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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON EXERCISING !!

If you are doing 'Social Distancing' by working from home and being away from the workout areas, try to maintain some regular exercise into your day to stay fit and healthy.

In Chennai, 'Gra^f Athletes' got outside, stayed enough distance, practiced individual schedules with respect to Interval Run / Cruise Intervals / Aerobic Endurance Run and for a while we forget about the hell that is unfolding around us.

Feel good in Body and Mind through this challenging times.

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It was a unforgettable and proud day for GTA as our coach, mentor, man behind all of our GTA atheletes success,a guiding force, stepped into his maiden Ironman Triathlon course.

Despite all odds this man with his sheer determination and confidence rocked and conquered the course with a stellar performance.

Yes, a maiden Ironman 70.3 title, and additional joy is that with his splendid performance he has been qualified for the World Championship (through roll down) to be held in Taupo, New Zealand Nov 2020.

Congratulations Coach, You did it all with a big Smile. Many more laurels will come your way !!!!

Our Hearty Wishes to you from all the GTA atheletes. God Bless You!!!!!

GTA Athelets sweating it out & gearing up for the upcoming events.

"Success is sweet but the secret is Sweat"

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At GRA:F Platform, It's not just about setting a PR in your goal race when an athlete comes aboard. Yes, it's important but there's much more to it.

During March 2019, Chandramouli Ramamoorthy aka CM a 43 years old young chap had signed up with to shave off just 20 mins from the previous timing of 04:35hrs. We :F put him on the base training, running form correction and set his targets to nothing less than Sub 4 hours Full Marathon.

CM resides in Kaulalampur, Malaysia where the roads are brutally hilly which gave him a solid space for training. He was focused and committed to running strong, thus makes a sheer pleasure to tune up his schedule when things were progressing. Training cycle was incorporated with multiple races in the buildup to goal race day, targeting different distances and stressing quicker leg speed.

On Sunday, CM has precisely took 03:48:42 Hrs to cover 42.195km distance in Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon as the race terrain consist good elevation and whopping rolls as well.

Champ, many congratulations once again for your stylish PB and wish you all good luck for future endeavors


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Rajkumar (a) RK finished the 42.195km with the timing of 03:53:18 hrs , at Airtel Hyderabad Marathon

He is the man of Grit, Determination and moreover an interesting personality who faces the challenges courageously despite the risk of failure. A soft spoken , stable minded with more positive approach to overcome any obstacles in an ease way.

This is NOT his personal best time but the kind of effort which he puts in to accomplish this timing is amazing. For the fact, he never gives excuses to miss the schedule amidst frequent business travel spanning across 25days a month, erratic timing in food intake and recent fall in sick.

RK, you made it man. Many congratulation to you once again. And, needless to say that you are the proud athlete of GRA^F

- Coach Shri Krishnan

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A busy day for were racing in on last Sunday. It’s a fresh start for the new season to display more in the months to come. Despite the humid condition and the little challenging route, our athletes have done best of their efforts to finish super strong.

Event : Dream Runners Half Marathon
Date : 21-07-2019

Half Marathon
Rajkumar RK 01:43:30
Anush Jagannath Rao 01:55:11
Ushakiran Konathala DNF
VP 01:51:37
Rahul Mani 01:42:57 (PB)

10 Km Run
Mahalakshmi Ravi 01:00:50 (PB)
Killen Vasy 00:53:50 (PB)
Pradheep Govi 01:02:20 (PB)
Baskar Kothandan 00:58:20
Srinivasan Duraisamy 01:03:00 (PB)
Sreemathy Ram 01:31:00
Rajkumar Ponniah 01:10:24
Venkateshkumar 00:52:52 (PB)
Lokesh Rekapalli 00:53:08 (PB)
Arumugam Srinivasan 01:02:12
Santhosh Chandrasekar 00:45:52 (PB)
Anand Madhavan 00:54:28 (PB)
Suresh Ramasamy 00:54:04
Pari Vallal 00:56:53

continue to impress with their positive attitude and dedication to their training. It’s a pleasure equipping these athletes to discover their own potential
- Coach Shri Krishnan

First race of the season start and with high humid condition, I suffered a lot in TCS World 10K Bengaluru. Certainly, in the difficulty you see what you're worth !

GRA^F congratulate our who once again demonstrated their great sports spirit , both inside and outside of the race.

Kudos to our runner Rahul Mani who have clocked 46mins 10Km in local time trail. He is the runner to be watchful in the days to come.


VP / Ushakiran Konathala / Anush Jagannath Rao / Latha Arul / Pari Vallal / Srinivasan Pattabiraman /Karthick Ranganathan

Happiness is the highest level of success !!

The race season is on, and a 5 KM Time Trial on Friday which is an extra fun for few runners. Racing condition with the cross wind flow and in high humidity out on course today and fast times set. Nevertheless, few runners have attempted in their respective places as well.

A great energy and very well done to everyone.

Pradheep Govi - 31.07 (New Attempt)
Chandramouli Ramamoorthy - 24.23
VP - 23.03 (PB)
Narmadha Muthusamy - 28.48
Srinivasan Duraisamy - 28:00
Muralidharan Parthasarathy - 26.57
Anand Madhavan - 27.49 (PB)
Suresh Ramasamy - 25.48 (PB)
Karthick Ranganathan - 31.00 (PB)
Anush Jagannath Rao- 23.46 (PB)
Rahul Mani- 22.23 (PB)
Mahalakshmi Ravi - 29.39 (PB)
Baskar Kothandan - 26.36
Pari Vallal - 24.45 (PB)
Latha Arul - 36.21
Vijaya Lakshmi - 41.53 (New Attempt)
Venkateshkumar Ramaswamy - 27:24 (PB)
Lokesh Rekapalli - 26:24 (PB)
Killen Vasy - 29:12
Arumugam Srinivasan - 29:50 (PB)

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"When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.”

Limb and Core Strengthening Session

"The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important"

At GTA we believe in preparation.Core session to build strong core muscles and stability..

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Amidst the blistering heat our GTA members completed the schedule with ease..

"Keep Your Eyes On The Stars and Your Feet On The Ground"

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"Offseason Its time to brace ourself for upcoming events"

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