THOUGHTFUL DEBATE

Journey to Heaven, thru Gates of Hell...... Heaven on earth Leh-Ladakh. Yes a Photographers delight. Vacationers Paradise. Adventurers dream come true. and Runners, Hell......... Ladakh Marathon on Sept,9th 2018 was a challenge to 7000 mad people. Since only extreme madness, can drive you to run at 11,000 ft above sea level. No sane person, worth his salt will even dare to dream to run at such a height with extreme low oxygen. Leh, a high-desert city in the Himalayas, is the capital of the Leh region in northern India’s Jammu and Kashmir state. Generally in September temperatures are pleasant around 16 degree during day and as low as 3 degree during night. I will like to start with the end or climax moment. Our team completed the HM,Half-Marathon. Yes we were a team who dreamt together to run the Ladakh Marathon in Feb,2018. We as a team, passed thru the finish line on Sept,9th 2018. The crazy dreamers were my mad run buddies, Jai , Prakash , Sha

If you succeed once, It maybe Accident..... You need to attempt again, to prove self, It was Not! NIO Vision run July,2018 I did 10KM in 63 minutes. NIO Vision run July, 2017 I did 10KM in 67 minutes.  https://goo.gl/WHCq6B ( My blog on TMM qualifier and the journey till NIO 2017) Yes I did better by exactly 4 minutes as I stand on the border of reaching my 51st year. This blog is tribute to my earlier blog and all those who helped me till date and all those who inspire me to write (Subhash this one is for you, as an  advance treat I owe to make me do in 60minutes 10KM). I did share my journey in the above mentioned blog, the agony and the ecstasy to reach that qualifying timing in 2017 for TMM 2018. This blog is to pen, my passion which driven me to prove that number was not an accident or environmental blessing or just another of those once in while good day. People say, after some time or certain age, we have nothing to prove or we need not prove anything. I have sl

Crazy People Run and Cycle on Road I love to run and cycle. Yes I just love to run long distance and cycle very long distance. I have been doing for quite some time,long distance cycling but recently completed BRM 200. Also I took to running year ago and have done FM and HM. Our team moto is sun, wind, cold or rain......we are out of bed and on road.... Yes, summer, winter or rainy season we are on road... In the past 1 year, I have been entertaining various queries wrt Running and Cycling. Infact more than queries, it is calling us Crazy, Idiots, fools etc.... Yes we are the crazy ones..... Today I thought after my morning stupid bike session and yesterday did idiotic run in the rain, and was introspecting the craziness, so here I am penning my equally foolish thoughts..... 1. Roads are meant for 4 wheeler and Heavy vehicles, Isnt it....how dare Runners run on the road.....It is a sin to use the roads to run.....They are crazy to put life of the 4 wheeler fol

BRM 200 .....The Agony and Ecstasy What is BRM? Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux (BRMs)  This was my status and state of knowledge on March,15th 2018. I googled and found  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonneuring . Well I love cycling, and I have already written about that in my earlier blog  http://manojvanjari.blogspot.in/2018/05/century-ride-on-cycle-beginning-of.html Well I registered for Mar,31st BRM 200. I had to cycle 200KM and to be eligible for the Randonneur, title should do it with self-support and complete in max 13hrs 30min on the defined route at defined start and end time, with various interval checks. With lot of excitement, slightly confident and faith in self strength started at 8.45PM IST, 45 minutes late than schedule time. Route Pune - Kapurphol - Lonavala - Pune Delay in start, traffic and over estimated confidence in self....It soon became race against time and game of mind. By 2.30AM after almost 6 hours and covering approx 110+KM I

  Today's Pain and Preparation, is Success Tomorrow Once upon a time , long ago 35 years ago in a small place Dombivili a small boy loved cycling. He had simple Speedking no gear cycle. He used to cycle all day everywhere and used to take double seat and triple seat. His buddies shared the same passion. He also was one of the best slow cyclist. Soon routine academic pursuits took priority, followed by career pursuits and later family pursuits. One thing led to another and in "Pursuit of Happiness", poor boys joy and passion for cycling gathered rust and spider web. Well they say, when you wish from heart, the whole universe converges to make it happen. Blessing in disguise came in form of COB: Cycle on Buddies. I met this wonderful group of young high spirit cyclists , exactly 1 year ago for a Night ride from Pune University. I was very apprehensive and worried , since was getting into long distance cycling after very long time. Lot had changed o

42 KM ....Full Marathon.....Mind over Body, Wins....Done http://manojvanjari.blogspot.in/2018/03/journey-of-270-days-to-reach-that-magic.html My earlier blog talked about my attempt to complete the Full Marathon, and the failure. Yes Feb,18th not one of the best weather, and my 3rd attempt to go for completing FM. I could not sleep. I was anxious. I was tense. I am human, had failed twice earlier. Feb,18th, 3rd attempt , once again 3.00am . I completed the first 21km in good time of 2.40hrs. I now once again set my eyes for FM. I was looking for my buddy, Arjun. I requested him I am keen to complete and will need him to pace and support me for the next 21km. Yes and the journey began. 6k done and it was uphill, we were behind the support vehicle and missed them. Panic struck me , my water was over no glucose. Lips started to dry as it as almost 7.00am and the Sun was starting to show true colors. I kept telling , not again not again today I give up at almost 3