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Bangalore One Day Trips

Kalwarbetta/ Chennagiri - Near Chickbellapur - 60km
Antargange - Near Kollar - 60km
Madhugiri - Near Tumkur - 90km
Kabbal Durga - Near Kanakpura - 70km
Bheemeshwari - Near Kanakpura - 100km
Ramnagaram - On Mysore road - 50km
Savandurga - Via Ramnagaram - 70km

Description of these places can be obtained from BMC (Bangalore Mountaineering Group's event page.
http://bmcindia.org/events.htm

Expedition 360

Story of a man who did 360 degree journey of the world on foot. Don't miss to see his videos. He started his journey in 1994 and finished in 2007 Oct.

Expedition 360 - Mission Statement

Hartford Marathon: Oct.15 2006 (My first Marathon)

Result: Completed Marathon in 4 hrs 10 mins.

Pictures: Here are the pictures

First of all, I would like to thank my wife Sawi, for constantly encouraging me. It was she, who was doing all home chores when I used to come after putting long miles in my legs. Thanks to my friends who encouraged me through out the preparation and wanted me to "drop out the Marathon" (just kidding!!) . Also, thanks to those who donated to singhadoption.com. I was running this Marthon to raise funds for Jaspal and Linda, who wants to adopt "Gar Singh" from Guatemala.

Now get down to some details of the Marathon day:

Finally the day came for which I was waiting for from last 6 months. All the miles which I put while training has to show some result today. Sawi and I, picked up the race packet from Hartford Civic Center on Friday so we were all set for the race day. I had a nice sleep but not a long one. I woke up really early 3 AM. I did daily chores and had Suji Kheer. We started to Hartford Bushnell Garden around 6:30 AM and reached near to 7 AM. The park was really crowded, thousands of people ready to run on the streets. It was amazing, I never saw so much crowd in USA. I figured a good way to see a nice crowd is a Marathon. Runners along with their family members to support them, very postive and inspiring atmosphere. Everyone was cheering up.

Initial 4 miles are on the Main street, East Hartford after that it becomes really scenic. South windsor colorfull neighbourhoods with bands, music and smiles were my motivation to keep going. After 11 miles was a turnaround. It was really nice to see runners running both sides. We had Water, Ultima sports drink all the way. Marathon organizers did excellent job in arranging everything.

While running, I also made a buddy. His name is "Tom". We had exactly same pace so we ran around 10 miles together. It was so much easy with having so many people running with you. Well, I was pretty energetic till 18 miles, but after that I was looking for energy gel "GU". First, I borrowed one from Tom, then there was bicycle guy distributing energy gel. I took another 2 packets from him. Now, I was ready to rock. To my surprize, Sawi was waiting down the bridge to cheer up. It was so much happiness to see Sawi on that spot.

Then, the route goes from Asylum street to West Hartford, another beautiful area. Only 7 more miles to go. My knees started crying but I kept going. Tom and I, were together till 21 miles. Infect, at some point, I was targeting to make in 4 hrs but I became slow around 23 miles. I did some walking in between. Near to 24 miles, I decided to go and finish it up. I picked really nice pace and kept going till the "Finish line". It was amazing experience to cross that finish line in 4 hrs and 10 mins. I never imagined, I can do this good. I guess, sometimes we underestimate ourselves.

I got medal and Sawi was there to welcome me. It was amazing. Bottom line is, I cannot wait to run another Half/Full Marathon. Real celebration with inspiring and positive people !!

Week 1: Marathon week (Final)

Finally Marathon week came. It rained during the week but Friday and Saturday are runny. Thanks God otherwise running in rain won't be fun.

During this week very little run

M: 3 m
Tu: 4 m

Relaxed after that. Let us see the action tomorrow.

Week 2: Oct. 1 to Oct. 7 (Easy)

No more long running. Relax.

Tu: 4 m
Wed: 6 m
Fri: 3 m
Sat: 8 m

Week 3: Sept 24- Sept. 30 (Slow down)

Now the down period starts. Need to run max. of only 12 miles

Tu: 5 m
Th:8 m
Fri: 4 mi
Sat: 12 mile

Week 4: Sept. 17 to Sept. 23 (20 Miler)

This was the highest running week. I had a 20 miler in this week.

M: 5 m
T:10 m
Th:5 mile
Sat:20 miles

world atlas of maps flags and geography facts

world atlas of maps flags and geography facts

Things to do before you die - adventures, travel, culture

Things to do before you die - adventures, travel, culture

I found it very interesting


1 Swim with dolphins
2 Walk the Great Wall of China
3 Dive with sharks
4 Run the Flora London Marathon
5 Visit Petra in Jordan
6 See the Northern Lights
7 Walk the Machu Picchu trail
8 Head out on an African Safari
9 Float in the Dead Sea
10 Go whitewater rafting
11 Visit the Amazon Rainforest
12 Fire walking
13 Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge
14 Run with the bulls in Pampolona
15 Visit the Galapagos Islands
16 Ride on the Orient Express
18 Watch the sunset over Uluru (Ayers Rock)
17 Cycle a leg of the Tour de France
19 See an active volcano
20 Bungee jump in Queenstown, New Zealand
21 Drive a Formula One car
22 Fly in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon
23 Fly a fighter jet
24 Climb Mount Everest
25 Go into space

Week 5B: Sept 9 - Sept 16

I had an extra week in between so I followed the same schedule as week 5. On saturday, I had to go to NY so I scheduled long run on Sunday afternoon. Finished my homework on morning and ran on the evening. It was wonderful weather on that day.

Mon: 5 m
Tue:9 m
Thu: 5m
Sun:14 m

Week 5: Sept2- Sept 9

This week was kind of relaxing bec. I had to run only half-Marathon on the weekend.
Mon: 5 m
Wed: 9 m
Thu:5 m
Sat:14 m

Week 6: August 27- Sept 2 (Challenging)

Well, this week was challenging bec. on Friday, I caught cold. I had a bad runing nose. So, I had to postpone my Saturday run and scheduled to Monday. With constant supply of water, juice and Advil, I recovered on Sunday. I was ready for long run of 18 miles on Monday. On Monday, I started running around 10:10 AM and I was up till 1:40 PM. In between, I took water breaks. After the run, I was okay but when I came home, got the news that no hot water. Taking shower with cold water was like "Ganga Snan". If you have never taken bath in Ganges River, in India then take a cold shower in winter, you will know how it feels like. Well, I had a great run. This weeks total:

Mon: 4 m
Tue: 9 m
Thu: 5 m
Sat: 18 m