5 January
2014
30 December
2013
Chalu-pa run across the continents
The Sunday morning Bengali running group was on vacation. However, everybody ran at 8 am on Sunday in a virtual Chalupa run. The first five pictures are from a few members running on the beaches of Florida, the next two are Sudakshina and Manas doing the authentic run in Atlanta and the last one is myself and my brother running in India. Apparently distance cannot separate our running together spirit….
25 December
2013
Morning run….
15 December
2013
De-camped!!!
Felt a little better this afternoon after this cold , headache and so on. Went to put in a 5K run to see if I could sustain it. It was a wind-assisted 8:09 min/mile pace.
I say wind-assisted because of the gusts of wind that was there. One such gust blew this tent away to the other side of the road!!
10 December
2013
Central Park Run
5K run with Amy in Central Park early morning. We worked together in our last jobs. It was nice weather… till we sat down for breakfast. And then Boom! Heavy snow started!! I am glad we had finished our run!!
Caught up with her travels in Africa. Was intrigued by her description of Ghana. Apparently poor but very happy people and tourist friendly. Sounds like the African version of Costa Rica!!! Need to put it in my bucket list!
8 December
2013
“Omuk jinista dhukchhe na” :-)
In an absolute nose thumbing to the traditional Bengali fear of “Thanda legey jaabey”, the Chalupa group showed up to run in cold AND RAIN!! What is amazing is that our two youngest members – Ilu (two or three years old?) and Stuti (five or six years old?) showed up and got out with us in the rain!!!
I missed taking a picture of Arup before he left early but the coffee “adda” at Starbucks made up for the misery of running in the rain. Check out the picture of Stuti playing on her phone and Ilu painstakingly trying to see what she is doing. She was standing on her toes watching her sister all the time. What a great sisters’ moment!!
Also, note the disapproving look on Joyjit’s face watching Baisakhi eat a cake. Eventually he could not help himself admonishing her “Porey bolbey na omuk jinista dhukchhey na, tomuk jinista berochhe na”. (roughly translated – “don’t complain later, this thing is not going in and that thing is not coming out”). I took a few seconds to realize what he was trying to say – then I almost spilled my coffee I was laughing so hard on the floor 🙂
4 December
2013
Run in Central Park
2 December
2013
Burlington, MA
21 November
2013
Birth of a morning
Finished my run, grabbed my Starbucks and sat outside the coffeehouse in slightly strong winds. And then watched the morning struggle to break thru the canopy of clouds till it was clear that a new day was upon us. Reminded me of an old poem (forgot the author’s name) that I had once read and copied down….
“So stop waiting until you finish school,
until you go back to school,
until you lose ten pounds,
until you gain ten pounds,
until you have kids,
until your kids leave the house,
until you start work,
until you retire,
until you get married,
until you get divorced,
until Friday night,
until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home,
until your car or home is paid off,
until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter,
until you are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth,
until your song comes on,
until you’ve had a drink,
until you’ve sobered up,
until you die,
until you are born again
to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…”
17 November
2013