Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Pride comes before a fall

Now that I am a bona fide blogger I should probably only tell you stories that paint me in a good light but I just have to tell you about my first training run. I set off to Lodi Gardens for my first Indian jog. Lodi Gardens is conveniently about 1km from my place. Of course I walked there. I haven’t really seen anyone else jogging on the streets and I didn't want to stick out like any more of a sore thumb than I already do (to be completely honest, it was more because I did not want to be too tired to carry on running when I got there). On my way there, I narrowly escaped death at least twice. The first time was when a motorbike popped out from behind a bus as I was walking past it. The second and more life-flashed-before-my-eyes time was as I was rushing across an intersection where the robot was red. **Note for the future: they don’t wait for the green light here. They go when it is orange for the other side.

That at least got the adrenalin pumping and the first (of hopefully many) training runs was relatively successful. I didn’t have a watch so I managed to convince myself that one loop around the gardens was at least 5km. I was quite cheered when I ran past a guy who remarked “You’re coming round again? But you only just came past!” until I worked out that he must have been dreaming because I only did one loop. I felt pretty cool running along with my iPod (thanks B2 team). But typically pride comes before a …. YIP.

I was running home and I decided to take a short cut. Suddenly I was in an area I did not recognize. It is a very bizarre setup here; I live in a very nice area but the roads alternate between huge sprawling properties and jam packed and completely run down blocks of flats. All the people jam packing the afore mentioned flats watched me curiously as I came running up the road trying to look professional but probably more closely resembling a crippled hippo or some equally ungraceful animal. When I realised I had come to a dead end, I tried to turn around as nonchalantly as possible and as I headed back I tripped. Not just a little trip mind; a huge arms flailing, 10 metre consuming trip. In front of about 30 highly entertained onlookers! Luckily I caught myself just before I planted my face into the tarmac. The most embarrassing part was that I didn't actually trip over anything. I just stumbled.

Oh well, if nothing else I think I at least put a smile on a good few faces that evening. I aim to entertain.

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