Friday, June 5, 2009

Murphy's Law and my Sunfeast Running..

Though it was a Good start in the sunfeast.. But yet my Knee had to support my spirits.. All said and done it was a Good start, but had to slow down due to the ACL I had.. As I learnt some where, that "Reason is the most beautiful thing" .. well.. reason doesn't need to have a reason Though.... As Last year the start was not well organized, This year most of the participants had to Jump the fence and rush to the start line.. Though the Chips showed the timings of one's start and end timings..
Looked to me that these Kinda runs going the IPL way,, with the bollywood blonds cheering it's way !! End of the Day some one has to make money some how !!
While my Knee gave away and I could finish with my personal worst of 1.06 hrs.. ( I had done decent 56 Mins last year ) .. On the way I met many of my Colleague's one of whom happened to register for 5K and in one of our practice run he realized that he could do 10Km and had to change his registrations to 10KM.. Appreciate his efforts as he did in 1.04 hrs..
The Amazing part was I met an young man of 72Yrs ..who happened to run in 1.18 hrs, I guess.. What a Spirit... While I was shocked to see his mail to the Runners forum that he was second by 45 Sec, as another Young man in his age group had beaten.. What a spirit Sirji

While the debate goes.. why and why not I could do better.. All I could recall from the poem Invictus..

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.