After looking it up online decided to do the 5K since Chris does not run and also it would be my first in Mumbai. Yojna decided to run too. So it would be the three of us.
Left Pune on Saturday, spent the whole day out with lunch at Chris', picking up the bib and goodie bag (there was seriously a lot of stuff in it) and shopping. Was pooped by the time I came home for dinner.
But that was not the end of the day. Chris wanted to go to Mehboob studios and check out the live bands playing there. That was a disaster except for the so called watered down drink that got us both quite high and made me bonk my head with my wallet ;) Hip Hop we decided was just not for us. Well, it was more of rap and did not go down well.
Sunday morning did not start up bright and shiny. Rather grumpy and sleepy would be how I would describe the first half an hour of my day. But pushed myself out of bed, dragged the other two too and got to the NSE at BKC.
Organization at the start of the run was really bad with Deepika Padukone inaugurating the 5K while she struggled on her bad hair day!
But the run was fun, and there was water every 500 mtrs which was a life saver for people who are not used to Mumbai weather. I decided to cruise along and not push it. People along the way were very sweet and cheered us up as the sun bore down on us. Someone told me to smile :)
Did it in 31 mins. Decent. My std. Yojna came in a lil later and then Chris. Chilled for a bit and then headed home for a shower.
After a nice lunch at Basuba and some street shopping, finally headed to the bus stop and was back on my way home to Pune by 6. Very tired and happy. Oh.. and every free minute was spent reading Shadow Lines. Nice book!
