Strides of Hope

The fortnightly RFL run this time (Sun 21 Feb 2010) was at EGL. Again. A favourite location for me though, no complaints.

What made this run very special, is that we were all a small part of a pretty amazing and awe-inspiring event: Strides of Hope:
an extraordinary gentleman, Santhosh Padmanabhan, was running for 48 hours, raising funds and awareness for "Team ASHA". Wow.
(Click here to see Santhosh's blog).

Santhosh Padmanabhan

Santhosh started his incredible ultra at 4pm on Friday. Obviously, a lot of supporters/volunteers/Team ASHA members ran with him, in a kind of morally supportive relay, throughout. Sunday morning, it was our turn, through the good offices of RFL.

Incidentally, Santhosh ran an awesome 156 kilometres (nearly 100 miles), at the Bangalore Ultra 2008 event.



Also, I ran a half marathon distance (21.1k) in a PB (personal best_ for me: 02:24:15. Another reason to be happy...

The certificate from the 'Strides Of Hope' event.