The marathon mission

Its been a while that I have written on this blog. I miss it somehow...I am really not the traditional blogger types but i must agree that this gives me some kind of a relief and is definitely a vent for a lot of frustration.

I have been training for the Chennai marathon over the last few months....Marathon runners are advised not to have any kind of substances that dehydrate your body like coffee, tea, beer ( unfortunately ) etc. Giving up coffee and tea is really no big deal. However, beer man, its a whole different ball game. I just can't give it up cos its so tasty and i can't imagine it is a dehydrator. Why can't someone invent beer that does not have the dehydrating component...and still gives you the beery buzz..

Oh!! screw it !! About the marathon, as I started training, I started to realize that I had a die hard runner in me. Its about endurance, its about pain, its about a certain high which you self-induce. Technically, its called the runners high, I believe and since college days I have learnt that any kind of high is great...but recently I learnt that the runners high is the best one.

I got a few pals from office who run on the weekends with me. Its great cos we feed off each other....push each other and experience the same pain. I learnt the importance of being fit when I got back to india. I want my kids to tell their friends that " my dad drinks a six pack beer and also have a six pack abdomens. He is fourty years old"...how cool is that !! Hit me back with your comments.

later,
Shumit