Random hits on the keyboard

It is a cold morning in Kathmandu. I, unwillingly, get out of a warm bed. It is still dark outside, and I get ready for a run. I turn on a hand torch so passing speeding vehicles on the empty roads can see. I pay special attention to stray dogs, although almost all generally ignore me, but some don't. Today, I scroll back to my older blog where I had written that Forrest Gump who said “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town.... For no particular reason, I just kept on going.” Now, it has been nearly two years since I started to run, for no particular reason. I was not chased by a dog, nor, was someone chasing me with pizza. I kept running - for no particular reason but now I have one thousand reasons. The snowball effect of running is amazing. The willingness to hit personal records keeps me going. Firstly, non-stop 5 km was my ambition. Soon, it beca...

I feel accomplished. Today I had my the longest run. It was nice to be able to complete without weary feeling of fatigue, followed by usual office day. No competition and no deadline, just keep runing. I started with a podcast freakoniomics episode, very interesting discussion on Daniel Kahneman and his psychological economics. As I proceed, I felt tired, I switched to something very different - energetic. Yes, it was songs from Rage against the machines. I don’t have any rage. I kept going. Was it the playlist? 🤯  It has been one of my favorites bands for running.  Running has taught me many things about my body, my endurance, my strength and my areas of improvement. Not only in the sense of running, but overall lessons. I learn that action is much much more impactful than reading motivational books. I realise, anytime is a good occasion to start good thing. Consistency is the key. Most importantly, being healthy outweighs all other priorities.