Self-Transcendence Marathon 2005

Before I say anything about me and my marathon performance I'd like to thank Uwe from Heidelberg, Germany. He spend hours with me on the phone listening to my problems with the running schedule and the workout sessions. His support was of tremendous help. Without him I would not be able to run this years marathon.

Secondly, I'd like to thank Sri Chinmoy, for it is because of him that I find inner support and rest in our Lord Supreme. Without God I would not run a marathon at all and it is because of him that I can finish a marathon. Last but not least a big Thank you to all the supporters and friends on the course that cheered me up.

Because of all this I was able to run my fastest marathon. Even though I had a strong energy loss in lap 6 and wanted to stop after lap 7 my final time was 3:42:09 hours. This is 13 minutes off my old PB from 15 years ago and 33 minutes better than last years performance.

This photo shows Ambarish with whom I ran for the first 18 miles until I had to slow down. We both decided to run the marathon together and were hoping to finish together at 3:30. Ambarish did a 3:29:34. The picture was taken with a slow camera :-) so you can not see me in total. There is a gallery of photos at the srichinmoyraces.org website.

After the race I did not have any joy that I finished it. This just came after about 45 minutes after I crossed the finish line. Which I think is quite strange.

Once again: Thank you everybody for your support.