SV Marathon completed

Yay! finished the version 11.0 (that's what the medal said) of the silicon valley marathon. thanks to all the cheering and onground TeamASHA volunteers support, made for another memorable experience.

It was a beautiful day and the supporting crew was phenomenal. thanks to several fellow runners, TeamASHA and friends like Raj, Sanjay, Sachin, Ganesh and Piyush i finished the race in 5h 10m. thank you all for your words of support, financial support for the cause, and encouragement; couldn't have done it without all that.

Highlights of this run-ning effort,

• Ran alongside a 66year old runner - 16 time Western States 100 miler, 1 time Death valley [135miler] - what an inspiration; he was warming up to go for a 50 miler@Sacramento next week; good luck!
  
• Special congratulations to Sachin for having finished a very first and special marathon - he was all perseverance after mile 15 and inspite of cramps, finished strong and most importantly with a smile :)
• Funds raised : $3402 for literacy
  

THANK YOU !

Ready for Silicon Valley Marathon - me thinks...

• completed the 22 miler @ hellyer park on 10/4 - played sweeper role in the last 4 miles. met up with Narender and Partha on that stretch. Finished in 4h35m, and the recovery after was low on pain. feeling good about this now.
• Walked the RocknRoll half Marathon with rohini on Sunday - 10/5 - she's such a trooper, maintained a steady 16:30 pace throughout and even galloped into the finish line at the end ! All this with her zeal for navarathri!

fundraising in on pace to exceed basic target of 2400$