Amitesh, Sharmila and myself went out to run a 5K at Fiesta Run to raise money to fight back ALS. Among others, we did this for Arpita’s dad.

Great crowd, great spirits. There were senior citizens walking and running, a mom pushing two of her kids in a stroller, couple of handicapped folks in wheelchairs, kids one fifth my age weaving past me… The endorphins were kicking in just due to the environment itself!!

Raced after a long time. The time was 25:26 (unofficial). It was not too bad by my standards.

Early morning run in a nice breezy morning. The clouds moved in quickly. Thunderstorms are imminent, per the weatherman. Not that we need any more rain in Atlanta, but we can sure do with some washing away of the pollen.
Relaxing with my Starbucks now before another hectic week begins…

5K by myself and then 5K with the group. Beautiful spring morning. The trail looked gorgeous. The men were thoroughly outnumbered by women in our group today. I recently read that last year, in US, nearly 2 million runners ran a half marathon. 61% of them were women!!!

As I finished up my 5 mile run this morning, I noticed that a fire engine as blocking my car. And all the Starbucks baristas were standing outside. Turns out there was a electrical short and a fire scare.

We could not go inside. And I could not pull my car out. So I chatted with the baristas standing outside till they fixed the problem. Then settled down with my coffee….

Put in a 5K before the group showed up and then posted another 5K with the group… Check out the color coordination for Sharmila and myself 🙂

WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
– W .H.Davies

During the morning run this morning stopped by multiple times to take pictures of flowers by the roadside completely drenched in rain.

Probably the last sub-freezing temp run of this season. Will miss the cold runs… Hopefully the warmer temps mean I will put longer distances….
5K in 28F