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To read about the previous part of my New York Marathon Journey 2019 New York Marathon Journey Part - 1 New York Marathon Journey Part - 2 Now we have a WhatsApp group to share things. We all 10 runners started discussing and sharing our running activities. Out of 10 runners, 7 had already done a Full Marathon. Only myself, Aldemar Leon (Columbia) and Jefferson (Philippines) had not done any Full Marathon till now and it was the first Full marathon for 3 of us.  Dreaming about New York City Also, we came to know, out of 10, Katarina (Hungry) and Maria (Mexico) are very good runners and completed their Full Marathon early within 3:30 hrs. Nilesh (India), Min (Japan), Sharmila (India), Sachin (New Jersey) and Doreen (Germany) also had completed Full Marathon early and also during WhatsApp discussion we came to know that Sachin and Sharmila already done New York City Marathon early and this will be 2nd time for them. Now we all started discussing in the group and sharing our daily activit

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Click below link for Part - 1 New York Marathon Journey Part - 1           The Main Journey of New York City Marathon 2019 started from here after completing two Half Marathons. But till now I never thought to run Full Marathon. I never dreamed for Full Marathon. Also, with the help of some of my runner friends Bilal, Prakash, Laxman I joined some running WhatsApp groups. I started getting lots of knowledge about running and motivation from them. Which helped me a lot during my New York City Marathon Journey.   List of 10 Runners In the last week of Mar, 2019, I got mail from TCS Fit4life to apply for the 'New York City Marathon 2019'. I applied for this event on 05/April/2019. To apply we have completed any Half Marathon or Full Marathon in the last 6 months because we need to update timing details and upload certificates. I just applied for the 'New York City Marathon 2019' and forgot. After two months, on 19/June/2019, when I was sitting in office and checking my

My Running Journey from Half Marathon (21 KM) to New York City Full Marathon (42 km)

          After school, I almost stopped playing badminton and many other games due to my busy lifestyle. I used to play outdoor badminton sometimes on weekends only with my family and friends. But from this year 2020, I started playing indoor badminton with the help of some colleagues Piyush, Abhinav and Akash inside our office campus. We have mostly all the sports inside our office campus like Badminton, TT, volleyball, Basketball, Squash, Cricket net, gym etc. To play badminton we need to book a court one day before. We daily book badminton courts for 1 hr and play in the evening. We play from Monday to Friday mostly. Why to play badminton? Badminton has less injury rate as compared to other sports. Badminton has fewer players so the crowd is less. Badminton is an indoor sport so we can play any time. Badminton is an inexpensive Sport as we need a racket, a shuttlecock, and a court to play. Badminton is the fastest growing sport in India.   Some Health Benefits of Playing

"Time isn't the main thing. It's the only thing" We all have the same 24 hours in a day, then how most successful persons in the world utilize their time and take maximum benefits. Many of us are busy in our life, have a lot of responsibilities and obligations, and often feel strapped for time. Having a good morning routine can make all the difference in being productive, achieving goals, feeling organized, and doing all of this with confidence. Getting up early in the morning is very important to start your good day. 6 Tips For Morning Time Management. 1. Always go to bed on time and if possible before 11 PM in night. 2. Select your clothes for morning in the night before going to bed. 3. Get woke up on time and if possible at 6 am. 4. Set a second alarm on the other room or away from bed. 5. Choose quick fix breakfast options to make it fast in 30 minutes. 6. Keep some extra time for emergencies.           I usually go to bed around 11 PM and wake up in

  HAPPY INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY         Today morning during this international yoga day, I was remembering my old days and benefits of Yoga and how I overcame severe back pain with the help of Yoga. In Aug/2011 when I was working in Hyderabad. After 4 months of marriage, I got severe back pain and due to this back pain, I was not able to walk for a distance of 200 meters also. I went to the doctor, he told me to do some tests and after the test came to know it was due to high cholesterol. I was disturbed with severe back pain and started thinking how to come over from this problem. After one month, I searched in google, about Yoga for back pain. I started doing yoga for back pains daily morning for 30 minutes and restricted my diet to limited. I continue my daily morning yoga and diet schedule for the next 3 months. After 3 months, my back pain was completely gone and my cholesterol level also came down. After that I never faced any back pain in my life till now and am enjoying my life

          My journey of Half marathon started from TCS50 billion steps challenge which was organised on completing 50 years of TCS. It was a 10 days billions step challenge from 28/Sep/2018 to 07/Oct/2018 for all TCS employees globally. During the TCS50 billion steps challenge I joined a TCS internal running group of around 10-15 people made by Bilal and Prakash. During this 10-day challenge, every morning we all gather at one place, do some warm up and start running/walking and after finishing run/walk we do some cool-down exercise and then back to home. We continued this routine for 9 days and daily we used to do around 5 km run/walk. Last day on 07/Oct/2018, we planned for a long run of 8-10 km and that was my first day when I ran 10 km before that I never ran 10 km. I enjoyed this group and learnt a lot of things during these 10 days. TCS50 Celebration Day on 7/Oct/2018           I continued my running routine. One day I saw an ad in the newspaper about Skechers Performance Chennai

"Walk an hour a day and move your diseases away"         There are several ways to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle and walking is one of them. Walking is good for us as it is an aerobic exercise that burns calories, improves blood circulation, and makes us feel energized. In the beginning, start walking for 30 minutes at a slow pace and then increase the time to 1 hr or 10,000 steps every day. Always we need to do warm-up and cool-down exercises before and after walking to prevent injuring your muscles and tissues. It is always suggestable that if you have any orthopedic or any other health issues, consult your doctor before setting your fitness goals. Best Time For Walk - Morning is the best time to walk. A 30 minutes’ walk in the morning can change your life! This is especially true if you are dealing with lifestyle-related diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease, etc. A morning walk is easy on your joints and heart, and the fresh air in the mornin