2011 Shahid Ultra – Chennai to Mahapallipuram on Dec 11, 2011
December 10, 2011
rviswana
Welcome to the second edition of the Shahid Ultra! We are all set for this Sunday. Some of the key announcements:
- Runners: - The final list of runners who have signed up are as follows: 50K Run starting from Dimensions at 3:30 AM: Balaji, Balasubramanian, Ramani R V, V.SIVAKUMAR, Ram Viswanathan, Neville J. Bilimoria, Paul Bennett, Shahid Kandrikar, Sundar, Srikumar, Vilva Natarajan, SHAMEEK DHANDA, B.L.I.BOSCO. 30K Run starting from Toll Booth on ECR at 5:30 AM: Mukesh Agarwal, Preeti Aghalayam, Vasanthan K, K Srinivas, Sunita, Sudha Mani, Krishna Kumar N, Karthik Padmanabhan, Shahul Hameed, VPS, Ramesh(McKinsey), Sirisha, Manish Suri, Sivaram Kannan, S.Saravanan, Bharani Shivakumar, Anjana Rajesh, Ridhima Suri, Eashwar, Senthilanand, Venkat Rangan, Mohan Kumar, Yash Saran, GOPALA KRISHNAN T, kumara & Vijay
- Volunteers: Hari, Ramesh Seshadri, Shankar Pater and Andy Gana
- Aid Stations: The plan is to have a few water points every 10 kms or so. The volunteer team would do its best to cover the distance to the best of their ability. Runners are requested to carry fuel belts/bottles/hydration packs that can hold enough liquids to cover a distance at least 20Km and get them refilled at every possible station.
- Baggage deposit: All our bags will be deposited in one of the volunteer’s car(s) and can be collected at Mahabalipuram. Any runner arriving with a driver can offer their cars for this purpose.
- Breakfast: Our finish point as well as our breakfast point will be at Radisson Temple Bay, Mahabalipuram. As you run towards Mahabalipuram, the road bifurcates into ECR (right) and Mahabalipuram road (left). It is on the left side of Mahabalipuram road. Shower facilities available at the hotel.
- Return Journey: We would be taking one of the A/C MTC buses plying towards the city and get dropped at the Toll Booth from where we could take a hike with one of the many runners cars parked there. Alternatively, one can take one of those buses directly to their home too.
- “Price” Distribution: We are going Dutch for the run! We will be having a small ‘price’ distribution (copyright: Team Asha!) at the end of the event where each runner would be required to pay about Rs. 500 per head. So, please get your plastic covers with cash (No wet/soiled notes!).
- Safety Instructions:
- Most of you, in fact, all of you are veteran runners. So, the consensus is that each one of us are aware of the safety precautions that we need to follow. Each one is liable to himself/herself. However, a few key points:
- Run in groups and carry your mobile. We STRONGLY DISCOURAGE SOLO RUNNERS, especially those runners who are likely to finish towards the end on safety grounds.
- Do not hesitate to throw the towel! There is absolutely no shame in not finishing. Feel free to take a bus/share auto/hitch hike and reach Mahabalipuram early for a breakfast!
Good luck for the run! See you all on Sunday
