The first time i had to get into Osho's ashram, i had to take refusals from 2 loud mouthed indians who unabashedly claimed that the resort was not meant for indians. I got in only because i was causing them more embarassment at the entrance. But i swear to god, the mandatory HIV test, the stupid maroon robes and the silly meditations were completely worth the unisex changing rooms.
Anyways coming back to topic at hand, Auroville has none of that. Sure it has a beautiful dome shaped structure called matri mandir (which the cynic in me is pretty sure shielding a scam of some kind), acres of beautiful forest, lovely evening breezes and great continental cuisine(if you are willing to ignore the flies). But none of that makes up for when the administration tells you that they will have to give the last seats of the meditation session to a blonde because it would be difficult for her to make it back.
Ok so now coming back to the real topic at hand which is the 21K run. The trail was absolutely stunning, the DJ was funny, the women were hot and the cakes given at the 17km mark were delicious! All in all atleast twice as good as the Mumbai marathon. Its relatively easier to run this because there are no big flyovers and the weather is much cooler. We lived up to our name and loaded on the carbs before after and in my case even during the half marathon. There were 9 meals in 2 days with short breaks of 2 hours between to sleep and laze around at the beach.
Laks got injured with a knee sprain. This happens when your thigh muscles do not take up the strain and your knee takes up the beating instead. Do a lot of squats to keep your thighs in good shape and fit enough to take up the load of the run.
ps: if only the blondes in the ashram were at the beach and the riff raff crowd on the beach was in the ashram for meditation, the experience would have been so much better!
pps: 3 cheers to shonali gupta who completed her very first 5 km run and also posted the first comment on this blog.
LoL .. you totally nailed it in your ps about the blondes and the beach crowd ! In retrospect, instead of a vote to decide the lunch place, I would have liked a fist fight between Challa and Lakshman.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the credits! :) And for an amazing weekend. My initiation to the world of marathons - and carbloaders ;) Absolutely loved it. Am excited and motivated to continue with the running and do more next time.
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