I had intended to write
this as a parting note to 2013. I never got there as December turned out to be
a windfall at work. It is another coincidence that this post goes up just as
the movie Shaadi Ke Side Effects (Unintended consequences of marriage) is being
released.
Sports Widow is a commonly used term for a wife whose spouse
is alive but non-existent through a sport season due to preoccupation with TV
and Beer. I don’t want my readers to construe any gender insensitivity here so
this could very well apply to husbands as much.
My wife might argue that Sports Widow applies to her
and others like her whose husband spend a good part of their weekdays and a
large part of their weekends partaking in various sporting activities. I
confess. I am usually out of home - gone to run or on the squash court - for
good 2-3 hours both days of the weekend.
Sometime late in December 2013 I was lamenting to my wife
that I have not been running regularly and definitely not anywhere close to
60km/week target I had set for myself. As ever an encouraging soul, she was
quick to retort that I was being unreasonable and hard on myself. I was doing
just fine, she said. Having learnt wisely many times over not to argue with the
lady of the house using words such as logic and rationale, I still went on a
limb to pull out some “facts”.
Courtesy Garmin 410, here’s what the numbers showed.
- Gone to Run 1248 Kms through 2013
- Gone to Run only 42% of the days available last year
- Gone to Run an average 24 Kms/week only - way way below the target
So dear honey, for bad or for worse, I will be spending a
few more hours outdoors this year! I rest my case.
On a totally different topic, I chanced upon this interview
in the UK Sports magazine.
Worth a read if you’ve been wondering why Kenya produces a
large proportion of long-distance runners or if Bolt is a freak of nature.
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