Quo Vadis?

So in April this year I planned to do the 10 km run in TWCM14 and probably loose a little weight in the process. After the TWCM I see: 1. HM in DRHM14 - Check 2. HM (trail) in CTM - Check 3. 10km in Heritage Run - Check 4. HM in TWCM14 - Check 5. Weight loss 14 kgs - Check Along the way 1. 120 kms cycle ride to Mahabalipuram & back - check 2. Lots of fun - check 3. New friends - check 4. Better eating - check I remember my first run with my running group. It was early morning on the 2 nd of April 2014 when a few runners and beginners met and set off towards the now usual route towards CSI Ewarts. It was pure murder to say the least and by the time I managed to walk, jog, run, stumble crawl back after a miserable 3 kilometre or so I thought that it was all a big mistake. For someone weighing 112 kgs it all seemed like a big mistake. I somehow managed to make it for the next run and the same story replayed again but somehow it felt just a little bit better. B...

In April 2014 I joined a group of runners with an intention of completing the 10km run in The Wipro Chennai Marathon 2014 some 8 months later. Today a day before the TWCM it all feels quite anticlimactic and strangely the excitement of the first race is no longer there. I have already completed 2 Half marathons of which 1 was a trail marathon and 1 10 km run and I am now encouraging new comers to run their first 10km race well. What is more, the group that I run with got named as Tower Twisters and is now over 100 members strong with nearly 40 runners meeting and running regularly. There are many reasons for both the developments but in hindsight I would like to think it is the selflessness of some members especially the senior members of the group who were willing to sacrifice their personal time so that a new comer could run. The term senior refers not the actual age of the member but their age with reference to their running life and some senior runners could be younger tha...