We probably have not seen a year as of this year – 2020. This year is different, starting from March 23rd. Everything in life has changed. Running a marathon is not an exception. However, this doesn’t stop us from meeting and doing exercise virtually. 

Strider’s team started meeting virtually to continue the exercise on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 6:30 AM from April onwards. Slowly we started doing a solo run. We had to learn how to run after months of lockdown. 

Running is infectious. You need one person to just start running the distance and posting the same in the group chat. This is what happened in our group. Some of the elite runners in our group (Vinodh, GK, Pradeep, Preethi) started posting their solo run stats. This inspired the group.

We got an opportunity to run a longer distance on August 15th and 16th. Independence day was celebrated with a virtual solo marathon/cycling. 

From our group, twenty five individuals did a virtual solo marathon/cycling from different parts of the world. Some of the folks broke their milestones. 

• Mr. Chetan (Our coach) completed cycling of 74 kms in 4 hrs 42 minutes.
• Vinodh (our barefoot guru) pushed himself to run the entire Bangalore outer ring road barefoot. A total of 74 kms in 9 hours. He started running at 4 AM on August 15th and finished at 3 PM. 
• Varun did 74 Kms of cycling in 3 hrs 29 minutes.
• Mahesh (GK) covered a distance of 63 kms in 7 hrs and 40 minutes. 
• Preethi completed her first ultra-marathon of 50 Kms in 6 hrs.
• Krishna completed his first full marathon in 6 hrs and 30 minutes.
• I completed my first full marathon in 7 hrs.
• Hari Galla, Sarad, Sharath, Dinesh, Dhana, Kiran, Kanaka, Vivek, Mahesh, Prakash, Pradeep, and Prajith did half marathon.
• Purushotham did a half marathon from the US.
• Suresh M did a 15 kms run from the UK.
• Roshan did a 15 kms run.
• Atrendu did barefoot running of 13 kms.
• Jagadish, Gouraj did a 10 Kms.

Our group did a distance of 750 Kms as a part of the independence day run event. This kms will translate to contribution from our side to the needy ones through the fit4life initiative. 

We can always find something good in every bad situation. The current situation is not best suited for group running. But, this should not stop us from running solo.

This is the best time to getting into the habit of walking or running. 

Join us virtually from any part of the world and start your running journey. The sessions are focused on building the required strength for legs, shoulders, knee, etc. Each session activity is planned. It is a different experience to do exercise together virtually. 

Stay fit and stay safe. 

Happy running.

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