Finally, it is done. The race is over. I clocked about 2 minutes less than last year. Not as good as I had hoped, because the weather today was fantastic. But at least the timing wasn't
worse than last year. That would have sucked. Running with Dipika again saved me from a worse timing. She has loads more energy than me, so it was a real struggle trying to keep up with her in the last few kilometers. But if I had run alone, I would have walked half of the last few kilometers.
[ Me and Dipika, at the Cubbon road stretch. Photo credit: Tom Cole]
What was really great this year, was that my parents and brother were visiting us in this time. Actually we had planned last year itself to get them over to see this awesome spectacle, and they really enjoyed themselves the whole time.
[ My parents, brother and us at Cubbon Park.]
My brother also took some fantastic pictures of the day, which I will put online after we come back from our trip tomorrow. :)
Three months of training, mostly irregular towards the end. We are ready for our second 10k, actually the second annual Bangalore 10k. Last year I was about 8 kgs lighter. But we had an eight month sabbatical in between so we basically started again from scratch. So I am hoping that I at least match last year's timing. The calf-pain in the first few kilometers still annoy me. And there is a good chance that we will be running in the rain this year. Also, my parents and brother would be there to watch us this year. :)
Overall, looks to be an interesting run!
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