Mumbai Marathon 2011

Today was the Mumbai Marathon. Up at 4:30 am, running for a taxi around 5:00 am (the one I ordered didn't arrive ...). It all went off at 6:15 am. In the picture below this hellish event is clearly depicted; it took me a shameful almost 5 hours and many, many cramps (as you can see). Start with a nice temperature, and even not feeling fit it went off nicely fast. At 22 km I got my first cramp and the fun was over: walking, running, I passed the finish line. Very frustrating: at the end my running speed was still not bad at all (and I was not exhausted, that you can also see in the picture which is taken 3 km to the finish, just mad). I am not really dreaming of a next time right now ... But I finished. Even better, Ivone was at the finish line and we went to one of our favorite Parsi restaurants for fuel.