As the subject says it was supposed to be an easy run for me, which once again turned out to be a long run of 19.74 kms!!!!! And yes, You guessed it right, it was once again Ram with whom I ran.
Later learnt that Narayanan had turned up at 5:30 am and did 8.50kms.
Ram told me how he felt today after waking up at 3:00 am had a mental battle to reach the start point.
I also read somewhere that what matters most is the distance you traveled from your Bed to the Shoe Rack than the distance you ran. Whoever covers the distance from Bed to Shoe Rack are at the start point!!!!
Ram set the route like this for a 15k run, C P Ramasamy Road to Malar Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, IIT Campus, Kotturpuram Bridge, Boat Club, C P Ramasamy Road.
The climate was really good for a long run, chilly and lesser humid compared to previous couple of days.
We started our run and by the time we reached IIT Campus we had clocked around 5.50kms and Ram said we would do a 5k inside the IIT and run back through Kotturpuram Bridge and hope we would make another 5k to make it 15k in total and I suggested if we do not make the third 5k after the IIT, we shall do an extra loop in Boat Club and compensate.
We entered into IIT and it was more chilly and had seen spotted deers roaming around and Ram shared an old trivia about IIT. He said " The only place where the rivers stand still and the mountains move is IIT". I did not understand and then he said " All the buildings (standing still) inside IIT are named after the famous Rivers of India and the Bus (moves) which runs inside IIT are named after the Mountains."
I was longing for a walk break just before 10k and Ram said we would walk for 5 minutes after 11.11kms. And the beep for 11k went off on my Garmin and Ram said can you see the three women walking (they were about 150m ahead of us) and we would overtake them and then walk. So we both were running behind the three women for a break!!!!
Finally I got the walk break, I wanted. Ram checked his Garmin and said we have done 11k in 1h:08mins. Only then I realised I have run at a better pace.
We once again started running but never realised that by the time we hit the IIT Exit it was already 15k and Ram had said we would take a second walk break after crossing the Sardar Patel Road. We did take the walk break and started once again to run non-stop till the start point. My pace was gradually coming down after the Kotturpuram Bridge and Ram kept me pulling and finally we skipped the Boat Club loop and reached the start point through the DeMonte Colony with the final stretch at a higher pace to finish stronger.
It was really good Christmas Run. We reached the start point took out the The Sticks from my car and gave one to Ram and we both had good muscle massage, then stretched and left at 8:00am.
Thanks Ram and I have already done this week starting from Monday - 53kms [ 5k (Tue)+ 16.79k (Wed) + 11.76k (Thu) + 19.74k (Fri) ] and I know you are also nearing your yearly goal. All the best.
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