A great start
I know we like to pick on our students, but this time they deserve a huge pat on their backs. The MARG Chennai Runners Half Marathon 2011 is being held on Nov. 6 on our sweet campus. In two and a half days after I sent out the announcement on the campus newsgroups, we have received a whopping 375 registrations for the race, almost entirely from the student community. Most of them are for the 10K, but there are about 30 for the half-marathon.
We offered to help anyone who wanted to finish the race with their training. The first training session was a couple of days back and 13 students showed up at 6:30 a.m. On a sunday! And each of them completed the assigned 5 km without any issues. I am feeling really kicked that these kids showed up and went with the plan. Hopefully, we can keep this going for the next three weeks and they will all receive a nice finisher’s medal.
And now, it’s time to get some faculty and campus residents to join the party.
