Sprinting to a T

On Wednesday morning Chennai Runners met at the Egmore SDAT stadium for a slow run. That happened to be my training day. So I decided that I will do my sprints.

And my new sprinting pal Gunasekar happened to come along. Let me tell you something about Gunasekar. Gunasekar is 22 years old. He is in the Tamil Nadu police team - just got in a week ago. He is built like a beast - muscular, big and fat free. Runs like a fast penguin. But smokes the 100m in 10.8 seconds. Think of a lean Rottweiller.

I am the only guy sprinting with him - not sure if thats because Im the fastest around or because Im the stupidest around. I have a suspicion that its the latter because every time we sprint, he beats me by about 7 or 8 yards.

The good news is that I stay ahead of Gunasekar for the first 20 yards. I wonder whether he actually clocks a sub 11.

Anyway, I did 4 sprints with him. And I finally got my core working. I can tell you that it was one of the most amazing experiences Ive had in running. It felt surreal. Now I now what "activating your T" means. The power and control - atleast what I feel - was totally exciting.

Im looking forward to next Wednesday for my next sprinting run with Guna.

I just wish the guys in my club would take to sprinting more. Dont understand why none of them wants to even try it.

Until next time!

Saturday night disaster....

Last night was such a disaster.


Actually it was a party. The party went very well. We had some 20 people at home and I had some 20 drinks!! Now (sunday morning) I feel like a walrus on land. My inches around the waist feel like meters. Damn, Im sick.