Annika ran in the JO’s qualifier in San Diego but just missed the cut for the national team. Here we are doing the course walk before the start of the race. Annika looked strong but just missed the cut.
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Junior Olympics Qualifier
Posted in Cross Country, tagged Junior Olympics Qualifier on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dino Dash 2011
Posted in Cross Country on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nikhil and Annika both ran in the Dino Dash again this year. Here is Nikhil chatting before the run. Alas, no PR’s today!
Annika’s Running
Posted in Cross Country on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Annika has been busy the last couple of weeks with races at Mt. Sac and Laguna Hills. Here are some pics. At the Elementary School race, she place 15th out of about 150 5th graders. Here she is before one of her races. And one more after her race, loading up on sugar!
See Annika Run!
Posted in Cross Country on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Miss Annika has also started her cross country season and has run a couple of 5K’s. Here are some pics from her last couple of races.
High School Cross Country
Posted in Cross Country, School on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nikhil has started cross country season and is running for his high school team. Here are some pictures from his first two meets. Nikhil got his groove back in the second race, improving by 1 1/2 minutes to an 18:52 in the 3 mile race.There were 400 Freshman kids in this race from as far [...]
MVP Awards
Posted in Cross Country, School on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On Tuesday, Nikhil received an award from the the Elks Club and his school for Cross Country Season. Awards were presented to the MVP’s from each school in Orange County for a variety of sports. Here he is going up to receive his award. Here are the boys from each school in OC for Cross [...]
Brea 8k
Posted in Cross Country on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, Annika and Nikhil ran at the Brea 8k (5.11 miles). It was a chilly 45 degrees but they both braved the weather. Here is Nikhil finishing up the race at the 35 minute mark. Here are a couple of Annika. This is her first 8K distance. She came in at 38:24.
Timberwolf 5K
Posted in Cross Country, tagged 5K on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Annika ran in her first 5K this season and did awesome. She got a 23:09 on a difficult and hilly course. Here are some pics. The first picture is near the beginning of the race. Here she is near the end of the race – the littlest one around, beating the high school boys! And [...]
Equalizer Banquet
Posted in Cross Country on January 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend, Annika and Nikhil attended the annual club banquet. This is one of the few times in the year we get to see them dresssed up! Here is Annika and her friend Christine. Here is Nikhil with his running buddies.
Junior Olympics 2010
Posted in Cross Country on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Annika and I got back from the 2010 Junior Olympics. This year’s event was all the way in Alabama in the South Eastern part of the US. I have never been to Alabama before but it looked just like any other part of the mid-East. Here are some pics from the event. First up is [...]
Lots of Sports
Posted in Cross Country on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The kids have been busy with their cross country practice and races. I have been remiss in posting pics.. but we had a camera issue. Anyway, I am back online with a new camera. Here are a couple from Mt. Sac. Vikram has also been busy with swimming and water polo.
Santa Monica 5k
Posted in Cross Country on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, Annika and Nikhil ran in the Santa Monica 5K. This was an hour drive and required getting there at 7AM! Here they are lined up at the starting line with a few thousand other runners.
Spirit Run 5K
Posted in Cross Country on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend, Nikhil and Annika ran in the Spirit Run 5K in Newport Beach. The weather was perfect, especially compared to last year when it was raining. Nikhil improved on his time from last year and just missed the 20 minute mark. This was Annika’s first time at this run which was chipped. She got [...]
Brea 8K
Posted in Cross Country, Running on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nikhil ran in the Brea 8k last weekend. This is the longest race of the season at 5 miles. He achieved a stellar time of 34 minutes flat which is almost a minute faster than his time last year and a pace of 6:50 per mile. I wish I could do even one mile at [...]
Bantam Champs Party
Posted in Cross Country on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We went to a celebration party to honor the girls in their championship victory. Here is a great shot of the cake that one of the dads ordered! And here are the girls lining up to eat their image!
OC 5k
Posted in Cross Country on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Annika ran at the Orange Coast 5K and got a second place finish.
Reno Winter Wonderland
Posted in Cross Country, tagged Cross Country, Junior Olympics, Reno, Running on December 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This weekend, I took Annika and Nikhil up to Reno for the National Junior Olympics. Both had qualified at the Regionals in San Diego about 4 weeks ago. We had a nice flight up to Reno from LAX. The weather unfortunately was not as nice. On Friday night before the race we had about a [...]
Grandma’s House
Posted in Cross Country, Dinner, Family, tagged Dinner, Family, Thanksgiving on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over Thanksgiving holiday, we went up to Mom and Dad’s house. Here is a picture of the kids with their cousins (Kiran and Maya). On Thanksgiving morning, the kids ran a 5K race in San Jose called the Silicon Valley 5K. This race had 11,000 plus runners. Annika got 2nd place in the 9 and [...]
Regional Junior Olympics
Posted in Cross Country, tagged Cross Country, Running on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend, Annika and Nikhil ran at the regional Junior Olympics qualifier in San Diego (Escondido). They both qualified for the team and their team placed 1st and 2nd so they are moving on to the nationals race in Reno in a couple of weeks. Here are some pictures from the event last Sunday. [...]
Junior Olympics Qualifiers
Posted in Cross Country, tagged Cross Country, olympics, Running on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nikhil and Annika both qualified for the Junior Olympics at the Southern California Association meet last Sunday. Here is little Annika running with the older Bantam group (ages 9-10). She held her own and beat out several scoring runners in the older age group. Her team placed first in the race. Look at her [...]
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