Lovely morning in Johns Creek. Unseasonably warm with 64 degrees and light breeze. It is almost like spring is already here. Sunday morning Bengali run and Starbucks coffee with Samaresh.

Another of those 5K runs in the rain in warm (for this time of the year) Milton. The right foot is still bothersome 🙁

Some wise man once said “Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get”. How true!
Two years back, this week in Jan was so cold and so much ice and snow that my car could not even get to the property gate. Before I could clear the last hill, it slipped all the way down off road and stopped between two trees!! Today, it is a balmy spring like 61!! Go figure!
A relative fast 5K run…

It was really really dark early morning. Couple of times I was not sure whether I had gone off road. At least I had a small tumble. Could barely see the lake. But all in all a good 5K by Oconee !

Have office meetings at Reynolds Plantation. Came earlier in the morning for a 5K run by the Lake Oconee. The lake looks so tranquil and beautiful in this cool morning….

First Sunday morning Bengali run. I was the only one who showed up 🙁 Well, I have the whole Starbucks to myself now 😉
Paid dearly for not packing my barefoot shoes for India. (Ran in my travel sneakers). Lot of pain in left lower calf muscle and a weird pain on my right foot right under where you have the shoelace knot. At around one mile, there was a sudden searing pain. I jumped up in surprise and pain. Could not put my foot down. After a few minutes, ran slowly back taking care to land on the outer edge of the foot. Any of you have had this problem before?

One advantage of running in 20 degrees is that the next day run in 29 degrees is a breeze. Especially when there is no breeze 🙂 Sunday morning run with the dependable-as-rock Samaresh Mukhopadhyay. Our other partner Amitesh Mukherjee is basking in the Florida sun (like every other really old person 🙂 )

Sunday morning Bengali run. We switched to our traditional winter starting spot. It is a mile and half of straight going down and unfortunately, back 😉 The three traditional members – Amitesh, Samaresh and myself showed up together after almost two months….

The effect of the hills were very evident. 5 miles took almost 5 more minutes to finish. They were pretty steep hills. The downward slope were very punishing on the knees. I think I still need to master the barefoot running foot falls….