When I parked this morning, I saw my friend Gokul’s car as I do many times. Just as I was beginning, he came bounding up and I started my run with him. Another loop in, he left off in a different direction and I ran solo.
Coming down the long Shanti Path straight, I could see my friend Kapil. We ran a solid forty five minutes or so, before I started another solo sojourn. Soon enough, I saw a fellow with whom I had run with in a group a few Sunday’s ago. He seemed to be going a faster pace but I asked him if we could team up.
We ran nearly an hour together. He was quick and hummed along to Hanuman and Shiva bhajans playing from his phone. Eventually, I dropped off – I couldn’t keep that pace anymore but my average pace was now exactly what I had hoped for.
Solo yet again, I completed two rounds of Nehru Park. The parking lots teeming with cars, families making their way for Sunday picnics, the sun glaring, the humid laden morning bustling with activity.
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