It was an excel sheet and I was convincing my client that
what I was doing was the correct thing.. and then it happened, it felt cold..
Unusually cold in some parts… I woke up with a shock..there was water all over
my face, couldn’t believe someone would do this to disturb my sleep.. actually
it was not someone but it was mother nature.. it was raining so heavily outside
that the water was coming through the window.. usually I love rains, but not this
time I had a road run to attend in the morning and the omens were not good…
before sleeping I had met her and she was already in a bad shape, in normal
circumstances I knew she would walk if not run the 10km but after meeting her
it was tough to even think she could complete even 1 km and then as if all this
was not enough, her friend with who she had planned to WALK the course was not
coming… super I thought as I slept closing the window and hoping it stays
closed cause I could not see the rain stopping!!
Instead of rain this time it was sun rays that fell on my
face and woke me up.. I tought the bad luck was over..happy I got dressed, put
on my shoes and got ready to go to the starting point. But then I met
her and health had got worse instead of getting better, I asked her if she dint
want to go, its ok and that I would understand. She just said I want to prove
some people wrong… then I decided that I would stick with her, that’s the best
I could do and pray really hard.. bad luck brought its ugly head once again
when I lost my timing chip which was on my shoe, without that I was
disqualified…I put her and my friend in an auto and went in search of it… I was
pretty sure it was somewhere on the road.. I found it took an auto and started
instructing him on the shortcuts and finally I caught up with her and my
friend. The traffic was so much that we reached 2 min before gate closing
time.. it was so tight that we continued through the gate and through the start
line.
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Race day action as she felt (its our diary not mine you
know)
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It finally started !!! with thoughts pondering in my mind
since last full night.Will i make it?.. will i not?.. what if i not? ..no i
have to else he will be upset....i have one more chance to impress him...yes i wil do
it..lets see
Its was just half km
and i was already feeling tired.i told him to move on and not wait for me but
he did not agree and wanted to finish it with me .
I had no choice but to kick out all negative thoughts from
my mind and do it with high spirits bcoz he wanted me to do it and how can i
not meet his expectations .
And then there was a long list of na sayers... from my lead
to friends to people who hardly knew me...all said are you sure.. you running
10km??? they had to be proved wrong.. how can i let them win...for me finishing
was winning...
Common, u can do it ,
run, i know u'll do ...set targets..overtake people in front of u...it is all
he kept on saying or was that all i heard i dont know...
Saw the one km marker and i felt what who did the
measurement, was he blind ??? isnt one km just 1000 mts??? i surely must have
run like atleast 3 kms :(
He saw it differently, i heard him say its ONLY 90 % left
now
Confidence up and i started running like a Duracell Bunny...
Everytime i saw that hope and love in this eyes , it made me
run better.
And then it was the music going into my ears and suddenly i
started running faster.
Yes Music,second thing which can make me run.
I patted him and just passed by running thinking that he
would follow me. i ran for some half km overtaking people and suddenly realized that he is not by my side.
I looked back but could not see him.Nothing worse could have happened.The bad
luck is not leaving us.
Ohh no, my energy dipped drastically. Where is he? is he
still back ? how can it be?he would be ahead.but he cannot leave me and go.i
dont even have phone to call him.
I waited at water counter but the pain in my legs did not
allow me to wait more.
I continued thinking that he would be somewhere ahead tensed
waiting for me.
My eyes looked here and there in hope to see him and then i
saw people coming back on the other side of the road. i was confident i would
see him now but it was time for me to take turn back and i haven't met him
still.
I was at the other side of the road now and walked slowly with
prayers on my lips to see him again soon. The mind was completely blank and tension
increased with every step.
Its was going to be 6 km and i saw him coming with his eyes
searching for me.
Where were you...he shouted. The tension was obvious. He had
gone some kms back to search me.No one can love me more than him.
I wanted to hug him but were some 1.5 kms away from each other inspite of
standing face to face.yes we were on different sides of the road :)
I told him to run and come to me fast by the time i walk
slowly ahead.
I was so restless now looking back again and again. it has
been 30 mins since i had missed him.
He finally reached to me with 2 BMW caps. i was happy again
and we started running again together.
Now that i have completed 5 km, he wanted me to call my bro.
We continued. its 7 kms and my legs are not supporting me. it had stated
paining now and i can hardly walk.
We were in front of cubbon park and he reminded me of the
day we had first come to cubbon park and the sweet memories we had.
What all he had to do to make me run. One more reason to
love him more and more.
I smiled and the
energy levels went up again. how could i
stop then?i had to do it.
More than me , it was his wish to see me finishing 10k and
has it ever happened that he has wished and i have not granted it.
We continued and awesome bangalorians were standing on the
way cheering with banners in their hands."Its just pain , i will go
away" read one of the banners.
I have always loved the city and its people.
Its 8 kms and DK bose is what is going into my ears now. Nothing
better to make me finish another 1 km.
And i could see the 9 km banner.
What ?is it only 10%
which is left now?
This was when i definately knew that i will finish it. The
last Km was easy and we ran happily till the finish gate.
It was like winning an impossible fight for me. I did it .
I am so so proud of you was all that he kept saying with a
big smile on his face.
Anything for you darling..this was just a race....i will
fight for you in the race of life as well was all i wanted to say in return.
What makes me run? Undoubtedly ,your love.
