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Met Gaju this morning again. Tempo effort at Nehru Park. No prescribed pace but slower than last week. Ran at 7-8 RPE and wanted to keep it at that.

Gorgeous weather. Light rain. Springtime.

The weather was cool. Gaju and I met at dawn and set off on a short warm up before the 800s began. On one hand they were endless, but on the other hand, they were fun to do with Gaju although he looked swiped towards the end. All done and back home for a solid workout.

Again slept very little. But I had made a plan with my friend Maneesh who was over from Kathmandu.

I met him at the usual chai point on golf course road that has since been replaced with a Chayoos. We ran very easy, chatting throughout., watching the sky turn colours to a cool dawn morning.

A strong chai and more conversation made for a lovely start to Tuesday.

Later, a solid core workout before leaving for the day.

After hardly any sleep, I hit work. But it was a rest day.

I ran fairly easy with Gaju. When the young boy came, we ran faster. It was a gorgeous morning and perfect weather.

On the way home, we played our music game alternating songs. A solid beginning to Sunday morning.

It seemed like a near repeat of last week. I was a few minutes slower overall. But it was a good effort, a good run. Déjà vu and all that.

Rest and travel back to Delhi today.

After my early class, I waited for a bit of light and stepped out at exactly six AM. Driveway run it was. No music. Just ran quietly and finished up before heading to the airport.

This morning I met my man Gaju at Nehru Park for one kilometre repeats followed by a tempo run. I slept late last night and wasn’t sure how it would go down.

The air remains slightly cool. I, for one, feel cold on my forearms, on the side, near the elbow. That all was forgotten within the first repeat itself. The repeats were a few seconds slower than I would have expected but all the same, not too shabby.

The tempo was faster than expected so that balanced it out quite nicely plus I learnt a new route that got me to six kilometres and finished just ahead of the car.

One day I would like to work out the statistical possibilities of the routes in Nehru Park. I am sure ChatGPT could do that but I would be loathe to use AI for such purpose. It would be so much more fun to do it the old fashioned way.

Back home, a solid workout rounded up a special morning.

The mornings are still pleasant although the weather is getting increasingly warmer.

I ran the driveway and finished off with a solid core workout.