Scaling 21,098 meters
"Olympus mons" - a volcanic mountain located in mars measures about the same height and no I am not claiming to have somehow reached Mars and scaled the peak. Although it would be worth an attempt when we do manage to collanize the red planet. For now however, I am quite content to have covered the half marathon distance which measures the same. After covering the 10k distance, I set my sight firmly on half marathon distance. Bangalore Half Marathon run was within my sight. I intended to follow the same approach to training as done for the 10k distance. I put together a plan on paper which involved 13 weeks of rigorous running with gradual increase in run distance over a period of time. Running long distances for many weeks and the very thought of running 21 odd kilometers with over 2.5 odd hours of running seemed daunting. I was scaling "Olympus mons" in my mind. Predictably after a few weeks of training, I gave up. A few weeks before the Bangalore half marathon...