A 5 miler (8K) by myself in the trails and then a 3 miler (5K) with Nikita on the dirt roads…

“Ekush dofa dourey maarey” (from “Ekushe Aain”)

As many as 21 runners showed up for the Chalupa group run. Remarkably, three of the youngsters – Uma, Raya and Nikita – forsook sleeping in on a summer vacation Sunday morning and came out. We had four out of town visitors – Aniruddha and Indrani from Dallas, Texas and Shilpa and Scott from Birmingham, Alabama. Funnily enough, Scott introduced himself as Scott-esh 🙂 🙂

The usual culprits – Mrinal-da, Seemita-di, Indrani, Rituparna, Tania, Sharmila, Malobika, Ashok, Samaresh, Haimanti, Sreerupa, Bhaskar and Rakhi were all there. We missed Mrs. Banerjee who is visiting India.

In the excitement of taking pictures of such a large group, three other non-Chalupa runners who we run into every Sunday morning joined us in the melee too!

By the way, our run almost did not happen. As we approached the trail, we realized that a tree had fallen and effectively cut off the entrance of the trail (see the picture). Many of us were secretly thanking our luck figuring that we would go straight to Starbucks for coffee and chit-chat. Except that the three youngsters who were leading the pack, jumped off the trail (it was about two feet deep or so), found a way to hunch down and tunnel thru the tree and once they cleared the tree, jumped back up onto the trail.

We had no option but to follow them.

That was a good run!! Has to be one of the largest turnout for the Chalupa group!

After the sprints on Tuesday, we took Wednesday off. Today, we went back to the running trail. After the sprints, my hams are still tighter than drunken sailors in an Irish bar. She, on the other hand, asked if we are doing sprints again today!!

Good 5K run which she finished for the first time without a single stop.

4 repeats of 100 meter dashes.
We both peaked at 14 seconds.

Great 6 miles (10K) run at 6 in the morning with Lia and Lynette. I had not run with this mother daughter running powerhouse duo in a long time!!
Matt, we missed you!

5K in a rain soaked trail…

First day, she took a couple of breaks to walk.
Second day, she took a couple of breaks to sip some water.
Today, she refused to take a break. Even when I offered water, she said “Let’s keep going”…

She was fast asleep even when I came back home!!!