A run always gives you answers for things that one cannot find when they are caught up in daily problems. I think it is only natural for you to question your actions and introspect when you are by yourself for two hours. Someone asked me ‘ what do I run from?’ over the weekend? My answer was old age and that was not entirely true. The reasons I run are summarized in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuy1GSYoOr8
Todays run was similar to a short passionate relationship. You love with so much passion and so intensely for very little time. But those few days, minutes, days are so intense that it almost feels like the purest form of love. That’s the name I can give it – pure, serene, colorful and organic. I ran for forgiveness, I ran for mercy, for the pain I inflicted on people. I ran remembering those few laughs which seems to be so rare and evasive. The run also represented how hard and competitive my life in Milan is and how objective it has become. Running in Chennai and Bangalore was hard but never as lonely. There is a reason why the phrase goes ‘ The loneliness of a long distance runner’.
The Milan marathon is coming up and my knees are getting battered. This season the running was triggered by a friend in Oregan writing to me saying that she will run until her knees will fall off. We simply won’t stop loving or running.
It was my most beautiful 2 hour run in the rain and needless to say, I will smile if you smile.
Monday, February 28, 2011
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2 comments:
Good one dude. I kinda know what you mean. Running is so personal, yet so liberative. better than any medicine, better than any intoxication. Like no other.
loved this particular answer to why you run! as a fellow runner, i keep getting those questions as to why I run as well!
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