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SCMM 2012

Come January, and the resolution to blog regularly tops the list again. And what better start than to write about the experiences on what has become an annual January ritual -- The Mumbai Marathon. The experience started with joining two of my running mates, Satsang and Sampath, on the way to the airport. Satsang had already blocked three seats together for us, so it worked out well and we generally chit-chatted our way to the airport. Since this was Sampath's first ever air journey, it was nice to sense his excitement, however hard he tried to conceal it. Satsang's friends, Abhinav and Suraj, were waiting for us at the Mumbai airport and drove us from the airport to WTC, where we had to collect our running bibs. Abhinav chose a route that touched the Marathon running route, but unfortunately for us, it turned out to be a long ride as traffic was just inching along. We finally managed to reach WTC and pick our bibs about an hour and a half later. Since the Expo was at the M...