Let me tell you as every
blogger do. “Hey guys… I resume blogging”. Bloggers are habitual liars. aren’t
they? Coming to me, I don’t get enough time to blog. Yeah… you are right! It’s
a euphemistic way of saying my bones are getting lazier day by day. So, BITS
Alumni Association came up with a ‘BITSAA
World 5K run’ to shed my laziness.
On a Sunday morning, my alarm waged a futile battle, with
a couple of snoozes, to wake me up at 6am. Later, a reminder (‘5k run’)
succeeded at 6.15am. I finished my morning chores quickly and rushed to the
venue. On my way to the venue, Cubbon park, I parked my vehicle at Kanteerava
Indoor Stadium. When I was about to search for the participants, an ‘enthu’sed
gang of more than 50 bitsians with BITS Pilani t-shirts, made my life easy. A
glance at the lively bitsians from 1974 to 2007 batches increased my energy
levels. I met a few juniors, Sujay and Surya, and a psenti chat followed. All
of us started the run at 7am. Thereafter, everyone kept himself busy to put
down the flab and perspired enough. Though my ankle sprained a little by the
end of the run, I could finish the 5k run in 5th place, within 30 minutes.
Way back in 2004, I finished a 10K run in 60 minutes.
Though I didn’t get a chance to run after that, the transition was very smooth.
For me, the take home value from this 5K run is that I decided to finish a 4K
run at least twice a week. I even started implementing this to improve my
stamina and keep myself fit. Come on guys… run and run and run to be fit...
