It is a fine crisp morning in South Delhi and I am wearing running Bib No 3560 along with more than 15000 people to start the Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon. 2 Hours and 8 minutes later I finish the run. Not bad compared to the 2 Hours and 20 minutes I had used for Mumbai Marathon in January.
This was not the finish of the Delhi Marathon but the first 21Km of the Delhi-Mumbai 1428km Relay Marathon. We got this idea to run-for-a-cause and raise awareness and raise funds for education and specifically digitally inspired primary education using the OLPC Foundation developed XO Laptops. We are doing our first pilot in a remote tribal village in Maharastra.
In the auto ride to the parking lot, I met the most inspiring Dr Rajat Chauhan and Sunil Chainani. You can read his BLOG and find your own source of inspiration.
I intend to keep you posted how Team IT - (Initial members: Sandy Mehta, Rahul Khona and me) keep pace as we traverse the 1428 Km distance between Delhi and Mumbai. As the team grows, we will change the route to add Kilometers. Send mail to Mugdha to join the team and add your daily/weekly km run.
Other teams who compete against the IT team will create their own goals, reaching Mumbai from different locations.
Week-1: 65 kms
Starting with my Delhi Marathon and Sandy running in Mumbai, we are off to a good start.
Week-2: 170 kms
I spent three days in the US and had to run on the tread-mill (to avoid getting shot running in downtown Dallas). Got 25 kms over two days as brisk pace. Sandy did his usual 70 kms. Diwali got in the way.
Week-3: 230 Kms
Had a bad week with dehydration so Sandy did most all the running.
Signing off on end of Week-3: Rahul joins the gang this week.
Sumit Chowdhury, Sandy Mehta & Rahul Khona
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