I, Run: May 2013

Having been part of this run for the last 2 years, this is my 3 year in a row at TCS World 10k run. Always amazed with enthusiasm, fervour and electrifying atmosphere when I run at Bangalore’s world 10k. With increase in the number of participants every year TCS10K is growing bigger and better. Like Mumbai Marathon, I feel Bangalore 10k is not a marathon but a running festival where everyone participates and celebrate their run. Men and women of all ages, people with special abilities bring on their best foot forward and set an amazing example of human spirit. Running is all about that, isn't it :)

Two of my friends Anup [7606] and Irfan [2683] were running TCS10k for the second time and Shrikant [5462] was new entrant to running. Due to rains in Bangalore day before, Sunday seemed to be perfect day for running. Run started sharply at 7.22 am inside the Kanteerava Stadium. Due to the large number of participants my initial run was bit slow. After around 2 kms into race, I got caught with stomach stitch, which slowed my pace again for some time. At 5 kms into the race, I was feeling good and increased my pace and could finally finish in 1 hour 33 sec net timing, although I was aiming to finish few mins before. That was okay to me, I enjoyed the race thoroughly, did small steps at DJ, ran with elderly person for some time, overall it was good run. After the run, I waited for my friends, who finished within a small difference of time each. Anup finished in 1.04 hrs, Irfan in 1.10 hrs and Shrikant in 1.17 hrs. All doing their best from the previous run. Happy to see them making it through smiling. It was great fun to run and even more wonderful sharing the running experience with others. We got our medals and small dose of snacks. Got the pictures clicked and enjoyed the moment.

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