The Alien World

Three years back I have registered for Hyderabad 10K run, but was not able to go as I have to go to take interviews for my company the very same day. This year I had no plans, but few of friends asked if I was interested to join them for the run, more over my company was sponsoring the first 100 participant. I had never thought that I will run 10 km anytime in my life, but my Sikkim trek in October changed my view and perception of being fit. After coming back from the trek I made a habit of going for a jog at least 4 times a week.

Previous night of 10K I had a party at a friend’s place where (believe me) I didn’t took any drinks. Though there was lot of temptation, but I did not give up. Slept late that night but was still able to wake up on time (5 am). We reached the venue (start point) at around 6 am. There were thousands of people; I was surprised to see such a huge crowd. All companies has there booths, thought it was hard to find booth of my company. Found couple of colleagues who were also looking for our company’s booth. Anyway after looking around for 15 minutes we finally found it in one corner closer to the stage.

Many Tollywood stars came, I only knew of Venkatesh out of all of them as he had in past acted in few Hindi movies. Milind Soman flew from Mumbai to participate in the run. He was running for the cause and support of multi sclerosis.

The race started at around 7:05 am. I ran for first 3.5 kms, after which I walked for half a km and then again ran for next 3 kms. In between I met Milind, took a picture, and continued running. On almost every major crossing local bands were playing and encouraging the runners. The last 2 kms were the real measure of strength (for me ofcourse), as by that time I was dead tired.

I surprised myself with completing the race in record 1 hour 20 minutes. It was a new world record for me…

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