The Adventures of the Khare Family

Usain Bolt (the world’s fastest man) came to visit at the local college (Mt. Sac).  Anjali took the kids to see him as he hosted a running clinic.  Usain has a 9.58 second World record for the 100M along with a host of others.  He spoke about his training regimen and complained about the heat [...]

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A couple of weekends ago, Annika and Nikhil both ran in the Southern California Junior Olympics for track.  Both ran the 1500M and PR’d with their best times of the season. Here is Annika en route to a 5:59 time finally breaking the magical 6 minute mark! Here is Annika after the race.  Check out [...]

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Nikhil and Annika ran in two more races over the last couple of weekend.  The season is almost coming to a close.  Here are some pics from the LA Jets meet at Narbonne in Harbor City. Here is Annika getting off to a good start in the 1500M- easy to spot in the bright green. [...]

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Today we drove all the way out to Perris for a race.  Its about an hour and 15 minutes from our house.  The only resemblance to Paris is its pronunciation! Anyway, here are some pics from today. The first one is Nikhil and his buddies. This was Nikhil’s first race after missing the last couple [...]

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Yesterday, I drove down to Escondido for a track meet for Annika.  Here she is running in the 1500m race.  She improved another 4 seconds just short of the six minute mark to 6:03. Here she is battling one of her team mates.

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This past Sunday we went to Lomita for the Bay Cities meet.  Nikhil and Annika both ran the 1500m and 800m races. Both of them PR’d.  Annika lowered her time in the 1500m to a 6:07 (just missing the 6 minute mark). Nikhil lowered his time in the 1500m to a 5:14. The 800m races were [...]

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Last Sunday were the city finals for Nikhil and Annika.  Nikhil ran the 1600m and 400m races.  Annika ran the 800m and 400m races. Both of them qualified for the next round at the county meet coming up in May. I might add that the picture quality has improved with my new camera. I’m getting [...]

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Last Friday, Nikhil participated in the Mount Sac middle school races. Vikram was the official school photographer.  When the team was one short in the 4x200m relays, Vikram pitched in and ran a leg of the race!

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Yesterday, Annika and Nikhil raced up in Los Angeles at the LA Jets track near Culver City.  This was about an hour drive from our house.  The track facility was very nice and the organization was the best of the season so far – all the events started promptly with no technical issues.  Not often [...]

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Last weekend, Annika and Nikhil ran their first track meet of the season at Concordia University.  Annika picked up right where she left off last season and PR’d in both her 400m and 800m events with a 1:20 and 3:00 flat. Here she is after her races with her girls. Nikhil also posted a good [...]

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Yesterday, we went up to LA for the LA Jets track meet. Annika and Nikhil both ran the 1500M and 800M races and both got PR’s in their races. Here is Nikhil clocking in at 5:13 in his 1500M race – very close to breaking the key 5 minute mark. Here is Annika en route [...]

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Last weekend we went up to Pasadena for a track meet. Here are Nikhil and Annika in their races. Annika got PR’s in both her races. Here are the girls passing the time away after their race.

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Last weekend was the SCMAF Orange County meet down in Laguna Hills. Nikhil ran the 1600 meter and got 2nd place with another PR down to 5:34. After his run, Annika ran in the 400M and 200M and got 2nd and 4th place.  She improved her 400M time to 82 seconds which was a 5 [...]

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Yesterday we went to Escondido (near San Diego) for a track meet.  Nikhil and Annika both ran the 1500m and 800m. Both got PR’s in each event.    The highlight was Nikhil making a 5:15 in the 1500m which was about a 15 second improvement over his last PR just a couple of weeks ago. [...]

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This weekend, Nikhil and Annika ran in the Tustin Youth Track Meet. Nikhil got 2nd in the 1600M and 4th in the 400M with a 5:57 and 0:68 respectively. Annika got 1st in the 200M and 2nd in the 400M. Look at her concentration! They both qualified to move on the the Orange County regional [...]

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Here is a picture from the Pasadena meet a few weeks ago that one of the other parents sent over. This is Nikhil running in the 1500M race (I think)!

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Today was the county meet in Laguna Niguel. Annika surprised us and placed 2nd in the 400M and 3rd in the 200M.  She got a 10 second improvement in her 400M time and another PR in her 200M as well. Nikhil did very well also finishing 4th in the 800M and improving his time to [...]

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