Damn! I asked Vincent to give me a wake-up call and smartly forgot to turn off the vibratory mode on my mobile. Couldn't join the usual gang. Heard from Vincent they did the usual 21km run. Went a little late and did a short run. Found myself hopelesly breatheless. The four months of non-practice really showed. Gonna take me a week to get into the groove, I guess. Next run on tuesday.

What a co-incidence. Just yesterday, I had been seriously contemplating starting my marathon training. I figured the Chennai Runners Club members won't start training this early for the 2004 races and hence thought I have to train along. I thought wrong. Vincent had forwarded the Chennai Runners Club newsletter which really caught me by surprise. I learnt from it that the training had actually started on April 13.

I'm now glad that I'll have some solid company. Nothing like running alongside highly motivated and fun loving people. Looking forward to the Sunday morning run.