Today, I caught the 4.45 am transportation to get to

ONV for the first ever Bangalore

Ultra Marathon where people can get to

run or walk 26 or 52 or 78 or 104 km. A true endurance event.

I participated in the 26K run. I can’t even imagine how so many of

those guys and gals ran 52+ km.

The first 19 km of my run was good. My knees felt good during the

pounding of the feet although my shoe soles suffered and literally

came apart. After that, it was a nightmare.

I got severe backache. Probably because my rotund belly has added

layers over the past couple of months because of lack of exercise.

I really struggled for the remaining 7 km. The killer was the last

3 km.

I somehow managed to complete in 3 hr 52 min. A timing that I’m not

proud of, but under the circumstances, I don’t think I could’ve done