Chilling out @ Beer Sellar and more SWAS activities

[Chaitanya Kovvuri]

Hi Team,

 

Just a week after the HOT HOT CMM, Nashville has been drenched with rain for two days...whether its rain or shine ..Team Swas goes to run and they also meet for a Beer to rejoice the accomplishments and share some pains and gains/ the workouts/ the lessons learnt. We had 8 members attend the event at Beer Sellar in downtown. We had a great time, we started with pale ales and ended it with stouts and discussed the following items:

• We discussed the mission and goals of Team Swas
• May 9th event @ Shelby bottoms park - 8.00 am  and related logistics - Team swas members will provide guidance on the course at the park, location to meet, and stretching after the run/walk - Exact details will follow in a separate mail - Members/friends and family can come and enjoy the the park - The focus is to perform physical activity - One can run, walk or bike.
• Allergy Season - How about a free lecture about tackling them from a well known otolaryngologist Dr.Hiranya Gowda - we discussed logistics around it - More details to follow in a separate mail
• Krishnan will represent Team Swas @ IAN meet
• Check out the site teamswas.com later this evening for race results of the group and pictures

So team, we look forward to meeting you all on May 9th and hope you have been running this weekend.. I did a 3 mile run and enjoyed the Stones river green way in all its greenery.

Please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas ....and your work out experiences...

 

Have fun and enjoy...

 

Thanks,

Chaitanya

 

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Pravin <trtp...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anil,

Thanigs is in charge of Swas operations. 

Krishnan will be attending todays meeting. 

Our appologies in delay in replying. 

-Pravin

On May 3, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Anil Jain <anilkj...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Team, I would like to know the name of person in charge of SWAS as I would like them to be part of India Association so we can increase the membership.

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From: Chaitanya Kovvuri <ckov...@gmail.com>
To: team...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 10:17:52 AM
Subject: Re: CMM 2009 - Hot ! Hot ! Hot !

Team,

 

Lets meet this evening at 6.30 pm @ Beer Sellar http://www.beersellar.net/nashville/default.html  to celebrate our CMM accomplishments and plan our May 8 event at Shelby Bottom Park ; 

 

Beer Sellar is on Church street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. Thanks to Kishore for coming up with the place.

 

Please RSVP by 4.00 pm today so that we can make reservations accordingly.

 

 

Thanks,

Chaitanya

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Rao Patri <rpa...@loganpatriengineering.com> wrote:

It was great to see everyone last weekend.  No matter what the speed (and pain of course) I am glad to have done my #5.

 

I checked with the doctor regarding my foot and am told I have plantar fasciitis.  I would encourage you all to learn a little about it and take steps to avoid it.  I went by fleet feet and picked up shoe inserts, flip flops, rolling ball (for calf stretching) and the strassburg sock for nighttime wear.  I have been educated about this in the last few days and am attacking the problem hard.  I hope to start hitting the gym in a few days – not sure about running though. 

 

Pravin please e-mail me your address.  Thanks

nammu

 

From: team...@googlegroups.com [mailto:team...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pravin Thirumalaisubbu
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:25 PM

To: team...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: CMM 2009 - Hot ! Hot ! Hot !

 

Just thought to share this...

 

I bought a bumper sticker in the convention center. It reads something like this...

 

"Courage is not that I finished, courage is that I started"

 

-Pravin

 

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:20 PM, kishore tummala <contact...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Fellow Swasies,
           It was good to meet you all after the race.
           This was my 2nd CMM and my 3rd Half Marathon.
           I did improve my time from previous races. I am happy from that perspective. But i am a bit disappointed that i didn't run better.
           I did lot of preparation this year. But i cheated a bit by doing my long runs on flatter courses. And the new hills added to CMM didn't help me a bit.
           Next year, I will try to cheat less during my practice runs.
          
          Thanks for the beer and tea shirt.


Regards
Kishore

    

          

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Pravin Thirumalaisubbu <trtp...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

 

I do not have a lot of experience in distance running. This year CMM is my 4th. But I realized how much practice pays. I had bad muscle, less practice adding up to worse finish (40 mins slower than my best time). I was upset when I finished the race but I am happy now because I am able to walk. Lessons learned, "never compromise training". 

 

See you all in Murfreesboro 1/2 marathon event.

 

Thank you

Pravin

 

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Thanigaivelan Muthu <tha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello there -

 

Country Music Marathon event has seen one of the hottest weather in its 10 year history. The temperature at start was in mid 60's and in an hour it reached 70. At 9:15 AM the temperature was 77 degree F and kept rising. The best part is the breeze and plenty of drinks served through out the course.

 

We had a great participation from Indian community in this years event. In my observation around 40 Indians participated in this years event out of which 15 are current swas friends and the rest are future swas friends. I recall the day 6 years ago when Nandhan and I finished the race and was disappointed that we were alone in the crowd of 22,000 people.

 

The race results will be posted to teamswas website this week. Including myself everyone's pace slowdown this year. Even though I practiced well this year, I was not prepared to handle the heat. Since I end up walking little over a mile towards the end I set a new personal record for slowest run, at 9:58 pace. My best timing in the first CMM participation was 8:04. I am determined to train in hot weather this summer.

 

Everyone, please share your experience.

 

The next team swas group practice in Nashville is scheduled for May 9th at 8:00 AM in Shelby Park, downtown. Looking forward to meet everyone there.

 

Keep swasing...

Thanigs

 

 

 

 

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Thanks,
Chaitanya

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Thanks,
Chaitanya

[subba venkiteswaran]

do you have any kids coming there for this event? My daughters are 12 and 7. wondering if they will have company.

 

I will plan on coming on May 9th.

 

Thanks

Subba

[santosh kumar]

Cool sounds like you had fun!

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From: Chaitanya Kovvuri
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:18:07 -0500
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Subject: Chilling out @ Beer Sellar and more SWAS activities