After getting hopelessly lost in the Georgia Tech campus, today I was careful to study all the landmarks as I ran. Cost of that studious behavior was my running speed was 10:30 min/mile rather than 9:00 🙁 On the other hand, I learnt something. Sumit Rao, yesterday had enquired in my blog if the buses in his alma mater were still called Stinger. Today, I actually looked for them – and indeed they are called Stingers. I guess it is a reference to the Georgia Tech “Yellow Jackets”. Anyways, it was an enjoyable 5 miles. But I might need to take a rest day tomorrow. 67 miles of barefoot running in 18 days – this is the most I have put after the transition to barefoot running. The shins are sore.

5 mile run this morning in midtown Atlanta. Was enjoying some of the gentle hill runs when I realized that I was going around in circles in the maze of Georgia Tech 🙂 Finally followed a GT shuttle route back to LA Fitness. Much slower run (10:15 min/mile). But the smoothie was thoroughly enjoyed! 🙂

The air was so thick that I had to do a couple of Michael Phelps moves to cut thru the humidity 🙂
A few hills. 9:30 pace.
Starbucks smoothie time 🙂

Testing the blog connection to Facebook!

4 mile Sunday morning run with Samaresh. Together we wore the colors of the soccer team – East Bengal – we hated most when we lived a stone’s throw away 30 years back :-)— with Samaresh Mukhopadhyay at Starbucks.

Lighter Side of Life: After my 5 mile run, I ordered a smoothie at Starbucks and stepped out to stretch. As I mightily struggled to get my fingers to touch my toes, from the corner of my eyes, I noticed this board next to me. Hilarious!! — at Starbucks.

4miles (9:30 pace) run early morning in Reston. It is humid but cooler.,. — at Westin Reston Heights.

10K run early in the morning followed by a 5K run with the Sunday morning Bengali group…. or whatever is left of it. Sharmila, Samaresh and his daughter Paroma. Starbucks time now. — with Sharmila Roy and Samaresh Mukhopadhyay at Starbucks.

My running shirts match my shoes! That is pretty much the limit of my fashion sense 🙂