I have never felt such uneasiness while breathing,” recalls Dhall, who has taken part in two half-marathons, including the Delhi event in 2015, and has a personal best of 2 hours 20 minutes. As he gasped in the smog , he had second thoughts about taking part in the half-marathon next Sunday.“It won’t be easy to run in these conditions. Even a mask won’t be able to protect participants running this half-marathon,” he says. However, runners with some years of experience may drop out of this event, taking into consideration the impact of pollution on their health post the run,” says Dhall. - Hiral ThanawalaAlong with others in Runbugs, a running group I founded in Gurgaon, I started training for the ADHM over four months back.

Source: Economic Times November 11, 2017 18:22 UTC