Today’s
jog had several purposes & the following were the conclusions drawn:
- I wanted to check the authenticity of the GPS software I had installed on my phone. It worked perfect except for the max speed achieved - I’m sure it’s not humanly possible to reach 31.5 kmph on two legs unless it is a 100m sprint.
- I wanted to check if the career best run I had claimed in my previous blog was correct. I was wrong by a whole 10%. The other day I had run only 9 km (I checked when I crossed the landmark I had touched the other day). So this time, time armed with suitable gadgets, I made sure I completed the 10 km (10.12 km to be precise as per GPS).
- I also concluded that I can do much more on the road than on the treadmill. My best on the treadmill has been 3.5 km at in 30 min at an average speed of 6.5 kmph. Today I did 10.12 km in 66 min at an average speed of 9.1 kmph! Of course, I took a 5 min break in between to avoid being bitten by stray dogs, who suddenly found me attractive & started running behind me.
- I deduced that GPS can drain you BlackBerry battery by 25% in one hour.
- I realized I’ve won the battle of mind over body: throughout today’s run, none of my muscles threated to give up. Of course there was a slight chest pain which I suppressed with a 2 min rest & deep breathing. And yes, I had skipped dinner last night (I do that whenever possible, but not always successful. I’m yet to win the battle of mind over tongue – the damn thing just loses it when it comes in the vicinity of anything delicious)
No,
now is not the time for rest. There is a basin full of utensils to be washed
& the hose has to be mopped. All this before my kid wakes up. Cos after
that I’m all hers – painting, dancing, playing, feeding… More so today as my
darling wife is down with fever. I think that implies I also have to try my luck at cooking.
