#42km195m

[vanamsen]

🥇 Long Run along Spree 🏃‍♂️ Berlin 🇩🇪 42.2km / 4.13" / 2h58m ⚡ #berlin🇩🇪 #marathon #running #marathontraining #fit #strava #42km195m #run #runmotivation #dailyrun #berlinrunners #spree #riverview #riverrun #spreeriver #berlinmitte (at Berlin Hauptbahnhof) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbY81CIAa1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[labrujarecords]

El kilómetro 42 a 195 metros de la meta en Aguascalientes, mañana domingo voy por el enorme reto que es correr un Maratón, la gran prueba de resistencia del atletismo por 3er vez en la vida. #marathon #maratonista #maraton #42k #42km #42km195m #maratonrunner #instarunners #maratonaguascalientes #vivaaguascalientes (en Aguascalientes City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGvjB7CFlJx/?igshid=1i5aq9vuozdil

[alfakilopapa]

Running Vizag Full Marathon

On Nov 12, 2017, I ran my first full marathon at Vizag navy marathon. This blog is a summary of my findings from my run and post-hoc analysis of the route. Vizag city has unusual elevation profile due to eastern hills and coast line. The marathon course has several uphill and downhill sections. The elevation profile is illustrated below. To contrast, I also added New York City Marathon elevation profile.  One can clearly see the elevation gains are sharp in Vizag course as opposed to New York one. Thus, Vizag navy marathon is one of the challenging courses for marathon runners. 

Disclaimer: I did not run NYC marathon and I only use its route profile as a benchmark to put Vizag marathon course in the context. 

Vizag marathon course is a roundtrip between Vishwapriya Function Hall on beach road and INS Kalinga (eastern naval command headquarters). There were 4 categories in the race -- 5k, 10k, Half-M, Full-M. According to organizers there are 15,000 participants in this year’s edition.  I guesstimate 250 participants ran in Full-Marathon category.  The race began at 4:30 am and I managed to reach half-way in 2 hrs 10 mins and finish line in 5 hrs 40 mins. A huge shoutout to the volunteers who were stationed for every 2 km. They were stocked up with bananas, water and glucose! Thanks to organizers.

courtesy: Vizag Navy Marathon website

My Training

Last time when I trained for half-marathon in Brooklyn, I regularly ran for 50 km a week on average. This time around, I primarily spent my time on strength-training and core-workouts  over several weeks before marathon. To be honest, my weekly mileage was adequate (about 50-60 km) for a half-marathon preparation but not a full marathon. I did a lot of deadlifts, squats, lunges, speed-biking, lateral running, zero-runner, elliptical and other large-muscle group routines. Hindsight, I should have run more long runs. I promise myself that I will focus on mileage for my next full marathon.

What was going through my mind

I was mostly nostalgic (because its my hometown), thoughtless, in-the moment throughout the race. It was a 4:30 am start and days into the race day, I regularly woke up at 3 am. I was excited to run! On the race day, I woke up at 2 am and had curd rice for breakfast. Once the race began, I started off slow and easy for the first 5 km. Once my cardio-vascular system warmed up, I picked up the speed and ran comfortably at ~9 min/mi for the next 10 km. I thoroughly enjoyed the eastern sea breeze while running north. It was still dark and I could barely see twilight for the first 12 km. I saw the sun rise over Bay of Bengal at 18th km. It was amazing! I wasn’t running for the most part of 21k, I was just sailing :) 

The course takes a U-turn at 21st km and we run back to the start point. The sun was out but not quite bright at this time. I started to pace myself around ~11 min/mi for the next 6 km (27th km). I managed to run the 21K at comfortable pace and reached halfway by 2 hrs 10 minutes. Until 27th km and the sun was not up it was more or less comfortable.   I started to feel the cramps in my calves once the uphill sections began. I mostly walked through the uphill sections and ran whenever I could. I smiled at everyone and anyone while I was walk/run-ing to keep my spirits up. I felt like a zombie with nothing on mind except watching the road and random strangers.  Despite being a flat section, the last 3 km was most grueling and the finish line was so near yet so far. I was greeted by my grandfather  at the finish line.

Elevation Profile for Vizag Marathon 

In Vizag marathon, there’s only 8.82 km of flat section in the entire route. The longest hill section  is 1.08 km, which is around Rushikonda and max height gain is 32 m. Based on the route profile below, one can observe that there are several hill sections across the route. In contrast, only few hill sections appear in NYC race course.

NYC elevation profile provided below for contrast

courtesy: plotaroute.com

Route Statistics for Vizag Marathon

route statistics for NYC  Marathon for contrast

NYC marathon begins in Staten Island and ends in Midtown. In contrast to Vizag course, NYC marathon course has a flat section of 9.90 km and the longest hill section of 0.81 km appears at the crossing between Brooklyn and Queens. Although total uphill sections of both courses are similar 16.56km vs 16.74km, the uphill sections are almost evenly distributed in Vizag, which can easily throw your pace off. 

[tesh48]

Así suena el Himno Nacional antes de empezar un maratón, se siente re-bonito! #42km195m #ahead #runner #nikeplus #instamood #vscogood #video #nationalanthem #mexico #cdmx (en Maratón de la Ciudad de México Telcel)

[igging]

無痛完賽全馬，今年是渣打馬連續三年完賽禮之首 #無所畏懼 #befearless ，接下來可以認真規劃/集點[2019, 2020 , 2021]課表/活動，跑者們相約河堤長跑 #不見不散 #獎牌 #施華洛世奇 #渣打馬拉松 #渣打馬拉松2019 #渣打銀行 #befearless #fearless #marathon #fullmarathon #runner #跑者 #馬拉松 #全馬 #42195 #42k #42km #42km195m #26 #26miles #standardcharteredmarathon2019 #standardcharteredmarathon #swarovski #buff #godiva #standardchartered #karhrineswitzer #261fearless #kvswitzer #finisher (at 大佳河濱公園) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsmbb5HhX4R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19pdz6fkrp2mv

[correpe]

We salute your #AWESOMENESS @soniawachowska. Jeeeeeeest :-) Debiut w maratonie !!! 11 miejsce w swojej kategorii ❤❤❤ I na liczniku dzisiaj 55 622 kroki :-) #marathon#PKO#Poznań#Maraton#42km195m#run#running#runner#rungirl#runninggirl#bieg#bieganie#biegambolubie#fallowme#insta#photo#remembers#beatifulltime#activewomen#lovelife#debiut#polkasport#suunto# #runhappy #soycorredora #maraton #correPE (at 18. PKO Poznań Maraton) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9_I7hgEBb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1crs1wr5g2aez

[rosesaini]

#ThisMorningStory #ToughFight #WeDidItAnyways #PanasWeiiiii #SCSM2017 #42km195m

[vanamsen]

🥇 weekend Long Run 🏃‍♂️ around Berlin 🇩🇪 42.2km / 4.13" / 2h58m ⚡ #berlin🇩🇪 #marathon #running #marathontraining #fit #strava #42km195m #run #runmotivation #stravamap #dailyrun (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVYoOySIT1d/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tuiteweb]

42km195m, ainda nos reencontraremos muitas vezes. . #tbt #maratona (em Maratona CAIXA da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnPv6elYjq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=139w0dcaz5m1c

[desaiguilles-etdesbaskets]

14 jours, dans 14 jours c'est le grand jour. Dans 14 jours je vais me lancer dans ce pari un peu fou fait avec moi-même de courir un marathon, mon premier marathon. J'arrive au bout de cette préparation avec plusieurs sentiments mélangés. L'excitation: j'ai hâte d'y être, hâte de relever ce defi, hâte de dire "je l'ai fait" La peur: suis-je vraiment assez prête? Aurais-je le mental, le physique pour le faire? Et si ce n'était pas à ma portée? La fatigue: j'en ai marre, je veux que ce plan se termine, je veux que ce marathon soit fini parce que j'en ai marre. Bref, dans 14 jours je cours mon premier marathon et je suis morte de trouille et pleine de question 😱 #run #runner #runners #rungirl #runaway #running #runnersofinstagram #runnerscommunity #instarunner #runninggirl #instarun #swimbikerun #instarunners #weruneurope #marathon #42km195m #strava #stravarun #weloverunning #weloverun #runninghappy #runningheroes

[tesh48]

Llego el momento y hay que disfrutarlo al máximo! Otro año más con estas loqueras #maratoncdmx #maratoncdmxtelcel #runner #maraton #marathon #adidas #nike #gatorade #mexico #cdmx #instagood #goodvibes #nuncanocorriendo #loverunning #like #enjoy #saturdaynight #running #runner #telcelmexicocitymarathon #42km195m (en Maratón de la Ciudad de México Telcel)

[umbybologna]

#42km195m #newyork #city #run #iocorroqui #mile #marathon #happy #fun #love #me #real #nofilter (presso New York City Marathon)

[hettylewis67-blog]

Vote for me😃👍🏻#makeitbright #runtonyc #50thbirthdaycelebration #iloverunning #diadora #womenwhorun #marathon #nyc ❤️👍🏻🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️#42km195m http://makeitbright.diadora.com/runtonyc/runners/henrietta-maria-lewis.html

[valerianisme]

Me #running a #marathon #42km195m--this could not be possible without a good coach/trainer. A big thank-you to Anna Khryashcheva aka @ann_rss for all the valuable knowledge she gave me, for training plans and a runner's spirit! Photograph courtesy of Denis Solodilov. #fullmarathon #бегатьмного #ihaterunning #марафонец #marathonrunner #полныймарафон #42км (at Парк Победы)

[vanamsen]

🥇 Warsaw Marathon 🏃‍♂️ 2:43:15 🌟 ✅ 2nd official Marathon ✅ improvement from 4:22:15 (2019) ✅ #1 finance industry rank ✅ #11 age group rank ✅ awesome cheering 🎉 ✅ new PR ✅ 3:49" 🚀 #warsaw🇵🇱 #marathon #maratonwarszawski #running #stravaphoto #runmotivation #run #42km195m #fit #berlinrunners #nike #garmin (at Warsaw, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZgLoVI8ar/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tesh48]

Vamos por uno más! #maratoncdmx #nikeplus #runner #marathonrunner #run #42km195m #mexico #cdmx #instarunners #adidas #underarmour #tennis #sportbeans @telcel @telcelmexicocitymarathon #telcelmexicocitymarathon @underarmourmx @adidasrunning (en Distrito Federal, Mexico)