From Chai Point, Starbucks market on Golf Course Road to the Sikandarpur crossing that meets the Faridabad-Gurgaon road, is an exact five kilometres.
For years, I have done that out and back loop and various combinations with other roads to increase (or decrease) the distance if need be with my friends Maneesh and Amit.
Because our training and Maneesh’s move to Kathmandu have taken us to different directions, I haven’t run this road in a while.
Today, I met Maneesh, who was in town, and parked the car in a familiar spot, although there were at least another dozen vehicles there. More runners, more cyclists.
We used to have tea at Chai Point afterwards that then opened at six thirty – now the timing pasted on the glass door said eight AM.
Things change, of course. The cityscape of this busy road is in flux, with infrastructural development and a plethora of seemingly endless buildings under construction.
At any rate, the first kilometre as before beeped exactly outside a well known liquor store, the third kilometre at the Shiv Nadar School crossing. It’s familiar terrain. The sleepy dogs under the metro stations, the sun rising up from behind residential towers but giving a sneak peek of its full glory at the Camelias development junction.
Maneesh and I caught up, exchanging notes on work, training and families. A familiar run with an old running partner is easy, convenient and comfortable.
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