That's me! (Christmas '08)
After participating in all the 3 RUNs of India in 2009 that will now be labelled ‘Gold’ by IAAF, I plan to participate in London Santa RUN on 5th of Dec …
I like to RUN but it is even more fun if I can dedicate it to some cause – so, I look forward to your support in fund-raising for the charity who are behind its organization. Read more here and just give 
Thanking you in anticipation, HO HO HO!
OverAll Rank |
Bib |
Category Rank |
Split @ 10K |
Split @ 20K |
Finish Time/Chip Time |
| 2905 | 7464 | 2397 | 01:00:37 | 02:28:50 | 02:47:31 / 02:39:46 |
The above statistics about my 3rd half-marathon here in Delhi (on 1st Nov.) shows this was better than then the one I did in runner-un-friendly weather of Mumbai but my 1st one was the best!
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Last year, I had written a post related to names of ancestors in my family … It spanned several generations but had only few names.
Recently, I came across a nice website for creating family trees. Our tree already has 120+ members! You can see my online family tree by clicking the link
We all want to see miracles – especially when we feel ‘we are stuck’ … but we ‘miss’ realizing inumerable ‘miracles’ that are happening every moment all over around us … maybe because ‘miracles’ are too common-place
And it is true – there are 6 billion+ homo sapiens sapiens on this planet earth! And then we have flora & fauna in multiples of that number! Aren’t they all living miracles ?!
I would like to quote a short article I had read on http://aawaj.shaayad.com/node/27
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One of the famous sufi, Rabia, once while cooking realized she did not have onions. She is supposed to have said – “I want onion” and there was spring of onion that fell from the sky. Seeing this people said, this is a miracle.
Rabia said, if that is miracle what is the fact that god created onion shops for us to get onions.
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I am sure if we rethink our definition of ‘miracle’ we would be able to feel lot more ‘grateful’
It has been long that I have shared some ‘learnings’ from observing things around me in the daily routine … so, here goes one
I noticed that people in our multi-storeyed building often delay themselves (and others) because of not knowing how to use the elevator keys … I would like to call them people who need ‘elevator training’ …
If such a person wants to go downstairs (while waiting on floor number 5) – instead of simply pressing the ‘down’ button, he/she would first find out the floor on which the elevator is currently located and when it happens to be on a lower floor (say 1), he/she would press the ‘up’ button (assuming the button is meant to tell the ‘elevator’ the direction in which it should start moving so that he/she can jump in) …
Those who are ‘elevator trained’ and those who have been ‘delayed’ on their way home (due to such an act) would be able to easily relate to this.
Huh!? Where is the ‘lesson for life’ ? I guess, many times in our life we operate in similar fashion — we choose our actions based on the then situation … should not we instead be taking steps based on where we want to go?
[I liked one of the statements made in 'The Secret' - what we are (ie our current realities) is - what we were (means the result of our past thoughts and actions) ... so, we can start to change our reality without acting out of what the current situation is]
| WEEK | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN |
| 1 | Rest | 5 km | 5 | 6 | R | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | R | 5 | 5 | 6 | R | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | R | 5 | 5 | Cross Train (40 min) | R | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | R | 5 | 6 | Cross Train (40 min) | R | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | R | 5 | 7 | Cross Train (40 min) | R | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | R | 5 | 8 | Cross Train (60 min) | R | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | R | 5 | 8 | Cross Train (60 min) | R | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | R | 8 | 8 | Cross Train (60 min) | R | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | R | 8 | 5 | Cross Train (60 min) | R | 6 | 21 (1/2 Marathon) |
| 10 | R | 8 | 5 | 10 | R | 6 | 15 |
| 11 | R | 8 | 10 | 5 | R | 6 | 24 |
| 12 | R | 8 | R | 13 | R | 8 | 26 |
| 13 | R | 8 | 14 | 5 | R | 6 | 22 |
| 14 | R | 8 | 14 | 8 | R | 8 | 28 |
| 15 | R | 8 | R | 8 | R | 8 | 30 |
| 16 | R | 8 | 16 | 8 | R | 8 | 22 |
| 17 | R | 8 | R | 8 | R | 8 | 32 |
| 18 | R | 8 | 13 | 8 | R | 8 | 22 |
| 19 | R | 6 | 10 | 8 | R | 8 | 13 |
| 20 | R | 5 | 6 | R | R | 3 | 42.2 (Marathon) |
Above is a 20 week training schedule for full marathon (Source: http://scmm.indiatimes.com/training.html)
If you intend to follow this for the Mumbai marathon on 17th Jan 2010, then you should start from 1st Sep 2009.
… during a recent flight, i had a ‘eureka’ moment!
Image by mbshane - http://flickr.com/photos/mbshane/2385157193/
The background that was visible to me was almost ’stand still’. So much so that it can deceive anyone into believing the aero-plane is hardly moving.
Where as the fact was – it was moving at a very fast pace – ask the kid on the ground below trying to get a glimpse of the fascinating ‘creature’ (I still stretch out my neck and try to look at the plane every time I hear a flight – especially a helicopter Thank GOD, I do not stay very close to the airport!)
When one feels his or her life is boring and not ‘moving at all’ (ruki ruki si zindagi?) maybe it is the same case! It is probably moving at a fast pace towards the destination but it is just that the motion is not apparent from one’s ‘point of view’
So, if that is the case, will looking from a different vantage point help and show the ‘big picture’?
Team RangDe.org at Bangalore RUN on 31 May '09
‘Let’s KNOCK OUT poverty’ – was catchy enough as a theme to create waves on the streets of Bengaluru – despite ours being a small team. Yes! the cool, bright red boxing gloves were integral part of it and I ran the whole of 10km with the gloves always on
As RangDe team has mentioned on their blog, the marathon was really a ‘knock out’!
I reached the ‘Finish’ line in 1:09:13 [hours:minutes:seconds] and I can definitely attribute few additional minutes to the boxing gloves
In the process, we raised more than 3 lacs in ’social investment’ from around 70 investors (out of which at least 60 might be ‘first timer’ investors of RangDe) … This might be just 30% of our BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) but I guess it is decent enough – considering the short time frame and limited people behind the ‘campaign’ … Interestingly, we fetched support from people of several walks of life spread across the globe – a doctor from Ahmedabad, founder of an NGO in US, a CEO from Delhi, a Prof. from IIM-A, a poet-writer from Delhi, a senior Director in IT firm from NY, US, an IT programmer from Mumbai are some examples of diversity …
Do you want to ’share colors of joy’? Come onboard and join the revolution!
If you are eager to know – let me tell you – the answer is — Yes & No 
Some 7-8 weeks back, I embarked on a journey to raise ’social’ investment (not charity) for the NGO that is working to eradicate poverty through MicroCredit – RangDe.org
I took up the challenge to raise Rs. 1,00,000/- from 200 new ‘investors’ and also wanted Aamir Khan to get on board
Together as RangDe team, we have raised about 3 lac … we have not yet got 200 new investors but a figure of 50-60 is good enough … and, yes – Aamir Khan is not yet back from his vacation
Thanks a lot to all those who supported in every possible way. I heartily appreciate all the encouragement as well as help that I have received from all over.
The cause is worth and hence I request you all to keep supporting the rural microentrepreneurs irrespective of the deadline and target that was set for a ‘Care Champion’!
Here I come, Bengaluru
PS: Happy 37th anniversary – Mom & Dad!
I did not raise 1 lac by 23rd May … but the good news is – the last date has been shifted – and I have 2 more days
I am back on the track! – 7km (in 49 minutes) on 25 May … I took about 7 minutes per km but it is OK considering the unexpected break … I have never RUN so late in the evening – the nearby park looks great even in the dark
I now need to raise – 51k in next 2 days! People – it is not charity – it is (social) investment – you will get your money back – so please be generous — and Support online!
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