Two days ago I registered for my next Half Marathon (Thats right! I did!). This time its a trail run as opposed to running on the road. This Chennai Trail Marathon has been called the toughest course in South India and takes place in the villages & hills surrounding the Cholavaram lake by Red Hills on the outskirts of Chennai.
I have been seeing pictures of the runs held in the past years and it looked beautiful! I was tempted to join but being so far out and not having anyone to go with, I had sort of decided I wouldn't register. But on Tuesday some of these guys from Nungambakkam Nitros said they were going so then I figured why not.
I did get some fair warning from Mudit, one of the runners in the group, that it was a tough, tough route. He said I should expect to finish my run in half an hour to 45 minutes later than my last half marathon time! Ooh Daunting!! Wouldn't hurt to try though right?
That there is my training schedule for CTM. The "Hill" Workouts are going to be with the Nungambakkam Nitros on the Cathedral Road Flyover. It sounds a bit risky to me but I guess the group knows what they are doing. The race organizers have also arranged for practice runs on the actual trail over some of the weekends in August & September. May try to squeeze one of those in into my schedule.
Okay... so here we go again!
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