13.1 miles (21.1km) at 9:36 min/mile pace to wrap up the 100th run of the year. Started in early morning but by the time I finished 2 hours and 5 minutes later, it was very bright sunlight. The 100th run of the year was also made memorable by the snake that I came upon. In spite of running low on salt and sugar, I had enough presence of mind to let the snake have the right of the way!!
“Should no one heed your call, then march along by yourself”
After dad not joining me for the morning dawn break and then my brother not joining me for the run in the morning today, somebody had to keep up with the tradition. Even if just for tradition’s sake 🙂
The sky became overcast very quickly. And we were back to the hot and humid weather. Since I have about 25 hours of flight in front of me, wanted to see if I could tire myself out by pushing my body for an endurance run. Finished a 5K run in a minute faster than my normal 5K race pace. (8min/mile average with a couple of peaks at 7:30 min/mile).
Now drinking water by the gallons to avoid cramping up…
I had to drag myself out of bed today. I have not had a full night’s sleep for the last five days and have already posted some 30 miles for the week. I was very tempted to sleep in – but went out for a run anyways since I will be losing the miles when I am in India next week. And I am glad I went. In our Chalupa group, finally we were able to get some gender balance – as many men as women. Admittedly, we had to throw in Jay Jay (our male dog) into the count to get that parity 🙂
We had Samaresh, Joyjit, Ayan, Ashok, Gita, Malobika and Sharmila. And among the youngsters, we had Nikita, Anannya, Raya, Puja and Abheek.
Did I mention Jay Jay? 🙂
