At first instance the volunteer standing at gate will not let me go inside, as i am just going inside to see things around. Second time i told him, I am going to collect the bag and he was okay to let me go in (without checking for any confirmation letter).
Early Sunday morning , Little bit of fog and cool temperature. Reached stadium around 6:45, they have categories this time depending upon your previous timing and experience. I was in B Category.
Plan was to reach 5Km mark and then walk. During the run i realized , i can do little better and target reached 8Km and kept increasing till 15K when i decided to walk for some time. The timings and condition was perfect and i was not feeling any cramp or unbearable pain (little pain was always there after 8Km).
Here comes the change, Somebody near asked time and reply came 8:57 AM which means i have spent 1:45 mins for 15k and if i keep going at this pace (which is almost nearly impossible because body condition was not same).
Now i need to finish before 2:30 hours , so started running as soon as i heard the time. Next break (walk for 300m) came after crossing 17Km mark and next one was after 19. Managed to complete Half Marathon with chip timing of 2:22 mins approximately (time 8:57, may be his watch was running fast by 15 mins or so...anyway proved out to be beneficial for me).
Let see how things will go in Bambai :)
To Organizers- things could have been better please note down below
- when you know you have to make electrolyte solutions on the stop with powder, please make it 30 40 mins before the run (not in the run)
- Volunteers can be screened, hiring anybody at cheap rates can fatal, I have seen today numerous instances of their misbehavior with participants after the run.
