#‎NoPlasticChallenge Day 1

The Chennai Trekking club , as part of the CHENNAI COASTAL CLEAN UP  has initiated the ‪#‎NoPlasticChallenge‬. The migration of our history to the plastic world does not go long back , i guess it should be just one or two decade old. It is not completely harm in using plastic(Still we can avoid) but the whole problem raises in disposing and recycling. In spite of the usage for couple of decades, the waste we have generated is so huge that it will take many many decades to segregate,create awareness and take bake to the normal non-plastic or less-plastic era that we were.

  ‪#‎NoPlasticChallenge‬ This is to bring awareness to the people to cut down the usage of plastics,increase awareness on the proper segregation of the plastics and recycling of plastics. As my friends are taking many steps, i have been invited by my friend 

Murali ( The Flying Singh of Chennai) to take up this challenge.

As part of it for next 5 days i will try my best to avoid the plastics and will continue the same in the future.

  

#‎NoPlasticChallenge Day 1

This was one of the long pending items to change from the TXXXXware ( Plastic) tiffin box to a Silverware one, decided to start this one. The silverware's does not come with fancy stuff like the other ones, but for sure they are harmless, Rigid and has long life. One more amazing thing as i started packing food on this one, i traveled back into my old memories of the school days / hostel days, where we share the food, open the box during school hours and much more. Many of my friend and their menus flashed back. This surely connects me back to the roots.

Back on Track

Feels good to be back on track !! Last Sunday i attempted my first HM after 5 Months of break , in the The Wipro chennai Marathon. I just wanted to finish this race.. this is my 8th half marathon but this time i had to do lot of preparation to over come the achilles tendinitis issue which took me off the road/track/trail for last 5 months.
It was a easy run till the 16thKm after which i  was feeling the sme  pain but it didin't get bad. I was able to manage the same to complete it in a 2.50 Mins.

The finest thing that makes me to feel strong is that today again i am able to make a 9.9Km run in 1.23 mins. ( with 2 Flyover repeats)

So that makes me feel that i am " Back on Track".

5 Km in 30 Mins Training Log

The challenge is to bring down the 5KM below 30 Mins in First phase and scale up on the Distance from that.

Day 1 :
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* Distance 5 Km
* Pace  6.26 Min/KM
* Warm Up - 10 Mins
* Post Run - Plank 20 sec X 3 / Burpee 10x 1 set.


Day2:
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* Distance 5 Km
* Pace  6.44 Min / KM
* Warm Up - 5 Mins
* Post Run - Plank 20 sec X 3 / Burpee 10x 1 set.

Good : No pain in the Tabia , which was high yesterday. 

Day 3: May 06/14
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*Distance - 5 Km
* Pace: 7.5 Km/Min
* Warm up - 5mins
* Post Run : Plank 30 Sec X 3 / Burpee 15x1 /10x1 / 5x1

After a break of 5 days i am restarting this run. My goal is to complete 5Kms in less than 30 Mins. Today it has gone from 32 to 39 Mins. May be the long break has spoiled the rhythm. Need more focus.

Football Coaching Camp

It was very pleasant and nice to see the pachiappas harrington football academy's summer coaching camp. Every year this camp happens in the pachiappas college. This team is one of the best teams in the chennai football circuit. This coaching camp is for one month ( i guess) they dont charge a big money for it. It starts from small kids.
One best thing i like is the complete set of Kit bag that they provide with jersey, socks, shorts etc.

The organize it very well and every day it starts @ 6.00 Am. Kudos to the kids and parents who are showing interest in the football.
If you are looking for more detail leave a comment to answer the same.

 

Farewell to my First Running Shoe

Thanks for this power shoe... the first  shoe of mine which have traveled with me for 4 years. The first 2 years have been my solo running partner until i bough my Ascics. After that this shoe become  back up during the rainy days and for tough terrains. Remembering the TCS10K,ATHM2011,KTM2012,CTC2013 all this have been run with this running.Will always remember my first shoe which i brought for this running journey.. need to find the next POWER shoe for the OFFROAD running. Thank you !!!

Running 2013 - A wind up

I started this  year 2013 with so much planning in terms of running. All went well as plan, till the Mid January before i twisted my left leg by landing in a small pit.It pushed all my plans for 6 months. I missed almost all my booked events starting from the Auroville marathon,cool runners marathon, and few other runs. I consulted 5 different ortho and got cured from the final one.
I took part in the TCS10K in end may. felt happy to complete my 10K but ran the whole course so much conscious to avoid any more injury to land on my same leg.

When i again started my running routine, i faced some other challenges as i was knocked of viral fever twice and a surgery to remove the renal stones.
This killed my schedules planned for the KTM2013 mysore, Airetl Hyderabad and few other local runs.It almost took next 3 months when i again planned to start my running on september i had only 2 runs left on the calendar CTC 2013 and the TWCM2013. I registered for both the event and especially the TWCM2013 for my FM.
I was able to complete the CTC2013 and also did my first full marathon in chennai on dec 1 2013.I enjoyed every bit of my run in this course. Post this i did my first triathlon with the chennai trekking club in the olympic category. I could not finish my swimming but did well on my cycling and the running. One another experience that i cherished with the pain.

As the year folds for 2013 i feel like my running journey is starting from tomorrow as 2014 starts with new goals and destinations.

The Man who swam the Amazon -Martin Strel

One of the nicest book i have ever read. The man who swam the Amazon.. i took this book from the Connemara library, chennai and extended twice before i started reading this book..

This book is a Journal on Day to day activity of Martin Strel about 66 day swimming on the amazon river covering 5200 + Kms. 

It is very hard to imagine swimming 10 hours daily , in the midst of thick jungle , even for any emergency they dont have any access to any near by towns, hospitals.

Along this journey we will be able know abou the amazon forest, wild creatures, dangerous water creatures, Pirates, Natural disasters.

This 52 year old man did this for the cause of clean water. 

His determination in completing in midst of so many constraints and challenges is well described..and the author literally takes you along the time line. 

Nice one to read !!