I started a little later than I had planned and paid the price for it. I was unable to do the 30kms I had planned for the day. The weather was quite hot and humid today, guess the so called Bombay winter has not yet arrived.
I ran for about 2hr 49min for the distance, though I was hoping to run for 3hrs. I also need to change my hydration plan, instead of one bottle of Gatorade and another of water, I need to carry two bottles of Gatorade for these distances, in this weather. The fluids should then be enough for my 3.5hrs run to do about 35kms. That is my plan for next week.
The timing shown by the pedometer today for the long run seemed quite accurate, it did show that I had a speed of 11-12km/hr during the first 30mins or so and after that it settled down around 10km/hr. The only change was that this time I was wearing it on my waist pouch instead of shorts, so will try it again next week to see if the readings are any different.
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Thanks. I am sure you will do well, you are on the right track. Be careful about hydration and heat, those are bigger killers than stamina or pain (I faced it this weekend). Yes tapering it to 15-20 on the last week is what I am planning as well. Next two Sundays are very critical for the both of us.
By the way I have start a community called Marathon India on Orkut, to find more like minded people who want to do different marathons.
Best wishes.
That is really interesting. It would be great to exchange ideas. The only reason I choose Orkut is the potential traffic it would attract, as Indians are the second largest community on Orkut after Brazilians.
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