Today, I achieved 34 km.

Yeah, my stamina has improved.

Here’s some of the “running gyaan” I’ve collected over the past few months:

• Learn to listen to your body
  • Learn to distinguish between feeling tired or just feeling fatigue, feeling the need for water and the need to take rest.
  • I attribute a part of my development to doing things my way. I didn’t push myself to compete with the others, but I competed with myself.
• It takes patience to develop stamina. A year ago, I used to run one round in the track field and stop dead-tired. The track was just 400 metres long.
• Some people find company important for running. I need my iPod and the company.
• Running in the early morning is better – lesser pollution, lesser noise, lesser people, empty roads, etc.
• Breathe naturally.
• Do varying distances of running (The distances should look like a bell curve on a graph)
• Run 9 min. Walk 1 min. And the cycle continues.
• Gear is important
  • Nike Dri-Fit was very useful for me because it absorbed the sweat and helped me to stay warm.
  • I also carry the water-bottle-with-a-belt.
  • Good shoes are important
• Drink lots of water. 2 litres per day.
• Water + Electral = Yummy. And it restores the salts that your body loses.
• Nothing teaches you determination like running. Because the temptation to stop is immense and you can easily stop.
• I still have a lot to learn.