@Kavin - here is Vijay's no.

 

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Kavin - pls register your team for the 5K relay event!!!

Yes, I had good run. Achieved PB of 4:53:51 hrs. More significantly having done it under 5 hours my registration for Comrades 2011 will get confirmed. It is very tough to prepare for Comrades though. I have close to 4 months for preparation. Challenge will be to increase mileage significantly and remain injury-free.

Sent yours, Sameer and Roshni's certificate (Pune marathon) and medals on your address just now by DTDC. You should get it tomorrow.

hi kavin

sorry about the late reply

was hectic

kavin, excellent PB for you at GRM. since we were chatting about it, thought i'd post you this... looking at your 10.5 splits, your first half was 52 odd and your second 58. it means you slowed down something like 6 minutes or 11.5% in the second half of the race. while opinion will always be divided on this, my own analysis is that there's too much disparity between the two halves of your race, and esp onthe wrong side. i feel it's better to run equal splits or where the second half or fourth quarter is faster than the earlier ones. it might help you conserve some energy for a second half, or realistcally, final quarter assault.

of course one must remember that strategically a HM half is not 10.5K, it's more like 15K and 6K. so maybe you should plan to run in a more controlled first 12-15K and then consider what you've got left in the tank and accordingly make that final assault.

then again, i may be basing this on too little info - just the one race i saw your timings for. which may have been an abberation really. maybe all your other races are strategically sound. in which case just ignore this. but it might help to visit all your more recent races and analyse the splits to figure out if there's a pattern forming somewhere which needs to be corrected.

again, the above analysis is just my take and many a running guru may shoot it down. i'm purely talking from personal experience and instinct. finally of course, since you're the one that's done the ultra distances, hey you should be giving me advice, and not asking for it :-)

Hi Kavin
Congratulations on your excellent performance in ADHM. See you at NRC