Auroville Marathon
Well, I really wanted to write more than just my marathon experiences, but given that I just finished one, I had to write about it. This time, it was the Auroville Marathon on 13th Feb, 2011. I wanted to run Auroville Marathon last year itself, but given that I had finished my first Marathon in more than a couple of years at Mumbai in January 2010, I was not very confident of doing two marathons in two months. So, I just passed it, but heard from all people who ran that this was an amazing trail and too good to miss. So, I was determined that I run it this time around, now that I already had 5 marathons in my bag. I was a little lax in registering for the race and by the time I eventually got to do it, I found that all hotels in Pondicherry were full and I had no option but to stay with my uncle in Cuddalore, about 24 K from Pondicherry. I took the night bus on 11th Feb and reached Cuddalore on Saturday morning. Since it was pretty early in the morning, I decided to walk the dista...