Time to Run!

The 2005 Mumbai Marathon has been announced.

January 16, 2005 is the date for one of my favorite things to do. I've been bitten by the Marathon bug. 'Running a marathon' was somewhere on my list of things-to-do-before-i-die and I had forgotten about putting it on the list. Last year, I was in the Dream Run of the Mumbai Marathon. I walked/ran through the 7 kms for a charity, but I reached the finish line and I was very pleased with myself for having gotten over the laziness of training for the event. A month later, while rummaging through a old diary, I find my list and there, somewhere in the middle of 60 odd things is 'Running in a marathon'. Goosebumps suddenly. The story of my life. Coincidences, destiny, fate - call it what you will; there's something at play here that I don't understand.

Anyway, the Marathon bug has bitten hard. I may not be there for the 2005 run, but I'm training for it anyway, just in case. I've taken the first step already by making up my mind to train for the event :) Jokes apart, my running shoes were ready at my bedside for a 5.45 am walk , but it was raining so I had to postpone scaring the dogs serenely sleeping on the road. Maybe tomorrow. As the days get brighter, I know (from last time) that more prospective marathoners will join in my walks, I know that my e-group will go bonkers with training schedules and checking on each others progress and I know how much I'm already looking forward to being there knowing fully that I won't be. Well, you win some, you lose some. Maybe I can take part in the London Marathon instead which is on 17th April 2005.

Hope floats. And hopefully, with leaden feet lightened with training, so will I.