The Tata Mumbai Marathon (formerly Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon) , by far the largest road race in India, has been held on the 3rd sunday of January since 2005(the 1st edition in 2004 was held in February). Of course races around the world have got disrupted in the last 12m and so has TMM. The 2021 edition , that should have taken place on 17th January, has now been scheduled for the 30th of May as per the press release of the organsiers Procam International made on 9th Feb 2021. While the Mumbai weather is likely to be warm and humid at the end of May personally this gives me more time to train and try and run a decent marathon. It is not yet clear how many amateur runners , if at all, will be allowed to run in Mumbai itself. Whether in Mumbai or virtually in Bangalore I am looking forward to the event. And breaking my haitus of running a marathon. Since 2005 this is the first time there will be a gap of 16m between two marathons!
On the training front the preneal tendonitis seems to be easing off with perceptebly less swelling and pain around the ankle area during the run. I am now able to pick up the pace in shorter runs managing a couple of 60m 10Ks in January. The 33K run in January also went better than the one in December. The goal is to sustain a weekly running and cycling mileage of 40-50K for the next 3m with at least one run of 32K+ and a cycle ride of 2.5hrs every month. The pace of the long runs is still at least 1m/Km slower than my usual pace. For now I am not looking at increasing this pace. Want to run the FM in May, take it easy in June and then maybe work towards increasing intensity assuming the ankle injury does not recur and one stays otherwise injury free!
