KTM 2009

I participated in the KTM last weekend. That statement may imply nothing in the first glance, but actually tells quite a bit when read carefully. I would have ideally liked to say -- "I completed the KTM last weekend", but alas, that is not true. I pulled out of the marathon midway, did around 31 km. Actually, even that is a distorted statement, I would have run for about 26 and pretty much walked the remaining 5Km. The marathon again proved that it will deal ruthlessly with people who do not respect it. I have been running about 15 to 20Km on the weekends with little mileage during the course of the week and still dared to attempt the marathon. And it showed. I could barely manage beyond the 26 KM mark and pretty much walked the 5Km to the finish line. The incident was a good enough reason to get myself resolve mentally to prepare well for the next race. The Ultra, a 50Km race, is coming up in two months time -- good opportunity to get over the KTM disappointment. Just finishing this post in a lighter note -- I did finish the two of the three races conducted that day at KTM (10K and Half Marathon), but just did not finish the one I enrolled for :)