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The sixth marathoner - story of a dog who ran a marathon

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A dog that ran a full marathon We've read many a time that dogs are man's best friends and this belief was reinforced again yesterday.  Early yesterday morning, at about 04:40 AM, five of us started to run for a full marathon (42.2 kilometers). All of a sudden, we found that a dog joined us from nowhere.   We thought that she would go away shortly but to our surprise, she didn't. She ran with us, ahead of us and behind us but she was there all along.  The darkness of the early morning gave way to the Sunrise and then the daylight took its full effect. We didn't stop for a break until 11 kilometers. The 🐕 was there with us all along. It so became that we had to protect her from other dogs as we crossed one place and went to the other, for dogs are very protective of their territories.  We found that we weren't carrying any biscuits with us. Meanwhile, we started offering her water in a water bottle lid. We didn't have any shop enroute as we were running o

The Full Marathon journey

List of my Full Marathons till date: All of it  began with Bombay in January, 2018. 2018: Tata Mumbai Marathon Airtel Hyderabad Marathon Vizag Navy Marathon 2019: Chennai Marathon Tata Mumbai Marathon Auroville Marathon Airtel Hyderabad Marathon Berlin Marathon Vizag Navy Marathon 2020: Chennai Marathon Tata Mumbai Marathon

03:54:52

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What started as a run without expectations (as I ran on tired legs) turned out to be something else. The best one yet.. Read on... I started off well. Started from the 5-6th line from the start and I took a little time to weave my way through the runners and get to rhythm. At the NTR gardens, I overtook the 4:00 hour pacer and wanted to see how it goes. And it remained that way until the end. That I was ahead of the 4:00 bus.. Finished the initial part of the run without a glitch. It helped that we had a good weather for the initial 2 hours of the run and I did my best in that time.  Finished 10K in under an hour. 15K in 01:18:24.  HM in 01:48:07. 25K in 02:09.  32K in 02:50. The last 10.2K took over an hour.  Finally finished in 03:54:52.  Started to have cramps at around the 32K near the Q-city. The glutes started to trouble a lot. It slowed me considerably.  Later the calves started to pain but that wasn't too bad.. At 34th kilometre SAG point, met