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Boston Marathon 2019 Race Report

Posted on April 19, 2019December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

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 […]

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Phoenix-Mesa Half Marathon – Race Report

Posted on February 16, 2019April 25, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

I hadn’t raced in over a year but that changed on February 9, 2019. I ran the Phoenix Half Marathon. It was a training run to prepare for the Boston Marathon. My plan was to run the first 4 miles easy (8:05 pace), pick it up for the next 5 miles (7:55 pace) and then […]

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Canyon City Marathon 2017 in Azusa, CA – Race Report

Posted on November 11, 2017December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

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 […]

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New bikes and Canyon City marathon in less than 3 days

Posted on November 1, 2017December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

We bought new bicycles last weekend. They are cruisers suited to bike around the neighborhood and go out for coffee. They are comfortable bikes. They are easy bikes. I have already named my bike. Tortuga. It means tortoise; slow and steady and relaxed and comfortable. We went out for a smooth, easy 5-mile ride in […]

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World Marathon Majors – the journey continues

Posted on October 20, 2017December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Yesterday, a confirmation letter from Abbott (below) showed up in my inbox. It got me all excited. I have now run all six Marathon Majors: Boston Marathon 2015 New York City Marathon 2015 London Marathon 2016 Berlin Marathon 2016 Tokyo Marathon 2017 Chicago Marathon 2017 Fortunately, my journey doesn’t end after running all six. It […]

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Chicago Marathon 2017 Race Report

Posted on October 11, 2017December 16, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

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 […]

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Chicago Marathon Training Week 16 – Tentative but Ready to Rock

Posted on October 8, 2017December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

The race is tomorrow. After my accident last Saturday, I have steadily recovered with each passing day. I can’t say that I am back to 100%; but the pain has eased. Ibuprofen has helped. When I take a deep breath, it still hurts to inhale and exhale. Maybe “hurt” is too strong a word, it’s […]

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Chicago Marathon Training Week 15 – Disaster Strikes

Posted on October 5, 2017April 25, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Things were going reasonably smoothly for my training until last Saturday. That’s when disaster struck. Early on Saturday morning, I started the ride at 6:30AM with the Cyclologic group. There were about 10 of us. Everything was going peachy smooth in the group with casual conversation about nothing important. It was a lovely morning for […]

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Chicago Marathon Training Week 14

Posted on October 1, 2017April 25, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

We are 7 days away from the Chicago Marathon. This blog entry is about last week (week ended September 24, 2017), when all was well. That changed yesterday with a bike crash (you will read more about it in a few days, but you have already seen some of it if you follow me on […]

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Chicago Marathon Training Week 13

Posted on September 23, 2017April 25, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

I’ve been working on The Borneo Experience for a couple of weeks now. I’m quite happy with the way it has turned out. Here it is! It’s back to the grind for Chicago Marathon training. It was still hot in Arizona this week with temperatures hovering right around the triple-digit mark. Therefore, once again, most […]

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