It has been a very happening day of my life. I ran Airtel Half Marathon Delhi today morning. I finished my 21 kms in 1.50 mins but I was also cheering a group of my friends along. Ethiopia's Deriba Merga won the Airtel Delhi half marathon with the fastest time of the year of 59 minutes and 15 seconds here Sunday. Fellow-Ethiopian Aselefech Mergia won the women's race, clocking, 60:08:17. Sandeep Kumar and Kavita Raut recorded the best timings among the Indians and pocketed $4,000 each. It was an African sweep in the open event, with silver and bronze medals in the men's category going to Kenyans Wilson Kipsang (59:16:0)and Wilson Chebet (59:34:0), receiving $15,000 and $10,000 respectively. Ethiopian Gelet Getent (1:08:18) and Kenyan Peninah Arusei (1:08:20) finished second and third respectively among women. Defending champion Rwanda's Dieuone Disi, who came in 1:43:0 minutes in the 2007 edition, finished seventh here with 1:00:47. Merga who recorded his personal best...
watching ppl exercise is fun! :D
ReplyDeleteno wonder you disappeared too.. well am gonna be back soon. january 1st
ReplyDeleteKiran welcome back.
ReplyDeleteWish u a Happy Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hey kiran ,
ReplyDeletelong time no post ! welcome back. And wish you and your family a Happpy and Peaceful New Year !
Hi Kiran!!!
ReplyDeleteSo happy you're back!
My goodness, you're prettier than ever and skinnier than ever :-)) You look great!
It's gonna take some work to rid myself of the extra pounds I piled on during this holiday season.... :-((
I am at the airport now between flights...
Geoff is sending his best wishes too :-)
@ Trinaa. Doing is much more fun.
ReplyDelete@ Chriz. You too did the disappearing act. Yeah I will also be back soon.
ReplyDelete@ Santoshi. Give me a few more days or a couple of weeks and then I shall be back fully. Too much work right now. Thanks
ReplyDelete@ Random. Happy New Year to you too. I did my art of living course and do intend to do advance course and teachers training. I enjoyed it so much, I cant tell u. Happy New year to you too. I shall be back to blogging after a couple of weeks more.
ReplyDelete@ Agnes. I am not fully back to blogging. Thanks for kind comments. You have a very Happy New Year and a very safe and enjoyable trip. Convey my wishes to Geoff too. You both are a fantastic couple.
ReplyDeletewow u bakk niicee to see ya dear...
ReplyDeletevideo i guess its blokked here donno y...:(
@ Priya It is heartening to know that everyone is looking forward to me being back and I too am missing everyone. But it will take me a couple of more weeks to be fully back. In the mean time, love you all. Muaahhhh....
ReplyDelete"I did my art of living course and do intend to do advance course and teachers training. I enjoyed it so much, I cant tell u."
ReplyDeleteno words Kiran. just happiness, gratitude, bliss :) please`keep me updated of your journey.
JGD,
hi back to our place just saw ur ppl exercise prog.
ReplyDeleteglad to see u on Blog
awesome..awesome...awesome...you explain it so well that anyone can understand it..great show...
ReplyDelete@ random. Do you know what my new year resolution is- well one of them is to certainly do advance course from Art of Living.
ReplyDelete@ Kamal. I hope you liked it.
ReplyDelete@ Achal. Thanks a lot.
ReplyDelete@ Mayz.Thanks a lot.
ReplyDeletethat will be a very beautiful resolution Kiran ! Happy New Year !
ReplyDeletethats an amazing resolution !
ReplyDeleteHello Kiran, How are you? You disappeared suddenly. Its been a long back when I saw your last post. I hope everything is fine with you. So, how was your new year? Must have been great !
ReplyDeleteMay this new year bring many opportunities to your way,
to explore every joy of life & may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm, turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.
Happy New Year to you & your loved ones.
man that was really after long back. where hav u been? i thought u too hav been infected by that bug doing the rounds in blogosphere. people are blogging so less these days.
ReplyDeleteAnd a happy new year to you too!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen will you be back? What are you up to?
Claps ! Claps ! Claps !
ReplyDeleteWishing you healthy/wealthy 2009.