breakthrough!

I started making rapid strides and as the results gradually begun to show, my motivation levels began soaring. I could see the excess weight gradually slipping away and I generally felt better and fitter. Soon I was clocking on an average of 4 – 6 kms on the treadmill and at the end of each session I would be dripping sweat from my garb! Since scheduling the gym session on a daily basis was a bit of a hassle what with classes and all, I made sure that I ran at least every alternate day. By the managed end of my second semester at the institute, I had to shed a mighty 16 kgs!!!

The end of my summer internship was followed by the happy interlude of my marriage taking place. I must say that Sujatha has been a big pillar of support to this endeavour of mine by just not scoffing at it! She follows my schedule with interest and keeps reminding me to apply everything under the sun to keep the nagging aches and pains at bay. The receptions meant that my running shoes were put on the backburner for a good fortnight or so, but given the hectic travelling that I had to do – from Delhi to Calcutta to Vizag to Calcutta then honeymoon at Digha, back to Calcutta to Vizag and finally to Bombay (phew!) – prevented any additional baggage from clambering now, apart from the wife of course, by virtue of my changed status (bad joke!) Once I was back in Bombay, I realized that in order to prevent my running effort from going off the rails, I had to start right away...