TCS New York City Marathon
Background : In 2019 & 2020, I ran 3,600 km/year. Did a combination of speed work, tempo and long runs and was in complete touch with the sport. Fast-forward to 2021 - I ran a meagre 500 km all of 2021, literally no miles from Apr 2021. 2021 was the worse year in terms of training in the 9 years I have been running! I wanted to change this in 2022. First half 2022 : Like many others, we tried our best to stay away from Covid-19 all of 2020 & 2021, but the virus got to us beginning of 2022. Annoyingly, I spent the first week of the year recovering from it. Whilst we had a mild infection, the gap in fitness did take a toll on my body due to general lack in aerobic fitness, the virus aftermath and maybe age catching up. I had to start somewhere, decided to walk first for a few weeks and then added some walk-run combination to my routine. I had a deferred entry from 2020 to the 2022 Bengaluru TCS 10K edition for the heck of it. Spent 4-5 weeks getting some miles, trained enough to