In India, we call these "Veranda". It is quite common here and are bigger than these.

Thank you. I guess my training paid off.

None of my friends are into running. So, I think I will have to order a bluetooth earphone then.

It did go fairly well. I was nervous till I got there. But as soon as I reached the race venue, the people and their excitement made me excited and I ran the first half at a pretty good pace for my standards. But after 11k, I was slowly getting bored and lost the fun in the run. Nevertheless, I pushed myself to finish line with a reasonable timing for my first half-marathon(2:15:00).

I always get bored after 11-12k, maybe because I don't listen to music while running(?). I am not sure.

I am going to run my first half marathon in 2 days. I have been preparing for this for last 6-7 months. Now, that I am here, I am getting tensed. If you guys can give me any tips, it would be helpful?

I can’t imagine having that kind of cardio endurance right now Even I was thinking the same when I started running. Now, here I am. I think you can also do it.

I started with the target of 5k, once I reached that, my target was to run for 1 hour, then 10k and after that under 1 hr 10k. Now my target is to run a half-marathon.

Last week I ran my first ever under 1hr 10k(56:20 to be precise). I had run 10k before but my PB was 1:08:00.

I just changed saturation, contrast and enhanced shadows to make it look as close to the real thing. Because I don't have a good camera.

Another photo.