Today was Georgia Tech area run again. First three miles were really boring – my Nano had run out of battery – so none of those learning new words in “Says You” podcast today. I was literally checking my watch every other minute counting how many more minutes to go. Then I heard somebody running very fast behind me and yelling my name – turned around and sure enough it was Andy and Rachel out for a run too. So we ran for couple of miles together. Talking with friends while running completely took out the boredom. In fact, I was surprised that I had reached five miles already. Although talking does slow me down since my lungs have to do double duty. In any case, that is my story regarding why I asked Andy and Rachel to slow down for me. And I am sticking with it 🙂 (Both are very fast runners).

5 miles in Milton/Alpharetta. Very early in the morning. It was cool – 59 degrees!! Stretching over, now sitting outside Starbucks watching the sun come up from behind the trees. Light breeze. Almost as if, the world has come to a standstill. Blissful.
Once in a while pierced by the nagging new pain on the top middle part of the left foot 🙁

What goes up, must come down. Or so goes the old adage. The said adage is remarkably quiet on whether the aforementioned object must come down the exact same way that it went up 🙂 And that is what happened to me this morning.

One more time, I managed to get lost in the streets inside Georgia Tech. On my way back, once I realized that I was not retracing my path anymore and that one uneducated turn deserved another, I kept on taking alternate left and right turns till I found myself on a familiar street 🙂 I am taking that as a learning experience. By the way, before the advent of GPS, that is how I learnt my streets – by getting lost. Of course, it was much easier when I was in a car than on a foot!!

Anyways, 5 more miles and I think I can see my first month of 100 miles of barefoot / minimalist running. (62 so far this month)

In one of those displays of infinite wisdom, I left the car door open overnight and sure enough the battery had run down. AAA showed up after an hour and fifteen minutes (in spite of promising within forty five minutes) and that got me caught in the school traffic.

Anyways, had enough time to put in a 3 mile run before I had to take a shower and run to office. Mostly concrete run in Alpharetta. The concrete really hurt. Had no option though since the roads had started becoming crowded…

5 miles this morning in midtown Atlanta. The best part was running in the rain! Still trying to make up for all those days that my dad did not let me and my siblings go out in the rain and play 🙂

Of course, it sucked that I forgot my cap! Nevertheless, it was great feeling the raindrops falling on my skin and my shaved head 🙂

5K run on a cool Sunday morning with the Old Faithfuls and one Young Faithful 🙂 It never ceases to amaze me that given a choice to sleep in on a Sunday morning, Paroma always chooses to get up and run with the three of us. Each of whom is individually more than three times her age!!! Amitesh squeezed in the run after 3 hours of sleep and a run to Pep Boys. So, it was Starbucks time for Samaresh, Paroma and me!! 59 degrees temp. We enjoyed the sun as much as the run!!!

Saturday morning 7 mile run in the hills of Milton. So, there I was, running up the hills by myself, minding my own business, bothering nobody, listening to “Says You” where Richard was teaching a new word – Ophidiophobia (which I understand, means, fear of snakes – who knew?) when I look up and sure enough, there was a three feet snake on the road!! Freshly steeped in the knowledge of “Ophidiophobia”, I exhibited no fear whatsoever. But then again, the fact that the poor snake was pulverized head to toe by many cars might have something to do with it too 🙂

We have all seen the 26.2 and 13.1 stickers on marathoners’ and half-marathoners’ cars. In some extreme cases, we have seen 50.0 and 100.0 too!! But this guys has made his attitude towards running very very clear 🙂 Hilarious 🙂