I was back from Germany on Saturday Early morning and was all set (in mind) to run 15km on Sunday. Somehow I wanted to make up for the lost days of practice.
So there we (Milind and I) were, on the road . Shashi was supposed to join us after his warm up. In long distance, we normally start from Siddharth Nagar and all the way in BNP to complete the distance.
It must be 1.75 km , running at easy pace of 8, but still I got severe pain in both the ankles and calves. I somehow completed 2 km and then it was even hard for me to walk...I was wondering what was it ? 2 weeks of cold weather in Germany or not enough hydration or irregular work out ? or all of above
Meanwhile Shashi joined us and I asked the guys to go ahead , as I did not want to ruin their run.
I was determined to complete 15km when I started , but pain was too much at that point to handle. But I walked for almost 0.5 km to see if I can bare it ... and I was :-) . Then ran another 0.5 km and again break. Meanwhile saw Girish Aroskar pass by like a superfast train , when I was approaching BNP.
I imagined, what if this happens on The Day ... would I quit ... and I did not wait wait for an answer , change the track to my favorite Marathi collection , and pushed myself .
Few months back I had read FB post of Amit Sheth, that when you meet people during run and greet each other , it gives you energy to run little further and exactly thats what happened. All the smiling faces, exchange of greetings , courteous remarks ...there is just different energy in the air when you run in BNP.
With moderate breaks in between I reached the Kannheri Route and in ascend , met BNP gang ...they were on their way back to starting point .... hmmm after all , i did not do so bad :-)
It was great feeling.
On my way back. last 2 km were really tough ..I almost walked half the distance with feeling of throwing up ... must be dehydration .
But at the end to see 15.3km on the tracker was something else. Hurrey ... I did it :-)
So there we (Milind and I) were, on the road . Shashi was supposed to join us after his warm up. In long distance, we normally start from Siddharth Nagar and all the way in BNP to complete the distance.
It must be 1.75 km , running at easy pace of 8, but still I got severe pain in both the ankles and calves. I somehow completed 2 km and then it was even hard for me to walk...I was wondering what was it ? 2 weeks of cold weather in Germany or not enough hydration or irregular work out ? or all of above
Meanwhile Shashi joined us and I asked the guys to go ahead , as I did not want to ruin their run.
I was determined to complete 15km when I started , but pain was too much at that point to handle. But I walked for almost 0.5 km to see if I can bare it ... and I was :-) . Then ran another 0.5 km and again break. Meanwhile saw Girish Aroskar pass by like a superfast train , when I was approaching BNP.
I imagined, what if this happens on The Day ... would I quit ... and I did not wait wait for an answer , change the track to my favorite Marathi collection , and pushed myself .
Few months back I had read FB post of Amit Sheth, that when you meet people during run and greet each other , it gives you energy to run little further and exactly thats what happened. All the smiling faces, exchange of greetings , courteous remarks ...there is just different energy in the air when you run in BNP.
With moderate breaks in between I reached the Kannheri Route and in ascend , met BNP gang ...they were on their way back to starting point .... hmmm after all , i did not do so bad :-)
It was great feeling.
On my way back. last 2 km were really tough ..I almost walked half the distance with feeling of throwing up ... must be dehydration .
But at the end to see 15.3km on the tracker was something else. Hurrey ... I did it :-)
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