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Jumped up on the treadmill today again. Did a reasonable run and felt fine. But through the day, coughing fits are return. Missing the active training.

First I made the young boy jump on the treadmill for his workout. At some point, I gingerly asked him if he would like to hear the Hanuman Chalisa.

Sure, he replied immediately. Kids surprise you. He liked it and hummed along.

Once he was done, it was my turn to run on the treadmill. It was good to run after a few days. So very good. Like a breath of fresh air. Like clear water. Like dreams that come to life.

Couldn’t run. Coughing away. What is a cough. Such a strange sensation. Such a strange thing. Yet we think it to be a part of existence, especially say if one was unwell.

What a day. Barely slept at night. Or at least of what I remember is just coughing away. Ditto for the day. Missed the run.

I’m coming up into a bad cold and cough.

Did a long run today after what seemed like ages but it isn’t. It’s been a slow week – for running – because of travel and it felt like that.

Gaju and I began when it was daylight. The half marathon got cancelled because of pollution so Eilish said let’s try a fifteen kilometre time trial. Within a couple of kilometres, it was apparent that I would not be able to keep up the pace. It has been several nights of very less sleep and I have a perpetual cold at the moment.

But we made most of the situation. Or rather that Gaju sportingly accompanied me through the run that essentially turned into a tempo plus effort. With the warm up and cool down, it was a not so shabby twenty.

At home, the young boy did a real solid forty five minutes on the treadmill combining hills and speed training. A reasonable Sunday by all accounts to round up the end of November.

Did a super short run and then made the young boy do drills and hurdles in the corridor which was great fun. Showed him on the slo-mo feature how during some hurdle jumps his legs kicked backwards and in some his knees rose up to his chest. In some of those images, he looked like he was flying.

Back to training today with an easy run on the treadmill and a core workout after.

My friend Kirat had reintroduced me to the Hanuman Chalisa during the trip to Madurai and Rameshwaram and had urged me to listen to it or read it daily.

I switched it on during the treadmill run and let the album play.

We left Madurai early morning and back to Delhi and straight into the work cycle. Once again no opportunity to run today and feeling exhausted and sleep deprived.

Because of travel today and early morning and evening darshans, there really was no opportunity to do the run. All told it was many hours of walking and a full 22 hour day.