Chicago Marathon - 22 Oct 06

Team-Asha from Austin travelled to Chicago to run in one of the nations largest marathons.

Carb loading for the marathon;
Me, Ganesh, Gaurav;
Anurag and Anita with the ethiopian thali.

Lamb ready to be slaughtered

Mile 6.5 mile; Ganesh and Anurag

The crowd never thinned

Gaurav and Anita coming up

Mile 9; Ganesh comes in

Anurag reaches for his refill cytomax bottle

Weather was simply amazing and people were still enjoying themselves; I see a small yellow in the background

It's Santhosh and his cousin Venkat

61 yr old uncle; Ran the marathon in 6 hrs 15 mins; A team asha runner

Anita and Gaurav

Me trying to travel to mile 17 by train (so is everyone else cheering); I had to switch 3 trains and it took me as long as it took Ganesh to run there!!

Trying to give an idea of the 47,000 strong runners.

A million strong cheering crowd.

Anurag cramping, but going strong.

Anita and Gaurav coming in; I went bandit after that, look for me in the official pics :);
This is what people look like after the marathon

Runner Time

Vinod Viswanath 4:22:26

Ganesh Krishnamoorthy 4:45:19

Anurag Komanduri 5:22:02

Santhosh Padmanabhan 5:22:52

Gaurav Agarwal 5:47:33

Anita Komanduri 5:47:34

Carb loading for the marathon; Me, Ganesh, Gaurav; Anurag and Anita with the ethiopian thali.
Lamb ready to be slaughtered
Mile 6.5 mile; Ganesh and Anurag
The crowd never thinned
Gaurav and Anita coming up
Mile 9; Ganesh comes in
Anurag reaches for his refill cytomax bottle
Weather was simply amazing and people were still enjoying themselves; I see a small yellow in the background
It's Santhosh and his cousin Venkat
61 yr old uncle; Ran the marathon in 6 hrs 15 mins; A team asha runner
Anita and Gaurav
Me trying to travel to mile 17 by train (so is everyone else cheering); I had to switch 3 trains and it took me as long as it took Ganesh to run there!!
Trying to give an idea of the 47,000 strong runners.
A million strong cheering crowd.
Anurag cramping, but going strong.
Anita and Gaurav coming in; I went bandit after that, look for me in the official pics :); This is what people look like after the marathon

Runner	Time
Vinod Viswanath	4:22:26
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy	4:45:19
Anurag Komanduri	5:22:02
Santhosh Padmanabhan	5:22:52
Gaurav Agarwal	5:47:33
Anita Komanduri	5:47:34