Ran the second race this quarter at Vibha. First Vibha 5K run for me. Sharmila also came for the run. As did Amitesh, Samaresh, Paroma, Sudipta and Gourango. Anusuya, Esha, Sreya and Mistu came for the 5K walk.
I ran too fast in the first mile (7:31 pace). Had to slow down in the last two – the hills did not make it any easier… finished wit 24:29 time. Have not seen the official results yet.


Since we came back home late last night, it was decided that I will join the Sunday morning run but let Nikita and Sharmila sleep in. This morning as I was putting my running clothes on, eight year old Nikita sprang from her bed and said she will come out. Sharmila and I were concerned that she might not have rested well but she was adamant she will come out – even after I told her that her best friend was not going to join today.

I was impressed by her energy – so I switched back from running shoes to walking shoes and Sharmila also decided to join us. Amitesh, Samaresh and Paroma came and they ran with Sharmila for 5K. Nikita and I walked for 2.5K. Met Lara from our running group at the Greenway.

During the walk, Nikita asked me when do I get up for my run on weekdays, how much do I run and when do I finish. I was getting excited that she might want to come out on some weekdays too. So, I answered her questions and then asked “Why, what are you thinking?”. She said “Nothing. Just making polite conversation”!!

So, that was that!!! 🙂 🙂

Ran this morning with the good old Windward Road Runners group after almost a couple of years. Good to see Bill and Lurene after such a long time! I had my bright yellow shirt and yellow shoes on. So, I was the designated headlights today 🙂 6 miles at 8:46 pace.

Sub-9 minute miles for 3 miles. Beautiful Milton weather in this early fall. However, the hills were steep enough that I had to take a 15 second break to catch my breath. So far, September is going nice and easy. I think the muscles are recovering enough that I will shoot for another month of 100 miles of barefoot running in October.

5K run at around 9:45 pace very early in the morning in John’s Creek. And then caught up with Raj for a brisk 4 mile walk which included a dare run up a hill….

8-year old Nikita and 9 year old Sreya (they are BFFs) joined us for the Sunday morning run! Of course the trusted Paroma was there as always. We had another surprise participant in Sharmila. Needless to say, the good old Amitesh and Samaresh were there for sure.

Everybody put in a good run. I walked with the Li’l champs. Before everybody showed up, I did put in a fast sub-8 min/mile 3 mile run to test out the hams. It appears that the hams are getting better – the lungs were totally tired out though 🙂

Here is a collage of some of the pics….

After almost a week off the roads, went for a 5 mile run. Not sure whether I am under the weather or it is this hot and humid weather, I lost steam after three miles 🙁 Had to take two breaks in the next two miles. Was not enjoyable. The right glute and hams has recovered a lot though…

Technically, I am supposed to be off the road. But when the kids wake up early and want to run, it becomes very difficult to resist the run!!! Missed Amitesh but his daughter was sure there! First time we had more daughters than dads on our Sunday morning run!!!

My New Years’ resolution in 2010 was to run 100 miles every month for the year. Somehow, I was able to keep myself motivated thru the year to reach it. But came January and February of 2011, I started losing motivation. I was lacking a goal.
So, I gave myself this weird idea – I will re-learn how to run all over again by switching to barefoot running.
Easier said than done!! In March 2011, in those really cold days, I started running literally without any foot protection on grass. Eventually got myself some tips from a coach, watched a lot of videos, got help from my doctor, graduated to barefoot shoes and was able to run on roads again.
After 18 long months, I am back to where I was! Posted 100 miles for August. Arguably, I picked a convenient month with 31 days and I need some time off the road now to let the lower calf muscles gain their strength back. All the same, one milestone reached in the journey back to learning how to run anew again.

Almost to celebrate that, ran into two of my old running buddies – Samantha and Lara before running. It was great catching up with them after a long time….

Special Sunday run. Our daughters Paroma and Tasha joined us. We missed the party animal Amitesh and his daughter!!