NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 2022 – My Return to the Challenge
NMDC Hyderabad Marathon 2022 – My return to the Challenge Why FM at Hyderabad? When I decided to run the Hyderabad marathon, and registered for the full distance, the most frequent question I was asked was, Why FM? A very obvious question to be asked, for an event that is known for its rolling hills, four never ending long flyovers and a weather that one can’t be sure of, till you are in it on the D-day. After my only two previous experiences in 2012 (returning from a major injury lay-off), and 2015, I had suffered especially during the second half, walk-jogging painstakingly through it, ending up deciding not to ever return to run this torture again. While I knew what I was getting into, I also realized that I hadn’t had a clear injury-free training year since my last major run at Mumbai in 2019, and later the pandemic had taken away most opportunities. So having trained till March’22 with mostly easy long mileage weeks, and run the NDM, where I felt I had underperf...