UPDATE: 18km of Road Running

Here comes a new time and new distance...

Have started with Road running over last couple weeks, as the main race will be on the roads of Mumbai!
Have clocked 1 hr 42 minutes for 18 km today (December 27, 2009).. But its been a tough day today.. with painful joints and knees.... This is the maximum distance before the marathon and the tapering down begins from here on...

Bets are still open guys..!

UPDATE: Who is 'In-the-money' right now??

More than a month after the announcement, and some word-of-the mouth publicity, here is an update...
There's is Rs.12K riding on me.. That is,
Rs.9K in my favour (finishing half marathon within 130 minutes) - Positive people, who believe in my determination and training ;)
Ashu Z - Rs.5K
Kaushik, Harshal, Rashmi Rajmane, Anand Soniminde - Rs. 1K each..

And, there are some who are more practical and experienced... But, they can be wrong (!)
Saurabh Agrawal, Vishal Agarwal, Kunal Rawal - Rs.1K each.
While Saurabh runs everyday at Shivaji Park, Vishal had run 21 km last year. Kunal has also been running the marathon and his best time is 2 hrs 15 mins..

So the odds are in my favour @ 3:1...

In terms of training,
I clocked 75 minutes for 15 km at Joggers' Park yesterday (05/12/09). After this performance, and to throw more excitement into the game, I am reducing the target time to 2 hrs 5 minutes..!!

So folks, game is on and the bets are open...!!