H Arun,
No, I've not been to Bangalore for any running events (on holiday, yes). However, in 2010 I do plan on taking part in one or two events there.
I'll be in touch with you.
Regards,

Hi Arun,
Thanks for your compliment on calling me a "great achiever", but I do think I have miles to go.
Anyway, congrats for doing the 21K midnight marathon. Without much practise, your time of 2hrs. 24mins. is certainly good.
When I come to Bangalore, I must ask you to book a hotel room for me and also show me the starting of the Bangalore Ultra.
Giles

Hi Arun,
I see you've now added an Ultra to your running achievements. First congratulations on do well for yourself in the 25K Bangalore Ultra. By all means, 2hrs. 45mins. is a pretty good time.
Keep running and keep smiling.
Btw, what is your next run? and when?
Giles

Hi Arun,
Thank you for joining RRR .... RMR. Do hope you will be happy and comfortable here.
Hey Arun, you can go ahead and reduce your weight - but I suggest start reducing it slowly. Drastic and quick weight reduction will only leave you feeling weak.
Keep well.

Hi Arun,
You are overweight and need to bring it down to around 74-75 kg. But of course for the Ultra you wont run at 75kg., - nevertheless you'll finish.
What is really happening is, Arun, you've been running on hard surfaces - concrete, tarred road. Thumping the road at your weight is bound to give you knee problems.
My suggestion is, while you go about bringing your weight down, you must run on mud/dirt track i.e. a stadium or training ground. If there's beach sand that you can train on, that being softer, it would be an even better training ground.
Keep the actual road running for the Races - while practise could be done on softer ground. An occasional or low intensity practise on tar or concrete is okay.
With the Ultra already around the corner, you probably are in the Tapering Week. My suggestion, therefore, would be please train on softer ground till Race Day.
ITBS stands for Illitiobial Band Syndrome. This is a problem almost 42% of runners worldover get at some time or other. ITB is a muscle that starts at the hip, runs down the side of the leg, tapers at the knee and ends at the Tibia on the shin. This muscle is at its narrowest at the side of the knee. Stress and pressure on this muscle in that area causes knee pain. I had written a lengthy article on ITBS on Discussions - please locate and read it. In case you can't locate it, you may just type in ITBS on Google's search engine and you'll get a lot to read about it. You could also be going in for Runner's Knee, but I think this is ITBS - therefore please up on both.
After your Ultra, please take a break and get your problem cured. To prevent this problem (after its cured), you need to do ITBS stretches. There are a horde of ITB stretches on the Net, some complicated (like the Pigeon pose, Half Lotus, Full Lotus etc). As a beginner, please do only the easy ones. The stretches will strengthen the IT Band in the knee area too, thereby leading to lesser chances of injury.
Used to write a great deal on Discussions in the past, but now have started my own Group (Run Run Run .... Run Mumbai Run) on RFL itself and therefore don't have much time to answer general runners on RFL. You keen to join my group - you are welcome - its for everybody. Search it out, join if you wish. You may also write in on my direct mail too if you desire.
Get well soon, and take care.
All the best for the Ultra.

Hi Arun.

Greetings.

Sorry, it won't be possible for me to participate in the B'lore Ultra this year. We were in B'lore on vacation this summer and hope to be there next year.

All the best to you. I am sure you will be able to complete it.

Anil