<\/a><\/div>\nToday Bombay had the best weather ever seen in late February! We all were relaxed as we set our feet in motion. In my excitement for training for the full, I thought today was the day I should push my pace. I ran with Byram for about 2.5k, huffing and puffing. I gave up and entered my world at a much slower pace. From then on the run was smooth as I fell in step with a young lawyer, Niyati. It was an easy 12k. We raced towards the finish to join the group.<\/p>\n
Today we all ran varying distances at good speed- all united in one thought\u2026\u2026We had just had a perfect running morning. We sat around, stretched a bit in the fresh, cold breeze.<\/p>\n
I have seen Mulraj around for the past few months, but had my first real interaction with him today. He is a two time marathoner and he also kept a log for the initial part of his training. In the chill of the morning he encouraged me to write regularly as I pushed him to post his writings into a blog so that others could read it and get encouragement from it.<\/p>\n
Thank you Mulraj!<\/p>\n
Savio today had a session with me to train my mind towards the full. Develop patience he said. Running the full requires endurance, for which I would have to run much slower so that I covered the distance at a constant pace. Maverick speed will not get me anywhere! For any building to stand tall he told me, it needs a strong foundation! Those words took me back to college! As I saw the truth in them! Like wise he said, run with Mulraj, who runs at a slow, constant pace, do the long distances with ease, build my confidence and then I can step it up!<\/p>\n
As I move towards my goal:<\/p>\n
I am not afraid of tomorrow\u2026.as I have seen yesterday\u2026\u2026\u2026..and I love today!
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