A Seven Continent Journey

Marathon training is full of hiccups. Within 24 hours of my last blog post, I regretted boasting how good I felt. While at work slipped on a wet floor in the hospital, injuring my right groin. I spent 10 agonizing days not able to keep up with my planned routine. The fear of aggravating the injury by maintaining aggressive running routine kept me away from my running shoes. Today, starting out at 4.00 am, I was able to complete a 14 mile long run. I did have some pain in the right groin, but it seems the worst is over and I’m on the mend. My father who’s in town these days showed me some yoga exercises, which seemed to help a lot. I remain cautiously optimistic, and over the next 2-3 weeks, hopefully should be able to complete a 20 mile training run. On the positive note I have been in touch with a long time college friend, Ajay Vatsayan, who now lives in Sydney, Australia. I’m looking forward to seeing him again.