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….

Winter is a wonderful instrument to sharpen your memory. Today, it drilled into my memory cells that I should not forget my gloves when running in the thirties. Boy oh! Boy. The light wind did not help either. After 5 miles of brisk running, I had to run inside the Starbucks bathroom and run warm water in my hands for about five minutes to get senses back in my fingers. The thumbnails hurt real bad. Just to be safe, I am going to keep an extra set of gloves in my car now. Other than that, a nice enjoyable run. Good chance I might put in a run in Central Park tomorrow.

It is a beautiful fall morning. Warmer than normal and cloudy. Went for a 5 mile run. That took less time than the wait for coffee at Starbucks. 20 minutes before school begins, Starbucks suddenly changes from being a coffee place to a breakfast joint!!

After my 5 mile run this morning, I was stretching – one of those touch your toes kind of thingys – before my Starbucks when a gentleman walked up to me asking if I needed help. I am sure the bones must have been creaking and my face must have been all grimaces 🙂 He said I looked like I was in pain!! Just when I was feeling good about a 5 mile run 🙂
It was good that the gentleman turned out to be an old buddy of mine – Larry Doering that I had not met up for some time. We caught up on each other over the next twenty minutes.
Hey – had I not looked so painful while stretching, he probably would have just walked past and I would have lost a chance to reconnect! That is the way I am thinking about it anyways 🙂