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Hi Friends, Greetings! As I keep reiterating, It has been my privilege to write and share my experiences related to long distance running. The last article "Running Experience 4: Preparing for my first Full Marathon" has received 325+ views at the time of writing  this  article. This is the most I have received for my personal blogs till now. I would like to analyze this response in two ways - one, as a growing awareness about long distance running nowadays among educated people, and second, humble self being able to contribute towards that growing awareness.  Continuing from where I left in the previous article  "Running Experience 4: Preparing for my first Full Marathon"... Bib collection Kaveri Trail Marathon 2015 edition was scheduled on two days - September 19 and 20! On the first day i.e. Sep 19, the category of 10K run was organized. That was the Bib collection day as well for Half Marathon (HM) and Full Marathon (FM) participants. That was Satur...

Hi Friends, Greetings! It has been my privilege to write and share my experiences related to long distance running. But I am writing this post after eight months. The reasons are many - I found a new passion of writing sports articles for an online portal and off late I am finding lesser leisure time because of both my professional and personal commitments. But  I sincerely apologize for not holding on to the continuity, mainly for those reader friends who wanted to read my experience of first marathon. Without any further delay, let me recollect my preparations of my first Full Marathon (FM). Prelude It was somewhere in June 2015, my marriage got fixed. The wedding was decided to be held in mid of December 2015. During that time when my marriage talks were coming to conclusion, I received  through social media the itinerary for both Celebration Mysore Run 2015 and Kaveri Trail Marathon 2015. They were scheduled on Sep 6 and Sep 20 respectively. I thought I had...