Hutch Delhi Half Marathon 2006

1 hr 50 mins 43 secs.
Very Hot day. (The capitalization in the previous sentence is intentional.)

I did my 1st 2 km in 8 mins. Realized that my race was cooked then itself. Did try slowing down and all the other stuff, but nothing helped in the end.

Bad Start since most people didn't even realize that the race had kicked off, when we started. Lost about 45 secs when I realized that the race was on, since I had crossed the starting line. There was no gun or I didn't hear one.

Although I had come in with hopes of 1:40, ended up 10 mins outside it, mostly due to bad planning and quite some trying heat.

A little disappointed since I had looked forward to doing well in my 1st race in Delhi. Not sure I will even come back next year.

But had great fun catching up with friends' and their families. And one of my bhabhis does not like bananas! Found out one of the uncles had clocked around 11 sec for 100 m in 1969!!! So I guess my weekend was made, especially since the uncle under question is mostly a sedate guy otherwise. Was quite a surprize to find this out.

Also got the customary goodies. So overall good fun...