My Run Stats from various run events

I want to have this blog entry up-to-date by keeping all my long runs, race result entries here.

Before joining Asha Marathon program in 2008, I ran few Bay to breakers, few other 5K, 10K runs from 1999-2003. Stopped running altogether since then. Here are the stats from my previous long runs..
1. CRY Walk '99 - Oct 10, 1999 at Vasona County Park, Las Gatos. I have done 10km walk. Raised about $250.
2. Bay to Breakers 2000 - First long distance race particiapated. Finished the distance of 12km (7.46m) in 100 minute (13.4min/mi) . Bib#13894,Timing 1:40:50, Rank is 14271.
3. Wharf to Wharf 2000 - July 23, 2000. Finished the distance of 10km (6.25m) in 70 minute (11.2min/mi) continuously running without a single stop!!!
4. Walk for 5H - March 11th, 2001. It is a 10Km walk in golden gate park, SFO. Aishu joined me. Funds raised for the Gujarat earthquake victims.
5. Bay to Breakers 2001 (Bib#24137, Rank#13992)- Finished the distance of 12km (7.46m) in 105.43 minute (14.13min/mi)
6. Wharf to Wharf 2001 - July 22nd, 2001. Finished the distance of 10km (6.25m).
7. Oracle 11th Annual Fun run/walk 5km (3.125m) in June 2002 in 39:11 minutes (12.36min/m). Rank was 187. Bib#1315.
8. ILP: Run for Literacy 10K Results 2003 Finished in 82 minutes (13.12min/m). Raised about $520 and Oracle matched equal amount.
9. Bay to Breakers 2003 - May 18th, 2003. Finished the distance of 12km (7.46m) in 93 minutes (12.46min/mi). Not much tiring this time!
10. Oracle 12th Annual Fun Run in the Sun June19th, 2003. Bib#1758. 5KM (3.125m) in 33.46minutes (10.70min/mi). Not tired at all. Surprised to see my timing. Ranked 211.
11. Vibha - Run/Walk 2003. Third annual event at vasona park. finished walking 5km in 46.10 minutes (14.752 min/mi).
12. JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge - Participated in 2006 representing Salesforce.com. Finished 3.5m in 40 mins with 11:25mpm pace.
13. San Francisco Marathon - Completed my first half marathon (13.1m) in San Francisco on Aug 3rd, 2008. Finished 13.1m in 2:45:45. Pace 12:39 per mile.
14. Sankara iwalk 2008 - Completed 2nd half marathon at Shoreline park, mountain view on Aug 23rd, 2008. Finished 13.1 miles 2:24. Pace 10:59 per mile.
15. Chicago Marathon - My first marathon run. Completed running 26.2 miles in 5:48:27 and ranked 27214. Average pace 13:17 per mile. Half marathon distance covered in 2:36:15 (11:54mpm). Raised about 9000 dollars for Asha.
16. Lake Merritt Half Day - Ran 9.5 miles in 2 hours. Average pace 12:38 per mile.
17. San Jose rock n roll 2009 - Finished half marathon in 2:48:01.
18. Silicon Valley Marathon 2009 - Finished half marathon in 2:45:05.
19. Asha Spring Run 2010 (10k): Finished 10K in 1:15:22 (12 min per mile). Ranked 104 out of 140 runners.
20. Santa cruz Half Marathon 2010 - Finished in 2:45:39 with 12:39 per mile pace. Ranked 1982 out of 2200 overall runners. 776 out of 815 male runners. 270 in division. Bib#2615.
21. The Relay 2010 - Part of the relay team to run 200 miles from napa to santacruz. I had to run three legs (leg7, leg19, leg31). Our team # 236.
22. ILP Race for Literacy 2010 at shoreline - Finished 10K in 1:09 with 11:15 per mile pace. Bib# 1175. Run map: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/33581648
23. Runners for life 10K Runs June 12th, 2011 - Finished 10K in 1:25 with 13:36 per mile page. Bib#896.
24. Kaveri Trail Marathon - 18th Sept, 2011 - Finished 21k
25. Bangalore Ultra - 13th Nov, 2011 - Finished 25k
26. Bangalore Midnight Marathon - 15th Dec 2012 - Finished 10k
27. TCS 10k 2013 - May 19th, 2013 - Participated along with Intuit colleagues under the program Quickbooks Online Run For Fun.
28. Twaran IIMB Run - October 2nd, 2013 - Finished 10k
29. WTC Skyscraper Dash - June 14th, 2014 - climb up world trade center bangalore stairs
29.1 Training run for Bengaluru Marathon 2014 at Art of Living Center Kanakapura road - Sept 24th, 2014. Rajiv Verma joined for this.
29.2 Spirit of Wipro 2014 Run - Sept 21st, 2014 - 10k run on NICE road near electronic city
30. Bengaluru Marathon 2014 - 19th Oct, 2014 - Finished 21k in 3:08:16. Rajiv Verma joined for this.
31. Contours Womens Day Run 2015 - 8th March 2015 - Finished 10k with Intuit colleagues.
32. TCS 10K 2015 - 17th May 2015 - Completed 10k with Vinod
33 Training run for Bengaluru Marathon 2015 at Art of Living Center Kanakapura road - Sept 13th, 2014. Neelabh joined me for this run.
34. Bengaluru Marathon 2015 - 17th October 2015 - Finished 21k in 3:06:58. Bib# 7460.
35. APR Run 2015 - 22nd Nov, 2015 - 10K run at Adarsh Palm Retreat Campus.
36. Life is calling - Ajmera Thump Half Marathon 2015 - Bangalore - Dec 13th, 2015 - Finished 21k in 2:56. Bib# 1196 - Walk/Run method implemented thruout the run.
37. Contour Run 2016 - March 6th, 2016 - Women's day run 10K - Participated along with Intuit colleagues at EGL, Domalur. Pics are here.
38. Bangalore Marathon 2016 - October 16th, 2016 - Neelabh & Deepak from our community joined me for this event. Pics are here.
39. Contour Run 2017- March 5th, 2017 - Women's day run 10K - Participated along with Intuit colleagues at Manyata Embassy Business Park, Hebbal. Pics are here.
40. Contour Run 2018 - March 4th, 2018 - Women's day run 10K - Participated along with Intuit colleagues at Manyata Embassy Business Park, Hebbal. Pics are here.

41. Womenathon 2019 - March 10th, 2019 - 10K Run/walk - participated with Aishwarya & few neighbors at Decatholon Sarjapur road. Pics are here. 

Closing 2015 with 300 miles of Cardio..

Started using Runkeeper elite membership. They started showing some graphs and reports on my progress.

Here is the one that shows the total cadio activities: 273.5m/145hr/44k calories. Still two more weeks in 2015 and will finish the year with 300 miles..

Ajmera Thump - Half Marathon at Bangalore - Race Report

As part of my yearly two half marathon program, I had signed up for Ajmera Thump Half Marathon organized by Life is Calling organization. It was held at NICE Road, Bangalore on 13th Dec 2015. Few thousand people came for the event. I had participated along with my running buddies from our community Neelabh & Ashutosh. This is the first lifeiscalling race for all of us..

Weather was perfect. First two hours into the race was all cloudy & sun came up around 8am. I had tried out walk-run routine from the start. I started running for one minute and brisk walk for next minute. I continued like that for 17kms. I was going very strong. If i had continued that pace, I would have finished my HM in 2:40 or less. Unfortunately, I had got cramps in my right quadriceps. I had listened to my body and tried to stretch. Called for help from the Ambulance which is shuttling there. One Physio helped me to stretch and massaged the quadriceps. I had started again slow and finished the last 4 kms somehow. I managed to complete the whole HM in 2:56:34.

Overall, experience was good. Get more motivation to do better and practice harder. Felt great to complete two HM's in the year 2015 as well. Looking forward for 2016 to do more HMs while improving the timing.

The Relay (199 Mile) - Checklist for the run

Since The Relay spans for 36 hours or so, it calls for special preparation unlike other marathon runs. Here is the checklist of things to do, carry for the run. This is compiled by TeamILP.

RUNNER EQUIPMENT - REQUIRED LIST

• Cash, credit card
• Driver’s license (required if you are driving, good idea to have even if you are not driving)
• Leg maps of your legs in a sandwich size ziploc bag (protect from elements)
• Safety pins to pin your map to your shirt (we will get some from the organizers - but inevitably we will drop them, lose them, etc.)
• Sleeping bag
• Plastic bags for wet clothes, icing injuries, trash
• Running shoes (2 pairs if you are doing leg 8, 10, 17) – may be muddy
• 3-4 t-shirts (wicking layers preferred),
• Shorts
• Socks (several pairs)
• Personal toiletries - Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, towel
• Reflective and warm clothing; Several legs may be cold this weekend
o Bring 1-2 fleece jacket/pullovers & track pants + sweater to keep warm inside the van)


RUNNER EQUIPMENT - RECOMMENDED LIST

• Head lamp (team provides 1-2 per team)
• Protective aids: pepper spray, phone, whistle – especially if you are running a leg in the dark and the van and the runner are on different routes
• Foot care aids (moleskin, blister band aid, foot spray, etc.)
• Hat or visor to reduce glare of headlights
• Sunglasses, sunscreen, hat
• Camera (Bring your own) – or we can decide amongst each van to have 1 or 2.
• Driver license, ID (Recommended even if you are not one of the planned drivers)
• Food, drinks (Any personal preference)
• Sandals for casual wear between run
• Gloves, Ski Caps etc. to keep warm
• Body Glide /Vaseline (to avoid chaffing)
• Party music - CDs :)
• Did I mention - Party music – iPod, etc.



MY TEAM WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING PER TEAM

• Nutrition Bars – Promax (if you like anything else specific, let your captain know NOW)
• Gatorade, Bottled Water
• Fruits and snacks
• 2 headlamps with extra batteries
• 4 reflective vests
• 2 vehicle signs “CAUTION—RUNNER ON ROAD" signs
• 2 vans!
• Clipboard for Team Time Record & time sheets
• Safety pins for race numbers
• Trash bags
• First aid kit (including mole skin) (2)
• AAA Maps (2)
• Entire Route Relay Map (2)
• Markers, pens, pencils, paper
• Decorative Paint
• Paper towels
• Toilet Paper
• Small cooler with ice / ice packs
• Hand sanitizer
• Relay Team clock
• Spreadsheet with: runner names, legs, expected time etc.
• Waiver forms – need these signed and into your van captain before Friday evening

The Relay (199 Mile) - Run for Literacy..

The relay is starting this week-end from Calistoga to Santacruz. I am part of the TeamILP-Literally Running team. Excitement is building up for the event. Little bit about relay..

COURSE TRIVIA
The course is divided into 36 segments called "Legs" with 76 turns (39 left, 37 right). Legs vary in length (3-8.9 miles) and difficulty ("Easy" to "Very Hard"). Runners travel 191 miles on shoulders of roads, 4 miles on five bicycle paths (Legs 6, 17, 21, 26), 3 miles through two vineyards (Leg 8), 1 mile across a ranch (Leg 10) and 1 mile through a quarry (Leg 35). Eight legs have ocean views (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 31, 36) and five legs border reservoirs (13, 22, 23, 24, 28). The date of The Relay varies each year to provide moonlight for course lighting and this year it is on May1st & May2nd 2010.

RELAY LOGISTICS
It is a 199 mile relay. Each relay team consists of 12 runners and about 200 teams participating in the event. This 199 miles are divided into 36 legs divided into 6 segments of 6 legs. Each team is divided into two subteams who will be in two seperate vans: Van1 & Van2. I am part of the Van2 and rach runner will have to run 3 legs in three segments.

Course Maps: http://www.therelay.com/co_maps.htm


TeamILP

TeamILP is representing 8 teams i.e., 96 runners total. My team name is "Literally Running" consists of 9 first time relay runners, 3 veterans. I joined the team pretty late in the training as one of the members dropped out of the team. I had hardly 4 weeks of training under my belt for this relay. Hoping that I can make it without any issues.

My Runner page is: http://ilprelay.ning.com/profile/RajuVusirikala

Generously contribute to this great cause..

I will update you with my race report next week..

2010 season started with spring run followed by half marathon, 199 mile team relay

Unlike last year, this year I wanted to spread my yearly minimum target of running 2 half marathons. With that in mind, started this season with 10K kickoff spring run organized by my Alumni Team Asha. Weather co-operated nicely and end up finishing the run strong.

Signed up for Santacruz half marathon going to be held at Santacruz on April 11th. Started training slowly for the same. Longest run so far was 8 miles and I am hoping that I can do the half marathon with a decent pace.

Today, I had signed up myself to run in 199 mile relay as part of Team ILP as a replacement for one dropped runner. Will publish a seperate post on this run later. This relay seems to quite involved and it is going to be a different experience to my running career as well.

Great running related articles for all time reference

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