Academician sharing his teaching, running, Boston marathon and Kenyan running experience

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Sidd sir, 53 year old super fun but quiet human. He is such a quiet person that it was not easy to get him here. It is a great opportunity to learn from this academician. He is a wonderful runner and has been to KENYA, the mecca of long distance running, for a running camp. Here are his details.....Siddhartha

Born in 1967.

Schooling in several places including final six years at Rishi Valley School in AP.

College - BA and MA in English Literature from St Stephen's College in Delhi University

Work - went back to Rishi Valley to teach in 1991 and since then have been working in schools of the Krishnamurti Foundation India, including as Principal of Rishi Valley School. Currently Director of Rajghat Besant School in Varanasi.

Poetry - had three collections published between 2010 and 2016. Currently working on two more.

Running - first formal HM at Hyderabad in 2009 (before AHM); PB - 1:32:19 (Chennai 2017)

first FM at AHM 2011; PB - 3:22:41 (Kochi 2017)

some running highlights: pacing AHM 4 hr bus (2014, 2015 and 2017)

running Istanbul marathon (2013)

qualifying for 2018 Boston marathon; but dropped out because of hypothermia

running camp at Iten (Kenya) in Feb 2019

qualified again for Boston at TMM in 2020

running with students and coaching some of them for HM and for marathon relays....DO ATTEND IT, gonna be extreme fun

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