Its done. Its over
Thats what Frodo said when he finally threw the One Ring in the fiery chasm of Mount Doom. I say this because I finally successfully finished the 21 km Half-Marathon in Delhi this Sunday.
It had been a dream of a small boy living in a big city, aka me. Finally joining my ranks, was Goldie-Boy, who was running to impress his fiancee. And so we ran, finishing the race in two and a half hours each, thereby setting a personal record of sorts.
The race was rife with all elements of a successful drama --- will power, focus, the inevitable cramp at 16 kms, limping, mixing jogging and walking, and the cheerleaders. Goldie did it for his fiancee and I did it for those unnamed cheerleaders from Kingfisher.
If there was ever a sight prettier than those Kingfisher-ians doing their stuff, it was the sight of the 20km milestone, which signified that the end was nigh.
I will stop here and nurse my sore legs and will advise all of you to go and do it atleast once. A warm fuzzy feeling is guaranteed.
14 comments:
congrats dude ...so whats next? The complete Marathon?
Congs :) And hopefully your previous posting, will ensure that you run the upcoming Mumbai-marathon with motivation analogous to that of Goldies';)
Anyways, get well soon too!
- Tweety
P.S. Noted that the text-in-braces has performed the disappearing act. Merci!
Congrats!!!
@ashish: Thanks dude! Nah I will stick to half marathons only. Full ones are way too long and boring!!!
@tweety: Thanks. But I guess I will stick to running for myself. That way, if I lose, I only lose the race and not my face (which, I admit, isn't much, according to my last post)
@kusum: Thanks! Do shabd bolne ko kaha tha..you just said only one!!
Congrats buddy... :-) Like I said.. feels like a full circle..
Here's hoping that next time you run.. you catch something too ;-)
Congrats!! You're really into marathons na? :D
@tara: Thanks! This time around I caught some cramps and sore-legs.
@mudra: Thanks. I am not "into" marathons, I just like them :) This was my first big run and I hope to run the one in Bombay in January too!
hey congrats. Catch u at mumbai marathon. Last time i also finished the half marathon in around 2.5 hours. this time planning for a full one. hope to get company
Congrats DUDE!
@anirudha: Thanks dude! I don't have the guts to run the full one, but I will definitely try to make it to the half.
@kusum: :-) Stingy, aren't you! As if words cost money, eh?
congrats! next time do the full marathon you know you can
Congrats dude, great going.
Cheers,
Varun
Congrats for finishing the half marathon!
I guess some cramps etc are a part of the first long run... I dont know whether you were religiously practicing before the marathon. The practice definitely makes things a lot easier.
Cya at the Mumbai marathon in Jan :)
@indianboy, Varun, goldensilence: Thanks guys. Will definitely try to perform better at the next run!
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