anything else with you.
In the spirit of runner camaraderie, there is a suggestion to chill out after the run, at a Nariman Point/Churchgate cafe/restaurant. While this will be an impromptu decision, runners will go dutch - hence advised to carry monies to cover this as well. Venue recommendations are welcome.
Finally, being a training run with an emphasis on group/camaraderie running, the idea is not to threaten the world record, but run at 70-75% or lower of your peak capacity. Enjoy the run, and leave the Olympic trials for another day... 22nd August, maybe.
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Permalink Reply by milton frank on -
please confirm/reconfirm particiaption on this thread. ram, maybe you'd want to float another of those 'e-forms' just so it's all centralised and not diffused. the other threads on TZ, RRR...RMR and MMR, should now be rendered inactive. please post all discussions with reference to this run on this thread only.
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Permalink Reply by Ram on -
Excellent, Milton, that's very comprehensive. The following people had given their confirmations:
Ram, Giles, Gen, Hemant, Ashok, Shashi, Supriya, Amit Joshi, Rohit Bansal, Krishna, Milton, Radhika, Ganesh Awasthi, Ganesh, Mohana, Sundaresan (from NCPA), Pravin Varma, Ajit Singh, Sameer Sakpal, Ashwini, Zico & Raj (coming from Goregaon – joining at Mahim Causeway)
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Permalink Reply by Ashok Someshwar on -
Very comprehensive. Thanks for this. Why are we cancelling the detour? I thought running on the worli sea face would be a good idea.
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Permalink Reply by Md.Mumtaz Qureishi on
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Hi,Milton & Ram
Count me too.I will start my run from Andheri and join the friends at Carter Road.
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Permalink Reply by milton frank on
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ram, from your list that makes it 22, plus qureshi; not so sure about krish who is intent on running the TVM. so it's 22 for now.
ashok, the original worli sea face idea was to provide a stopover. since water is not being arranged, and the run being extended to ncpa, it would increase the mileage, while the idea was to keep it down to 21-23. however, we can still slot it back into the route by popular demand. let's wait for feedback.
qureshi, we're presuming you will start out much earlier from andheri and reach the starting pt by 5:25 latest?
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Permalink Reply by Mani on
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Hi Milton,
I will be there as well. Will reach the starting point on time. Hope to get 1 or 2 colleagues with me.
Thanks,
Mani
milton frank said:ram, from your list that makes it 22, plus qureshi; not so sure about krish who is intent on running the TVM. so it's 22 for now.
ashok, the original worli sea face idea was to provide a stopover. since water is not being arranged, and the run being extended to ncpa, it would increase the mileage, while the idea was to keep it down to 21-23. however, we can still slot it back into the route by popular demand. let's wait for feedback.
qureshi, we're presuming you will start out much earlier from andheri and reach the starting pt by 5:25 latest?
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Permalink Reply by milton frank on
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mani, that would be great.
ram, this increases the total to about 25-27, as sripad has also confirmed on the MMR discussion thread.
giles, critical mass achieved. game on?
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Permalink Reply by Ram on
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Mani, let us know the names of the people running with you. Even though this is only a group run, we still would like to ensure that all runners are properly taken care of in terms of "not getting lost" etc.
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Hi Ram, As of now, Nitin More and Mahesh Krishnamurthy would be joining us....Thanks.......Mani
Ram said:Mani, let us know the names of the people running with you. Even though this is only a group run, we still would like to ensure that all runners are properly taken care of in terms of "not getting lost" etc.
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Sorry Ram, Mahesh wouldnt be coming for this....Mani
Mani said:Hi Ram, As of now, Nitin More and Mahesh Krishnamurthy would be joining us....Thanks.......Mani
Ram said:Mani, let us know the names of the people running with you. Even though this is only a group run, we still would like to ensure that all runners are properly taken care of in terms of "not getting lost" etc.
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Permalink Reply by milton frank on
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ram, we can now add manu from the jogger's park group who's also confirmed he's running.
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Permalink Reply by milton frank on
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ram... and we can add khushru too - tentatively. if he isn't touring, he may join the run. we're pushing 30 now i think.
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