the countdown

This is it...as I write this; it’s less than 24 hours to go for the Delhi Half Marathon!

Reached the capital yesterday in the morning and judging by the chaos at the station, it’s hard to believe this is the city which is going to host a global sporting extravaganza in less than a year’s time. It was good to be back here, the air had a pronounced nip in it and the route we took from the station was almost identical to the half marathon route. It felt quite exciting...
We decided to check out the venue so that there no last moment glitches in getting to the start line. The venue was a scene of frenetic activity with the marquees going up and stalls being set up, athletes limbering up, officials scurrying about. The place had energy about it.

The expo presented the usual scene of pandemonium; stalls belting our guitar riffs, amateur volunteers clumsily trying to coax visitors to their stall. The collections of the running bib and timing chip happened efficiently enough, although they could have done without making participants run around the entire compound to collect the entire stuff in instalments. But the buzz sounded attractive...

So this is it...everything will boil down to these last 21 kms, you may have pushed yourself while training, did your sessions regularly and with dedication, ate all the right foods and been on track more often than, but its your surge in the last few miles that will decide whether you finish with elation of just finish.