Run for everything

Back in my college I had my hostel's sports secretary pleading me to participate in inter-hostel crossies. They are about 5-10km races; I don't remember exactly, and that's how deaf I was. My inspiration arrived late. But now I'm taking it more seriously than before. In parts, this is because of Ian, because of my increasing weight, and because of Nidhi's new work.

Last month I ran the 5km version of Bangalore Sunfeast 10k run. Hilarious as it may be, that was the first time I ran 5km without a break and I did it in about 35min. Just today I dropped Nidhi again for an 8km charity run she's participating in. I have an extra work day at office - and I feel deprived of the run, something I never thought I'd worry about.

Here's a cool thing I found out: music for endurance training. Given the sport-starved third world place I come from, please excuse me for getting excited about this discovery. Paying $5-$14 for 30-40min of training mixes is still steep for me but if I carry on with my motivation I might just get there.

But first, I must replace my torn, all purpose sports shoes and get a pair of running shoes.