NewYork Marathon Registration

Registration for the Newyork marathon is $210. They should have special developing country rates in the future. Its probably a great experience but I just cannot afford it.

I'll rather do a marathon in Asia this year and wait for a pay hike to do this race

Trainer

As a part of my preprations for the NY marathon next year, I have hired a trainer to help me improve my running technique and make my strides more efficient. Jagdeesh, is a national level 100 mts sprinter who clocked 10:70. He seems to know a lot about running and is planning a work-out schedule based on my physical condition, current speed and endurance levels. The training will involve beach running, hill running, conditioning and long slow distance running.

Over the last two years, I trained on my own and made several mistakes. This year I hope to correct all of that and plan to clock atleast 100km/week during season time without injury. This will entail high degree of quality running during the off-season which begins in January.

Singapore Marathon - Final Result

Lets just say that I completed 26 minutes beyond target with a net time of 4:26. I was able to understand my mistakes and I know how my training plan for the next year needs to look to achieve a 3 hour 45 minute target.

I will be applying for the NewYork marathon next year and if I get a spot I plan to run it.

The holiday has just come to an end and I am glad it is over. It gave me some breathing space to review last year, set goals for next year and what I need to do to achieve them. Lets hope next year works out better in terms of running, relationships, finance and profession.

After Singapore

The plan is to work on speed for the first five months. I want to work on lifting in the gym and train to complete a 5k in less than 18 minutes and a 10k in 40 minutes. Once, I am able to do this, I want to follow the runners world sub 3:30 program which is pretty gruesome.

The goal is to train for the Newyork marathon next year and complete it in less than 3:30 and I think I am on track for that.