Saturday, May 1, 2010

Run maadi run.......Science and technology go for a run!!!

Hi, its been a long time, I am sure you guys missed me :P, anyways had a lot of activity happening. I was sick for sometime and then we had our end-semester exams, which went on for almost a fortnight(more about it sometime later :) ).
On the 10th of May we had the 'Science and technology run'. This is a time when the outside world tests how fit people in IISc are, they are surprised not only by our fitness but also the enthusiasm that some guys show!!!
It also surprised me, in fact there was a substantial crowd from the math dept, which defied the opinion about math researchers that many have.
The run started at 7:50 on a beautiful Sunday morning, before that, one had to register and then collect the t-shirt(a complementary gift which nobody wants to forsake). The marathon is open to the local community around IISc and also to the corporates(most of whom had dressed well with 'just do it' from head to toe-just made one feel that life will be rosy once we leave IISc, soon).  This time the organizers had done a marvelous job, in that they had put up the route on display a week before the run, the publicity done well and they had live music playing.
The main marathon was for 10km, in fact they managed to keep the path within campus. In the process I got to explore some untrodden  roads in IISc. It was fun, I managed to complete the run, that was a pretty consolation :), in fact was devoid of most of the post workout blues. My logic in running was the fact that I run about 3km regularly, which I insanely extrapolated to 10, it worked though.
There was an event for everyone. Besides the 10K marathon, there was a 5K half marathon, a 5K relay, a run for the children and for the old...truly, it was a celebration of running. It is essential that we spend time exercising regularly. We often resort to bikes and cars even to travel very short distances, and to do simple errands.
People of all ages participated. There was a prof. who completed it on a wheel chair, really inspiring. The skinny, the obese, the athletic and the not so athletic, the young and the old, all had a moment of fun and gaiety...they went back with tired legs but a unfatigued mindset...so lets run!!!
(All the photos are taken from http://gallery.iisc.ernet.in/main.php/v/anaska/SnTrun2010/)

2 comments:

Danny said...

Is it 10th of May last year? Good job in completing the run! Btw I am running a half marathon in July!

Elnel said...

I like the "just do it" comment:) very funny!
Its Spring time here and am so inspired to train for a marathon...I'll probably stick to a 5k is that a quarter or a half?