I was deeply immersed in the beauty for the first half of the run, it felt awesome, until I started running out of energy after about an hour and a half and felt exhausted, so my running buddy (Nupur) and I took a break to eat a piece of banana but that didn't quite help so we had GU a the next water stop and felt much better with the carb and sugar rush. Note to self: need to eat and hydrate well throughout the week and have proper breakfast before the run.
Achilles started bothering more during the last 3 miles, but I still kept running with some walk breaks in between but the last mile killed me... a shooting pain developed in the achilles and Swamy stopped me from pushing myself and Satya loosened my shoe laces :-) I noticed that my form had distorted badly and thus ended up hurting pretty much most my body parts badly including the back, it was time to take it easy, so I walked off the last mile. No, I didn't finish strong this time :-( but some lessons learnt, hope to incorporate them the next time. Interestingly the runner's knee didn't occur this time around.
The treat at the finish was samosa, jalebi, chai and dance to Waka Waka! What else can one ask for after a tough but beautiful 11mile run. Thank you all lovely volunteers to make this fun and happening!
D-day coming up in less than a couple weeks... Time for a massage and get rejuvenated to experience the fun. Until later, stay tuned...
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