Amitabh Bacchan ..in one of my all time favorite roles as Anthony said ..
"Life mein ..Admi do ich baar aise bhagta hai ...ghode ki race ho ..yeah phir police ki chase ho "
This was neither . But Run we did . Not like Forrest Gump ..but it seemed longer during certain stretches !
We met at the Taj Palace Hotel at 9 am on a very sleepy foggy morning here in Delhi . Cabbed it to Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium where the adventure began .
First of all our cabbie dropped us a good 1 km away from the start of the race . We panicked becuaes our race was to start any minute . So we had to run on the street to get to the freaking race !
Ony KAU ...oNLY kau could be late to a running race and have to run to be on time for it ! Filmi Chakkar only ...so when we were running these dogs started barking at us ..and I was like ..pls pls pls dont let them start running also . They didnt ..so I kept running. Took a wrong left turn somewhere ..
suddenly I noticed a lot of people and press vans and then this crowd of poeple got up and started clapping and cheering and cameras went beserk ....
I had BY MISTAKE landed up at the finish line of the MARATHON !!! ..before I knew it tow kenyan women whizzed past me and did a victory lap ..but these ppl were clapping for me and Leanne and clicking pictures ..they thot that we skinny two by two's had f@#$ing finished the marathon!!!!!!!!!!...hahahahhahahahhahahah
and all this time I was text messaging ushma ..so imagine how cool I looked !
text msging someone , not breaking a sweat ..finishi line of a marathon in the spotlight !
lol!
So I had to do a vanishing act and regroup with my buddies and get ready for our 5K race .
10.39 : The Race begins
Weight - 60 kgs
Spirits -High
Song inside head - Life is a highway
Feel like : Uma Thurman in Kill Bill
10.40 : Riz and Mirjana have run ahead and disappeared
10.50 : Leanne , Kau are dying ..Pete is running like he's in the park ..
10.53 : CRAZY SILVER COLORED DOLPHIN NEARLY TRIPS ME AND SPRINTS AHEAD
dAMMIT! ..there was a costume contest going on ..hahahhahahah!!!!..so all these characters overtake me and run like wild people ...
11.01 : tripped by kid on roller blades
11.10 : Rickshaw walla stops and yells out "Do you love me " to Kau
11.15 : I nearly flagged a rickshaw and went home
11.20 : Leanne and Kau trying to run away from two suspicious men
11.30 : Senior Citizen overtakes Kau and runs like he does this for a living
11.35 : Kau gets interviewed by reporter ..manages to give some BS answer thru adrenalin hazed brain
12.something : Race is over
Weight - 50 kgs (hopefully :)
Spirits -feel like a tortoise on the interstate of life ...like a coal engine in a factory full of V8'S
Song inside head - Dont Cry ,Guns and Roses
Feel like : Donkey in Shrek after seeing Dragon
Jokes apart , I'm glad I did this . Its not everyday that photo opportunities come my way ...I have to make do with what I can .lol!
and even though I didnt quite get to do the victory lap and speech I'd stayed up all night practising ...I got to experience the city and the people in a different way ..have a lot of fun just being sweaty and grimy in the sun and appreciate being in bed with the blinds drawn on sunday morning :)
PS : Just for laughs ..here a picture from me in a running race not so long aga where I did far better than the one yesterday !
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