Friday, May 23, 2014

Tata Consultancy Services World 10K run- 18th-May-2014

Event name: Tata Consultancy Services World 10K run
Event date: 18th-May-2014
Event venue: Bangalore
Run distance: 10 KM
Bib #: 29589
Overall time taken: 72 minutes (exact time to be shared by the organizers)
Overall run Speed: 8.96 KM per minutes
Time of run: The run started at 6:20 AM





This run was a bit emotional experience for me for various reasons. First and foremost was that this was my first run after my mother lost the battle with cancer in November last year. Somehow in the last six months i found myself staying away from running. It took a while to regroup myself bit-by-bit every day. But somehow i found a way to train a bit and get ready for the event. One of the motivations for me was to collect the blessings for the cancer patients.
Another reason why this event was an emotional experience for me was that the run day happened to be my son's 4th birthday. Given that it was a Sunday and the run this time was starting quite early, i just let him sleep at home but did resolve to finish it well for him.
Yet another reason why this event happened to be an emotional one for me was the pride associated with running my 7th consecutive TCS 10K run in last 7 years (since 2008). Earlier events were sponsored by Sunfeast. Though the sponsors changed the energy and vibrancy of this event remains unparalleled.

The days leading to run day were exciting with a few of the colleagues running their first 10K run. Running was a subject of discussion during breaks with topics ranging from whether to have time goals or not to how to manage injuries sparked-up the tea-time conversations. The build-up to run day was fantastic with heavy rains that happened the night before. More than anything, it cooled-off the morning for the runners.
The weather was perfect at the start and the atmosphere became electrifying with the presence of Olympics legend Carl Lewis who was the brand ambassador for the event. At the inauguration he offered a sane advice to all the runners to pace themselves well and not worry about going slow or fast.
The overall run experience was good given than i was feeling good at the beginning with some practice to back-up. I felt some pain below the shin at the start which caused me to slow down a bit but soon i found my rhythm and ran to my satisfaction. The best part about the TCS 10k run has always been the crowd surrounding the tracks and selflessly cheering each and every participant. The weather became a bit hot during the run but it was satisfying for me to hear some runners cheering me for the cause i was running.

Overall, a satisfying experience and apart from loads of memory that i picked-up, i did pick-up some quotes during the run that i liked-
"Pain is temporary. Pride is forever"
"Races end. Running is forever"

Results link: http://www.timingindia.com/beta/my-result-details/Mjk1ODk6dGltaW5nX3IxNDA1X2JlbncxMGtfZWxpdGU=#head


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