jog,blog,hog…

Posted on | July 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

not such a bad day after all. we are back to real jogging form after all.jogged five kms today,with a lot of sweat admitted,but after the jog we did both feel that had we had to jog another kilometer or two,it would not be too bad.we jogged slowly,but steadily,and both felt that we are ready for the seven kilometer jog. after 31st of this month, i think i can persuade kaushal to begin on the seven kilometer jog.after all,he does have the mumbai marathon to run, even if he has only registered for the half marathon,it is still 21kms.

as for me…i will not be running the mumbai marathon.that is not my incentive,though i will accompany him to the 21km stretch eventually.i dont jog for the marathon,or for the fitness or any such glib reason i might mouth when asked why i jog when what i really need to do is gain some weigh.i run for the same reason i began this site.and the need for that purpose was seriously realised the time i punched my laptop and broke its screen.twenty two thousand bucks was a heavy price to pay for a bottle of vodka shared between three friends,but it was a lesson nevertheless. still,it was not till summers did i learn that i really enjoyed some productive work if i liked.and hence the blog,even though i had to put in some serious effort into its html and css(the current template was designed by kaushal seth,but kaushal{the other kaushal,our kaushal} did not really have anything to do with the configuration and editing of this template,and i say this with some pride);it gave me a purpose for a short time.same with the jog.
running seven or nine or twenty kms is not about proving a point to someone else.it is all about proving a point to yourself.i need constant reminders that i can push myself beyond the reminders of what is accepted,and normal.and so i will run till the day i reach the fitness levels that i can run some 20-25kms with comfort,not dropping dead at every excuse on the way.indicative targets,what i mean is that they give a kind of self discipline.that you dont stop jogging just because you have a niggle in your back or a slight ache in your knee or ankle,you just push on till you forget the minor pain in the major exhaustion,and then you push on a bit more,till you forget even that major exhaustion…till the point that it is just you and your mind…which keeps screaming to stop,and sheer willpower keeps you going.and so self discipline.
for a guy who smokes thirty cigarettes a day,5-6kms is not bad,but the cigarettes will have to go…i guess when i reach nine or ten kms…which will be seventy kms a week…now i guess its around forty a week…lets see….

and hog,of course.i eat four meals a day now.which means that i have grown up enough to wake up for breakfast most days,which means that my involuntary absence stats this term have gone drastically south.which is good,even though i have lost two kgs of weight post summers…

jog.blog.hog….lets hope they keep me alive another six months

P.S: on a very happy note, myth, patel, ohitanan, and jaat got their CFA level results today. in fact i sat down to write this post immediately after coming back from their celebratory party at the host.congrats guys,here is wishing you all the luck in life….

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