My training over the past 3 months had gone well. I was happy with my pace and my form. I had no injuries to worry about. I was confident of qualifying for Boston at Revel Kulia on the Big Island of Hawaii. Unfortunately, it was not to be. My finish time was a more than […]
Marathons
Boston Marathon 2019 Race Report
After running all 6 marathon majors in 2015, 2016 and 2017, I took the year off in 2018. Fortunately, in my last marathon in 2017 in Azusa, California (race report), I qualified for Boston. It wasn’t a PR but I did well enough to beat the cutoff time by over 5 minutes. I started training […]
Canyon City Marathon 2017 in Azusa, CA – Race Report
After I ran the Chicago Marathon all gimpy after a bike accident a week earlier, I wanted to run a fast race. The normal recovery time after a marathon is about six weeks but the Canyon City Marathon in the eastern LA suburb of Azusa seemed like a good idea. I would run back-to-back marathons […]
Chicago Marathon 2017 Race Report
Two Marathon Majors in 2015 (Boston and New York), two more in 2016 (London and Berlin) and two more in 2017 (Tokyo and Chicago); now I have all six Marathon Majors under my belt. I ran the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 8, 2017 in an official time of 3:49:40 and actually had fun running […]
Race Report – The Tokyo Marathon 2017
Tokyo is the most impeccably clean city I have ever visited. I was in Japan about 15 years ago for a business trip and I remember everything being neat and tidy but not like this. I went out of my way to find fault in Japanese discipline, Japanese hospitality, Japanese punctuality, Japanese cleanliness. I failed […]
Berlin Marathon 2016 – Race Report
It was an exciting Berlin Marathon. I would rate my overall experience a solid B. Here’s the overall rating: Expo: B Course: A Crowd Support: A Starting Corral: C Race Nutrition and Water Stations: B Pre-race Bag Checkin: B Toilets (pre race): D Post-race Snacks: A Finisher Medal: A Finisher Shirt: B Race Timing: A […]
London Marathon – Race Report
Binita and Unnati partying at Ciro’s Pizza Pomodoro Binita and I arrived in London on the morning of April 21. The race was on April 24. I thought 3 days would be adequate time to relax and get rid of jetlag. I thought wrong. I was sleep-deprived on race-day. On the first night, I got […]
Race Report – New York Marathon 2015
Ouch! It was a miserable New York Marathon race today. I completely fell apart at mile 18. My mind gave up. My body just about gave up. I did finish but was slower by 30+ minutes than my goal to finish in an official time of 4:14:49. There were so many pain points and lessons […]
Boston Marathon 2015 Race Report
The Boston Marathon is a net downhill course. But there are plenty uphills including the infamous heartbreak hill. The course is constantly up and down and up and down. It is hard to get into a rhythm. Today this was compounded by cold temperatures, lashing rain and headwinds gusting to 30+ MPH. It was a […]
Phoenix Marathon Race Report – 2014
It was a hard race today. I needed all my mental and physical juices flowing and had to dig deep to finish strong. The weather elements were harsh. Rain and wind came and went. Runners persevered, most of us anyway! 2:45AM: I didn’t sleep well. I was nervous and anxious. I have already blogged that […]